On Wednesday July 14th, local women congregated in the trendy headquarters of Sisarina for a girlie evening of pampering and socializing.

Nicole, @nicolemott, (Sisarina interina) was the bartender for the night making tasty Martinis all night: a Flirtini (cosmopolitan martini) and a Chocotinis, and Sangria. Liz, @eglomb, (also Sisarina interina) kept up with the flow of the party as well as checking on the menu, which included: cucumber tea sandwiches, pigs in a blanket, fruit salad and tomato & mozzarella salad.

Ladies from @nailtaxi (nailtaxi.com) provided great 15-minute mini pedicures while Jessica LaGarde, @peaceathandmt, provided 10-minute massages and fully impressed each of us. Lori Saitz from @zenrabbit provided the dessert for the event known as “Gratitude Cookies."

When Lisa (@DCeventjunkie) couldn’t make it, she raffled off her ticket for the best martini recipe. @KMDoyle won a free ticket to ‘Tinis and Toes with her suggestion of the dirty martini!

Peace at Hand Massage Therapists (Jessica LaGarde) had a quick note for you too:
Thanks, everyone, for welcoming me at the event! It’s so nice when work feels like play, and it was wonderful to meet you all. So many of you talked about how stressed or tense you felt, so I want to make sure you know about a few ways to get more (and sometimes free!) massage: First, follow @peaceathandmt on Twitter for updates on specials and all the latest news. Second, "like" The Spa Room on Facebook for a chance to win free massages and spa treatments. I hope to see you all again, either at another event or on the massage table!

Attendees:

Melanie @sisarina
Nicole @nicolemott
Liz @eglomb
Aisha @aishajcreative
Amanda @amandare
Annette
Carey
Charlotte @charswann
Chloe @sundaypeaches
Claudia @Fig2Design
Claudia
Courtney
Deborah @clickwisdom
Diana @ddkurcfeld
Elizabeth @ebuie
Karen @akaKRob
Jessica @autumnbriars
Laurie @SimplyLeapCoach
Lisa @helfphoto
Lisa @lpsrocks
Lori @zenrabbit
Maxine
Michelle @tdbunmasked
Michele
Olivia @hiolivia
Robin @RobinYasinow
Sheila
Sonia @pulpologist
Wendy @CRAVEdc

Check out the pictures Liz took in our photo gallery

Sisarina organized a Sex & the City #DCTwirlies event. This event was specifically for women to gather together to enjoy some great happy hour deals, meet new people and of course discuss the ever deliberated question: Big or Aidan?

The night started off at Jaleo, in downtown Bethesda, where a small group enjoyed $4 Sangrias and shared a few tapas. As more of the hard working women came from their jobs, the conversation ranged from our interests and professional goals to the most important part of the night... our hopes and fears for the movie. The Bethesda movie theater was only a short walk around the corner and then we were free.

We will have more #DCTwirlies in the near future, the goal being to get local women together in a casual social setting so we can meet new people and make new friends.

Make sure to keep your eyes open for our next #DCTwirlies: ‘Tinis and Toes (on twitter as #tinistoes)

ATTENDEES:
Melanie   @sisarina
Nicole      @nicolemott
Debbie    @debrastratton
Erin          @erinleigh
Veronica @veebrown
Sonia      @pulpologist
Amy         @amyblaszyk

The #DCTwirlies met for the first Girlie DC Tweetup at Co Co Sala on Monday, July 6. Co Co Sala was a bit quiet on a Monday night, which we had hoped and were happy about. We were able to meet up with the Event Coordinator and she allowed us to sit around tables and enjoy delicious chocolate drinks and food. We were a bit disappointed with the overpricing of their drinks (which didn’t seem that different than other places other than the addition of chocolate) and the portions of their food but we had a fantastic time.

The conversations started out with why Twitter is so great, why iPhones are better than Palm Pre’s (they aren’t – hehe), and why Cynthia (@govpartners) has such an incredible husband. The laughs were contagious, @amyeandrews was her dry/hilarious self and made sure we were rollin’. We got around to introducing ourselves quickly and chatting with those around us.

After getting our food and sharing in the fascination of the small portions, we counted off and moved around to talk to other people. During that time we tweeted about what a great time we were having (see pictures of all of us on our phones) and tried to convince Jen (non-tweeter) why Twitter was so addictive, fun and helpful. (She’ll be on Twitter soon!) We counted off a 3rd time and continued to find more interesting conversations and then @marybealladler showed up and cracked us all up by learning that TweetDeck was available on her iPhone.

We finally got around to introductions and told each other why we joined Twitter and how our reasoning for tweeting has changed over the last months. @themamateresa ordered a beautiful chocolate platter and shared it with all (the platter was not as great as you’d think though). If you didn’t join us, you missed some great conversations, some delicious chocolate and fun girlie times. There will definitely be another in August – just need to find a restaurant who wants to sponsor us. Go ahead, tweet about it and see what you can find!

CHECK OUT THE PICTURES HERE!

ATTENDEES of #DCTWIRLIES
Melanie @Sisarina (your fearless leader)
Heather @Boones6433
Mary @MaryBeallAdler
Sonia @Pulpologist
Teresa @themamateresa
Grace @gracecunning
Amy @amyeandrews
Amanda @amandare
JoAnna @johunt0311
Jen (non-tweeter)
Kathy @WDCGardener
Cynthia @govpartners
Tara @tarapiver
Erica @eknoch

Any ideas on a restaurant who might want to host the next #DCTwirlies Tweetup?
Looking forward to more girlie time!

 What is #DCTwirlies?
#DCTwirlies is a Twitter meetup for local DC Metro area ‘girlies’ to get together and do social events, thus meeting new friends, making great business contacts and generally having a great time. We meet around the DC area once a month and are always looking for businesses to promote and interesting things to do.