Long story short, the owner of the trailer that they where leasing to own has filed for bankruptcy, the trailer has to be sold. No ifs, ands, or buts! James and Val have to turn it on on Sunday 9/5. This is not due to any fault on their part, they are victims of circumstance.

They have done some research and with the help of the Vegas Foodtruck Community I know you won’t let us loose this Bombilicious Truck! I have 9,000 followers on twitter not to mention the followers of the other foodtrucks. We need $10,000 for them to put down on a truck and they can keep on Smokin’ in the Desert! $1 a follower on Twitter that’s all I’m asking. We are using Chipin.com here is the link: http://topnotchbbq.chipin.com/topnotchbarbeque

I could go into all the awards and good deeds that they have done! We wouldn’t of had #4sqdayvegas without their hookup with Plant World and the food drive for @Threesquarelv. But like I said I don’t have the time and neither do they!

This is me begging! I had to talk James into this, so Please help out my #Foodtruck Fam, I could not bear to loose any one of the trucks that have become dear to my tastebuds and my heart!

Tweet! http://topnotchbbq.chipin.com/topnotchbarbeque in the words of Optomus Prime! improv’d “Foodtrucks Let’s Roll” Let’s prove to #Vegas and communities elsewhere that have #Foodtruck Families that You are here to stay! Get those tweeting fingers going!

You can catch @Topnotchbbq tonight and tomorrow for your fix until we raise the funds!

Casino Center & Colorado from 6-10 pm

Patty’s Closet w/ @Snowonoshaveice Saturday evening- 6pm-8pm @PattysCloset 9440 W. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas,NV 89117 her 4th Grand Opening, lots of specials

Congratulations to @TastyBunz for collecting the most cans for @ThreeSquareLV and taking the title of “Las Vegas’ Favorite FoodTruck” if you haven’t got your hands on their BunZ yet your missing out!

So let me tell you why I’m so in love with the mobile eateries  here in Vegas! It’s the wonderful people who run them and their passion about their delicious unique food.

If you asked me which Gourmet Food Truck is my favorite I couldn’t tell you, I love @BBQBoyLV ‘s outgoing, friendly, inviting personality not to mention the wonderful aroma coming from his truck!

@SnOwONOShaveIce is a great testimonial for me and the power of social media in building relationships. I met Marianne via Twitter, and then Facebook, before we even met in person she had hired my daughter who has been looking for a job for a year now. We had a phone conversation regarding her being a part of #4sqdayvegas. But that story will be part of another blog post. All I know is @SnOwONOShaveice is it for Shaved Ice Hawaiian Style in Vegas! Must Try Rosewater…

@Sloppijos was my first Foodtruck experience I was raised on Hatch New Mexico Green Chiles, my favorite items on her menu are fried mac-n-cheese w/ pulled pork in the middle with green and red chilli sauce, her Sloppi Jo is pulled pork with a fried egg on top, carmelized onions and a tortilla, I will stop because I pretty much love her whole menu..

@Topnotchbbq my favorite things are the Cincinnati Chilli Cheese Fries, and their BBQ’d baked beans with sliced hot links, and, and, and….. Let’s just say when James says he is Smokin In The Vegas Desert it ain’t no joke…

@Lulusonthemove I tried their Dirty Chips yummmm pulled pork, black beans, Chris and Chris are going to have to help me out with the white topping that has jalapenos, they are a definitely going to be a Tasty force to be wreckoned with on the Vegas Streets.

@Curbsidecafelv I really need to eat one of his hamburgers! I am in love with the Calamari Tacos a must try for sea food lovers.

@GrouchyJohns took care of my caffeine addiction all day with frappe’s, iced coffee, and a must try honey latte.  Keep up the fight against the evils of bad coffee boys!

I can’t do justice to all the participants of  #4sqdayvegas  in a recap blog post and I’m very interested in their stories of why and how they choose to start a truck, so stay tuned…  But watch our recap video for now, then go follow them on Twitter and Facebook let them engage your tastebuds!    The Las Vegas Tweetup looks  forward to supporting these business owners with future tweetups.

Huge thank you to volunteer photogs, @Shewchuk, and @BrianSteffy for capturing the event for us.  @SavorandSip for coming out and supporting us and helping with the food drive for @ThreeSquarelv!

