Yesterday evening I attended my first Steemit meetup. It was in the heart of London’s hip district.
I got off at Old Street, from where it was just a short, brisk walk. I was early, so I thought I’d catch something to eat and some coffee. My choices were Eat and Proper coffee. Gotta love London.
I arrived at the venue an hour early so I went in to take a look before anyone arrived - it looked as cool as it did in the photos. Said venue is the Queen of Hoxton.
Fast forward an hour, and some people had arrived already. After a quick bag check by security, I was in. I walked in at the same time as @rimicane with whom I immediately engaged in conversation. “Are you here for the Steemit thing?” I asked her. She nodded in the affirmative. We were pleasantly welcomed by @redrica @teodora and @immarojas. I had no idea who they were at the time - it was the first time I had ever met any of these people - but the welcome was as though we had been friends already.
Honestly, I didn’t know what to expect from my first meetup, but right from get go, it was that same positive energy I experienced on the platform it self - but in real life.
We were all offered drinks by @redrica who bought everyone their first round, apparently from her Steem proceeds! How generous is that?
For the first half-hour or so, I sat with @gillianpearce, @bristena94, @rimicane and @galacticwoman.
As the evening went on, more people arrived and we all mingled and connected with each other. Some of the people there already knew each other, either in real life from previous meetings, or online because they belonged to the same Discord group, or follow each other on Steemit.
I suddenly recognised my first person - @allasyummyfood. We said a few words about her recent decision to go full-time Steemian! She was there was @ivargereiko - a very nice gentleman, and her sister @ingaaa.
I was really excited to meet @dragosroua, who arrived shortly after. He is the developer of www.steemsuply.com which is one of my favourite frontends on the Steem blockchain. Also, fellow members of the #dtubedaily community had asked me to say hi to him.
I also had a great conversation with @simonjay about marketing and projects on Steemit and other platforms.
The turnout was great - with more people than I expected. There were even people there that hadn’t joined Steemit yet, and there was opportunity for them to learn about the platform.
As the music in the venue turned louder, and the food and drinks were flowing, some of the group went up to the rooftop for a while. Soon enough, about half of the group, including yours truly, had to make their way home. Some stayed behind to dance the night away.
While I was saying goodbye to everyone, I recognised the big man himself - @nanzo-scoop and grabbed a quick celeb-struck style photo curtesy of @ingaaa
@adetorrent and @nanzo-scoop [photo by @ingaaa]
There were so many cool people there to be honest. Shoutout to the crazy man and Steemit graffiti artist @colossus39. 💪🏿👨🏾
Below is the list of all the attendees that wrote down their names on @bristena94’s lovely notepad.
@gillianpearce
@rimicane
@adetorrent
@lloyddavis
@redrica
@teodora
@immarojas
@bristena94
@dragosroja
@galacticwoman
@colossus39
@simonjay
@ingaaa
@allasyummyfood
@ivargereiko
@myvitriol
@hunterx / @hunterx7
@ultravioletmag
@fashionphotos
@stevejhuggett
Peace and Love ✌🏿
Adé
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Crazy! How did you all plan the locks meetup?! I’d like to give it a shot here in San Antonio.🙌🏼🤩📈
Resteemed!!!♻️
Wow! What a small world, I didn't know @redrica was in London! This makes me incredibly happy. So nice to see so many Steemians together!!
She's (hopefully) going to come and keep you company in #dtubedaily :)
Oh.. you bet I will, looks like fun! See you two there soon ;)
Very cool highlights of the meet up!
Thanks bro. It was a great evening. My voice is gone from all the shouting due to loud music :)
Cool video and a great meet-up! Seems like all of you had a lot of fun.
Lots of fun, and made some good connections. Shouted out our #dtubedaily to everyone.
Thanks for coming @adetorrent! It was great to meet you, and nice to pick your brains a bit about vlogging. You will definitely see me in dtubedaily very soon (just give me 2-3 days to regroup, especially after last night! I didn't get home until 5am hahaha)
I have to say it was great to have a vlogger around (a documentary style one like yourself), it was a great overview of the night while you were there!
