What a Difference a Week Makes!!

View from the Mansion on Peachtree

What didn't happen this past week???

I mean seriously....there was a concert, an interview, a cousin coming home from tim-buk-too, a basketball game, and fun in the sun!!! I've met some amazing people and managed to once again navigate all of this on limited sleep.

Beginning with Tuesday, I went to a free Small Business Seminar that I had seen on EventBrite. It was on Social Media Strategy. This led to me taking a new approach to everything I was doing and to me actually looking for opportunities to help small businesses to get on the ball themselves where social media is concerned.



Besides helping out Alycia Levels with her website...old and new; I have also updated a website for a former employer, you can see the difference yourself by checking out The Math Set and then checking out the site I built for them on Blogger...here. We are still trying to figure out the logistics of moving everyone from their old site to their new one, but things are definitely looking up.

Ben entertaining the crowd

Then my crazy cousin ABCiE came into town and I took her to see Ben Deignan at the Mansion on Peachtree, I interviewed him there and then he performed and...needless to say he is now her Man Candy of the Week :-)...You're Welcome.

Best song of this night?? See the YouTube vid below...:-) But the cut in with Jessica Dauler of Q100 singing the chorus was priceless...so seriously check this guy out when you get the chance! I mean even his fans have crazy good talent.

very pretty but not my food

After Friday came Saturday....(just checking to make sure you're awake) with an outing with the same crazy cousin to Ru San's at Edgewood a little sushi place, and seeing as I LOVE...meaning hate...sushi then I was stoked!!! (sarcasm dripping all over that right there).But thankfully they had Shrimp Fried Rice which was pretty good, and I got some cooked salmon sushi...YES! (oxymoronic?...yes...will I order it again?....yes)

Designed by Wendy Tonsits @ the beehive

We then walked around and found the greatest little boutique in the world not far from there called the beehive. They have been featured on HGTV and in the AJC for creating community and for offering local artists of all genres of art and design the opportunity to showcase their handmade products in a retail shop. From jewelry to dresses, cupcakes and spices, the whole place is like a very...VERY upscale local market. I got a red velvet cupcake...and just about DIED...it was pretty amazing. I'd show you more photos of the place but they have their own blog that does the trick just nicely. But I will show my favorite design...

There's so much that I know I am leaving out, like Sr. Night at GSU, and Church on Sunday...and the like, but really I've just told you so, no complaints.

Then comes the great news!!! That, this whole thing has landed me as the official Social Media Marketing Manager for two new or fairly new companies I have mentioned. AnotherLevels Production w/ Alycia, and the Lance Tilton Foundation. I created my own jobs...and while I am volunteering in each of these ventures, enough cannot be said for the fact that less than two months ago I had never even heard of Social Media Marketing and now I am helping to build the brands of two separate entities and am helping a third to reach new markets. To say the least I am humbled by the entire thing and ecstatic!!!

So I have to give God my humble thanks, I know that there are plenty who do not believe, and I do not mind...I do, and to Him I give thanks. Without my unemployment I would never have stretched myself so far outside of my comfort zone to meet some of the amazing people who have come my way in just the past month an a half.
As a bonus...I have also been getting an amazing education in music. So if you have not already, check out Ben and Alycia...

 

And as always folks...Peace Love and Courage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!