Last but not least, my Bomb Event Planner @TrinalJohnson who takes care of all the stuff I hate to do (permits, dotting my i’s and crossing my t’s) allowing me to be social!

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@TopNotchBBQ – http://topnotchbarbeque.com

@SloppiJos – http://sloppijos.com

@TastyBunz – http://Tastybunz.com

@SnOwONOShaveIce – http://snowonoshaveice.com (My Princess is taking orders on this #Onolicious Truck)

@IslandBreezeLV – http://IslandBreezeLV.com/

@CheeSteakTruck / @ItalianIcetruck – http://phillysfamousitalianice…

@GrouchyJohns – http://grouchyjohns.com

@CurbsideCafeLV – http://www.CurbsideCafeLV.com

@FoodSlingers – http://FoodSlingers.com

@bbqboylv – http://www.bbqboylv.com

@LBSPattyWagon – http://www.lbspattywagon.com

@Lulusonthemove – http://lulusonthemove.com

@Dianegourmet2go – http://gourmet2go.org/

@OTWFirePizza

@FishFryFridays

@CareFreeLV

We’ve been working with Eleanor Prior (AKA @TheLVTweetUP) for some time about her AMAZING idea for a 4sqday event. As you can tell she is passionate about food, passionate about Las Vegas, and passionate about social media, so we thought it would be best if she told the story in her own words. Makes us wish we were going to be in Las Vegas on April 16th!!

(Also, want to share what fantastic thing your community is doing? Email your story to Nate@4sqday.com. Thanks!)

This year The Las Vegas Tweetup wanted to focus on helping small business via Tweetups. Being that I love to eat, and the Foodtrucks being the new phenomena to hit the streets here in Vegas it just made perfect sense to team up with them for Foursquare Day! We are celebrating #4sqday with the Foodtrucks here in Las Vegas at Plant World Nursery, our generous host!  Finish Reading on 4SQDAY’s  Blog

A couple of years ago I met Monique Harris of @Children1stNV (she’s still adjusting to “The Twitter” couldn’t resist the Betty White) and when was enlightened to what @Children1stNV does as a mother who has 4 girls (don’t gasp you guys know we have 5 kids between us aka blended) I started thinking what if, what if one of my girls found themselves in this position (not that I haven’t tried to install the fear of me in them like my Mom did to me, feisty little mexican, or teach them right from wrong aka abstinence) where would they turn?

Did you know that on any given day there are over 300 unaccompanied homeless youth, in Clark County alone. Let your mind do the wandering . . .

In this video of Monique Harris from Southern Nevada Children First being interviewed by Mary Marriott of @JustAskMary and @TheAttitudeofMoney on their “Grattitude Attitude” you will learn about these children with children. No one can paint the picture like Monique, if your a parent like me you’ll see why this tweetup is a must attend event!

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Are you wondering how can you help? By bringing any of the following to the tweetup:

Diapers sizes 3 and 5
Bus passes
Gift Cards (Walmart preferrably since you can get everything baby there, any amount.)

Would you like to be a part of this tweetup by being a sponsor? Contact @TheLVTweetup for more information. We can use all the Tweeters we can get!

Please give up some Link Love and Tweet, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Plancast. Our hashtag is #lvtwtup. Why not RSVP now:

Can’t make it, no worries Christopher has set up a drop at Naked City Pizza located in Moon Doggies! Or Contact Southern Nevada Children First directly.

Bright Light City Is Gonna Set This Tweetup On Fire!

The night started when they opened the doors we where greeted with a photographer who took mine and @Migpascual ‘s photo we fell behind the rest of the group for a moment. Then there was an open bar and yummy fried Macaroni cheese balls with a spicy cheese to dip into that danced on our taste buds.

We where entertained by the DJ set from Eclectic Method, with videos bites and edits from The Sound of Music Do Re Me, to Dee Lite’s Groove is in the Heart and appearances from the Simpsons.

My throat is sore from screaming… @Baratunde was a great host for the evening he entertained us all night long. Pete Cashmore of Mashable is so Adorkable (I so stoled @kristlinas ‘s word adorkable) no other man could miss a step down and still be so Adorkable.

Here is one of the laughable quotes from @Baratunde “Apple is dreaming of new ways to take your money.”