Catch ya later :)
5am! wow. You guys are gangsta. I don't think I have that kind of stamina anymore :)
You kicked off the night in the best way possible 🙌🏿🍻🥂🍷🍢
Ok take your time recharging your energy (and steempower 😁) and when you're ready #dtubedaily will be waiting for ya!
I also went to bed at 5:30 am as went out for food to sushi samba after then had to drive home, only just getting up and seeing you all blogged already hahahah
So you guys also made the most of it, last night! Sweet :)
Haha.. most of us actually left the venue by 12ish/1, it was more that @colossus39 and I decided to go on a little Graffiti adventure, that I ended up getting back at 5am.
It was a great night, which I had a ton of fun "organizing" and "hosting". And I had so much fun meeting you all. Hoping to get our London crew together as often as possible :)
Terrific to meet you and the rest of this gang (at least those who arrived before this old geezer shuffled off for his cocoa at 7pm!) - really looking forward to more London fun with you all. Now I'm digging into your dTube, Adé!
Thanks for the support sir, I'm feeling all the love ✋💥💥
Great recap video, Adé. Well done. It looks like it was a great night and morning. :-) I hope to be able to attend the next one.
Oh yeah, humble beginnings!
Seems like you had an amazing meet-up :)
Absolutely. Can't wait till the next time.
lovely to meet you @adetorrent, your enthusiasm is contagious! looking forward to watching your creation! keep up the great work and good vibes!!
Hey free spirit. Thanks for the lovely comment. The vibes were really positive for sure. Good times ✌🏿
great times indeed! smiles and giggles :)
Awesome report, great vibe! The meetup was a wonderful idea and it was so nice to meet everyone and learn about the things we do on Steemit! 😃 I so wish I could have stayed longer! 😭 Thank you for this cool video report! I shall post something myself later! And it was really nice meeting you Ade!
I left around 9.30pm, so not too long after you. I heard that's just about half-way because people where there till 5am apparently haha. Hope you found your way easily enough and didn't get home too late. I think you came from the farthest away.
Looking forward to your post.
That's crazy!!! 5 am! 😆 Lots of dancing and chatting!
Yeah, my crazy story about getting home you will hopefully read later! 😏
Great to meet you @adetorrent. Looks like you're another one who managed to write a post before bed. I'm dead impressed!!
Hopefuly see you at the next one. 😍
Thanks :) The hustle is real haha 💪🏿
I wish I could have been there. I've met some of those people, but I had another event last night. I'll try to get to the next one
I hope there will be another one soon. It'd be great to meet even more awesome steemians 💪🏿
was lovely to see you all last night you all so quick posting hahaha :D
:) Thanks for inviting me. Well pleased.
Nice summary and a video, man. Also I'm very pleased with all the mentions of me taking that photo... it's a great photo of you and @nanzo-scoop. Haha
Great meeting you, Ade. Look forward to following you on #dtubedaily. X
I feared for my life didn't I. The threat looked real :D
Hahaha. You learn fast ;-)
awesome meet up ladies and gents! hope to do one in our area soon. What do you feel was the biggest take away from meetings such as this?
Looks like my awful handwriting might be more to blame that's meant to be "u" not an "a" lol. Good to get over even it was just a flying visit! :)
Oh no. I'll fix it ASAP :)
Cool, least it wasn't "Nuggett" lol :))
Excellent work with the video @adetorrent was great to meet you, glad you enjoyed your first get together that much and already pumped for the next one haha Steemit does this to people!!
Thanks bro. We need to chat at some point about our team project #dtubedaily that I mentioned to you. We're growing very fast now.
Yea I see you enjoyed another meeting lol I gave you a mention and shared some of your work on my most recent post of the meet-up take a look if you get a moment @adetorrent
Looks awesome!!! Can't wait to get back and meet you guys at the next one!
It was great meeting you and super fun!! London will be growing bigger and better :)) i will be doing my video today :)) woop!
Great to meet you man and more of a graffiti photographer than an artist but its all good man 😊 as the song says we aint never gonna survive unlesssssss we get a lil crazy 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂👊🏽
Dude, I sense a collab in the near future! We totally need to hit town with our cameras and create some Steemit content. What do you say?
100% bro!!! Lets make it happen 😉
You must have had a lot of fun. I wish a meet would be organized at my end too. Nice photos you have.