It was a bold strategy… invite 30 of the West Coasts largest social media influencers to your city, put them up in a nice hotel for 2 nights, give them cash, and let set them free. No restrictions, just an all expense paid trip for 3 days and 2 nights in Seattle.
I couldn’t believe it when Klout informed me that I had been chosen for a Klout Perk sponsored by the Seattle Visitors and Convention Center Bureau. The SVCC decided to host some of the most influential people on the West Coast, in hopes of luring nearby people to spend 2 days in Seattle. They have a website dedicated to following the tweets of the selected curators. I was categorized under Music, Arts & Culture, and it was great that @SeattleMaven served as the cyber hostess: serving up points of interest to any of us who checked in or tweeted around Seattle. She even hooked me up with Seattle Mariners tickets!!
Our room at Hotel Andra was spacious as well as gracious,
We were put up at the Hotel Andra … I never would’ve guessed that a boutique hotel could deliver such quality service and quiet rooms. We usually stay at the Hyatt, but I can see us returning to Hotel Andra in the future…it was that lovely. The hotel staff greeted me with 2 VIP tickets to see King Tut at the Science Center, a nice welcome note and an invitation to contact them if I have any questions. We were located perfectly between downtown and Belltown, so we were able to walk or bus anywhere. The weather was typical….socked in with fog in the morning, and lovely in the evenings.
Lola was a great restaurant with a Greek inspired menu.
And the food? I’m so used to Portland being a foodie city that I forget that Seattle also has a wonderful and diverse food scene as well. From chowder at Ivar’s to breakfast at Etta’s and everything in between, we never missed a meal, or a cocktail hour!! Stumbled upon the series of Tom Douglas restaurants, and ate our way through half of them over the weekend.
We were instructed to turn on our location device on our smart phones, and to tweet with the hashtag #2daysinSeattle. It allowed them to track us and also allowed us to see where other influencers were in the city.
But, pictures speak louder than words…. check out my visual tweets here.
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#2daysinSeattle, a wonderful way to sample and share. We hope you come back to Seattle, and if you do, maybe you will visit one of our many art shows in the Northwest: Best of the Northwest, First Thursdays at Occidental Park, Waterfront Art Shows or Chateau Ste. Michelle, the list goes on … Your engaging writing style, real and immediate, is a plus for internet readers! Here’s a taste of our Waterfront Arts Show http://www.flickr.com/photos/notableone/7713085604/in/photostream
Hey Nice to meet you via your Tweets. What a small world! 🙂 I like Portland and Seattle too. My friend Kesang Marstrand recorded her first professional cover in Seattle
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What great idea. Love your use of Storify to document it.