There was only one disappointment of the evening, and that was that @Twitter was not there to accept their award for “Break Through Website Design.” The crowd proceeded to shout out @FailWhale…

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@Foursquare won for the Best Location Based Service! “Foursquare, the mobile location-based service, had a year of tremendous growth that paved the way for other location-based services, including Facebook Places.” – @Mashable

Congratulations @Hootsuite for Best Social Media Management Tool. Angry Birds received the award for “Best Mobile Game” and the Gentlemen in front of me caught one of the flying angry birds that flew into the audience.

Now on to Android! I am an Android and love my #EVO yet I hate the battery! It died shortly after I took this video.

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Here is a fun pic of @Shewchuck with Antoine Dodson after the #MashableAwards. Run and tell that! Photo by @gmwdesign, thanks for sharing the photo @gmwdesign. Here is the headline: Bed Intruder in the Mood for Jamaican Rub

@Cirque ‘s performance “Zumanity” words won’t describe the performance, this is a visual:

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Thank you again @Mashable for the gift!

The evening started with the Bubbly Select from Freixenet , each guest as they arrived received their glass of Bubbly along with a bubbly smile and warm welcome.

@SushiSambaVegas  treated our tastebuds to delish appetizers to go along with 7 delectable wines from 7 Sensational wine sponsors whose wines are taste-sational.  Leslie Sbrocco – @Lesliesb on Twitter shared stories of her adventures, the evening was very festive and we also where treated to Ryan Hamilton’s Celebrity Cars Las Vegas Showroom (which I will be coming back to).   Collin Calvert represented the local chapter  of  Dresss For Success and educated / invited us Thirsty Girls and Thirsty Guys to support the chapter. 

Delish testimonials from the guests:

@Vegaswinechick – Kim Farkas when asked what her favorite wine of the evening it was La Crema Pinot

@Kirstenwright on Twitter “Loved the La Crema Pinot . . . delish!”

@D_Consiglio – Danielle Consiglio “my fav wine was the Crema Pinot & the Spicy Tuna Roll was my fave app”

@SWSknows So. -  Wine & Spirits “My favorite wine at the #TGLivelasVegas was the Matua Valley Sauv Blanc. It was heavenly with a sweet finish. “

Would you like to follow the sensational sponsors on Twitter? Sponsor Twitter names are:

Chateau Ste Michelle @Stemichelle
Cambria wines @Cambriawines
Ravenswood @Ravenswoodwines
Gloria Ferrer @Gloriaferrer
La Crema @LaCremaWinery

At this time Matua Valley and Clos du Bois are not on Twitter. 
Visit the Thirsty Girl Facebook Fan page, Flickr, and Youtube channels to check out all the fun you missed out on! Terrible of me yes to gloat, but no worries because there is a local chapter here in Las Vegas!  Our Twitter username is @TGLVVinoGirls  come tweet with us.

Why become a card caring member of Thirsty Girl or create your own Thirsty Girl Chapter?  How to host your own TG Me Mix, Mingle, Munch Party


What to Buy: what three new wines you must – try
What to Pair: what three yummy appetizers to try with them
How to Share: A fun TG & Me invite to email to your friends


But the coolest thing is if you are one of the first 500 to sign up you will receive a VIP TG limited edition gift.

So let’s get back to Celebrity Cars LV, those of us that stayed past 8:30 where treated to a tour of  serious horse power… Pictures are the only way to do justice to the beautiful machines we laid our eyes on.





This Thirsty Girl is here to tell you if you have the opportunity to attend one of the Live Thirsty Events on Thirsty Girl’s Live tour don’t miss it!  If one is not coming to your city start your own chapter.  You know you’re a Thirsty Girl!

Now because I’m more a visual person I wanted to share a couple of videos with you. In this one Leslie Sbrocco talks about why screwing is much better then corking and how she made Al Roker speachless..

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In this one you will see all the fun Thirsty Girls and Thirsty Guys had:

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Here is the Thirsty Girl Bling:

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One last very important detail! We had a fabulous Photog Fran Niznik volunteer to take the pictures for this evening! Thank you so much Fran!

