Steemit Meetup In The Desert - That's How We Love To Vegas! 📷

in #meetup7 years ago

"If you can connect people, you can create the future." - Scott Heiferman

Thank you, Scott! You've probably just defined the essence of steemit.com.

Yes, this network connects people, surpassing any limits, melting virtual and true reality, bundling common interests, pooling creativity, knowledge and so much fun.

You need evidence? I've got them.

That's How We Like To Vegas

I'm probably on the vacational trip of my life these days.

Last week I had the pleasure to visit New York for the first time ever, now I am in Las Vegas.

For a little surfer girl that is used to live on a small island where not even a highway exists, these places are overwhelming.

I currently feel like a little kid that has been placed on an adventure playground far far away from home.

The best thing about adventures is to share them with others.

Lucky me my very best friend and buddy from college is with me: @knircky. If you're still not following him, you've missed one of the kindest and smartest people on the platform :-)

One of our favorite hobbies is to get in touch with people. We both find a lot of pleasure in meeting new interesting minds.

So we did.

A couple of days ago @shenanigator - who I knew from a recent steemit marketing project - contacted me after getting informed about my plans to visit Las Vegas.

Since he and his girlfriend @sharingeverybite decided to be there, too, at the same time, he proposed to organize a get together.

Awesome!

Could there be anything better than sharing time with likeminded people in a city like Vegas?

What we still didn't know at that point of time was that we were supposed to live one of the greatest evenings ever.

We decided to meet at the Bellagio and have some drinks in their "Harvest Bar".

What a beautiful place!

I only knew it from the movies so far. After having a couple of cocktails, finger food and the first nice chats, we decided on exploring the area and taking some pictures in the middle of this impressive setting.

The evening started to evolve into an absolute fun time.

What a lovely couple! If you're still now following these two wonderful souls - @sharingeverybite and @shenanigator -, now is your chance to fix that :-)

@surfermarly with rabbit ears (thank you @knircky, haha!)

After walking around the beautiful Conservatory & Botanical Garden of the Bellagio we decided to watch the famous fountain in front of the casino.

While watching the amazing spectacle and listening to the accompanying orchestral music, we kept talking, talking pictures, joking around and simply having a great time.

To me the Bellagio is kind of THE emblem of Vegas. Since at least the movie "Ocean's Eleven" I always wanted to stand in front of these unreal fountains. Yes, one half of my surfer soul is absolutely romantic :-)

Sharing 100% Vegas with the cutest couple in town.

Looking at the pictures @knircky and I still can't believe how lucky we were to run into the cutest couple in town.

How often does is actually happen that you connect with people right away and start talking, joking and having fun as if you knew each other since a long time?

That was the rather silent part of the night.

Being in Vegas it was almost self-evident that the meeting would gain momentum.

No sooner said than done.

Beer Pong is a popular game amoung the surfers on my island, so the second part of the night was totally my scene :-)

If you wanna know how this great night in the desert ended up, you need to read the second part of the story which has been published by @knircky:

Playing Beer Pong with the cutest Steemian couple on the Vegas Strip

This night was definitely one of my highlights in Vegas so far.

Again, thank you infinitely for such a great time @shenanigator and @sharingeverybite! It has been a HUGE pleasure meeting you and I'm looking forward to seeing you again at Steemfest!

Now that's to all of you out there: if you have the chance to organize meetups with steemians at your place: do it!

It's the second time in two weeks that I met some users in "real life", and even though we hadn't seen each other ever prior to this we immediately felt that we had much in common and connected right away.

Let's spread the steemy spirit all over the planet and create a network of creative, like and open minded people that are able to make this world an even better place.

Yours,
Marly -

PS: Once I'll be back home from the trip of my life, I'll set up a travel series and share all the details of this amazing adventure with you guys. Well wait.... before blogging again I will need to sleep a couple of days, haha! :-P

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A great Post, thank you so much!!!

Thank YOU for stopping by 😉

Upvoted and resteemed :-)

Thank you sooooo much!!! Please apologize replying that late - this city totally absorbs me, haha
Big hugs from the blinking desert 😉

No problem my dear. We can totally understand you :-) Enjoy your time.

Aw, they are a cute couple! So glad you guys are having such a great time!!
Spreading the steemy spirit is my current goal in life, I can't say enough about how amazing our community is :)

Look-the hardfork made everything even better! Oh, and I got a new camera (and a case that goes around my neck haha!) with steem!

Oh this is so cool my dear!! Congrats to this new steemy camera 😉😍
Sending you a big hug from the Strip!!

We had a lot of fun hanging out with you two, I'm glad we made it happen!

Yessss, it's been a blast! To be repeated soon 😉

This is so great , it sounds like you had (have) a really wonderful time !!
I once meet a Steemian last year, well in fact at this time we were both on the Tsu plattform, so we were Tsuvians meeting in my city Annecy ! This was super great, even if very shortIMG-20160520-WA0002-01.jpeg
and guess what ? this so nice guy @pipurilla is the one that told me about Steemit and convinced me (in about 5 minutes) to come here ...! ^_^ How cool is that ? This is the magic of beautiful meetings =))
Thanks a lot for sharing your story @surfermarly !300.png

Oh that is cute!!! I totally love meeting "internet friends" in real life - it's always so much fun!!! Thanks for sharing your experience here - will follow "the nice guy", too 😉

... und wenn Sie nicht gestorben sind dann steemen Sie noch heute :)
haha

Nice Trip you had there :) You guys coming to Steemfest in Lisbon? Will be a huge meetup :) Would be cool to see some people from the US :) Looking forward to your travel series :)

Yeah definitely - even though I'm the one of the group that doesn't live in the US 😉 My flights to Steemfest are already booked! See you there & thanks for your ongoing support!!

Wow, nice sharing! Yes, the community really connecting people. You guys both go there as a visitor? or someone just live over there? As it is even more difficult if no one really live over there but make a meeting in a new place XD. Anyway, it is interesting, thank you!

We are visitors, living more or less far away from this place 😉
I'm happy you enjoyed the article!

I really enjoyed this post. Having been to Las Vegas countless times, it brought back many memories of the good times there. I've even stayed at Bellagio.

Las Vegas is quite a unique place. You will not find anything like on this planet.

I also like downtown. It's not as big as "The Strip"; a little seedy, but appreciated by many regulars to Las Vegas. The world's largest TV is there amongst other attractions.

Have Fun!

Thank you so much!! We're definitely having a blast! The Bellagio is amazing, I fully agree. It's beautiful at day and night.

This post makes me happy :)

Always love to see Steemit family meeting up!

Let's spread the steemy happiness 😉
Thanks for stopping by, Wade! Hope life is treating you well.

Steemians meeting in real life! Pretty much just about the only cryto project where this happens!

Yeah definitely! I totally love this part 😉

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