Using Yellow Pages for advertising is a very popular marketing strategy to get your business in front of lots of eyeballs. It’s a trusted resource used by many advertisers and consumers.  However the costs of placing an ad in Yellow Pages when compared with many other forms of advertising doesn’t really give you value for your investment. Combine that with the sometimes extended time it takes for your ad to be approved and sent live can be very frustrating. At first impression Yellow Pages seems a sound investment for your advertising. However, just by scratching the surface you’ll discover that it’s not a viable option for businesses with limited budgets that need to increase their exposure as quickly as possible. Especially when people no longer let their fingers do the walking, they turn to Google.

Money loves speed so wouldn’t it be easier to actually hire someone with experience to take care of your advertising for you?  They know exactly what they’re doing and can get you on the first page of Google in no time right?

There are many internet marketing consultants available for hire and they’re generally easy to find.  Most of them charge extortionate rates for doing the bare minimum of work. Sure they know the techniques for getting you on the first page of the search engines. However once you achieve this you’ll need to stay there and that invariably requires more work.  This in turn requires paying your internet marketing consultant more money. There has to be an easier and more cost-effective of doing things and luckily for you there is.

Google Places is a little-known online resource that allows you to get more exposure for your business, drive customers through your doors and increase your bottom line. It’s completely free (with no catches) and enables you to create your own business listing in no time at all.  As your business is advertised online by the most popular search engine on the planet you can guarantee maximum exposure 24 hours a day, even while you sleep!

As already discussed you don’t need to spend lots of money on a Yellow Pages Ad or an internet marketing consultant (although I wouldn’t complain if you hire me) to promote your business offline and on the world wide web. What’s more many business owners don’t even know Google Places exists so by placing your listing on there you’re immediately at an advantage over your competition.

To discover more about the huge advantages of advertising your business on Google Places and get access to a simple, step-by-step system to create and position your Google Places Ad for maximum effect then check out my new guide called ‘Google Places by Your Virtual Girl Friday’.

Here is your invitation to come network, taste delectable wines, and eat sushi from @sushisamba and be a @beathirstygirl.
Reserve your spot for this Thirsty Girl Live Event! I love wine and to network so if you are a Vegas local or are going to be here in the Bright Light City make sure to join us!
You haven’t heard about Thirsty Girl Yet? Thirsty Girl is a new social network founded in 2010 by Leslie Sbrocco, a nationally-recognized wine and lifestyle expert from Sonoma, CA. Sbrocco is an Emmy-award winning television host on the PBS Show “Check Please Bay Area,” and a regular guest on NBC’s Today Show. Her book, Wine for Women, won the Georges DuBoeuf Best Wine Book of the Year award.

The goal of Thirsty Girl is to build a nationwide community of women online via social media, and offline via local TG Chapters, as they share their passion for libations, food, travel, shopping and fun. For more information, please visit www.BeAThirstyGirl.com and also Facebook Become a Fan of Thirsty Girl and follow them on Twitter @BeAThirstyGirl.

This Thirsty Girl LIVE! event is part of a multi-city national event tour with Sbrocco leading a series of entertaining tastings with seven partner wineries. Women with an interest in all things gastronomic can expect to learn about wine, connect with one another, and be inspired to live life to the fullest. As a national partner of Dress For Success, a portion of all ticket sales will go to support local DFS chapters.

Meet Leslie Sbrocco in the video below where she is giving you tips on decanting your wine! Don’t miss out this fabulous wine tasting event!

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I found an amazing service called eZipit when I attended Blog World 2010, they had a booth on the expo floor. eZipit is a membership site where the prices are always low and you get a discount on just about everything.

eZipit wants to reward you for simply sharing their amazing service with a friend by paying you for the referral. You are going to do this anyways once you realize how awesome eZipit is.

eZipit works on an invite only system, you have to be invited to eZipit to become part of this social network that can save you money and make money in the process. How? For referring your friends to eZipit, you get $15 for direct referrals, and then if your friends invite more friends you get paid for that too!

This is why eZipit is the secret that I want to share! I am a shopaholic, and love shopping online. But I love to save and earn cash back, and get exclusive offers.

Bonus it is also a social network, so you are not only shopping and saving but connecting w/ friends and earning cash back. You can also make new friends based on your likes and dislikes.

Ok, so let’s recap eZipit benefits:

Invite your friends to participate in a social network where people shop, save, and connect with friends.

Earn cash back, get paid a fantastic $15 for every friend you bring into the community.

eZipit works on an invite only system here is you invitation Link:

http://budurl.com/Ezipit

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