Hi all ... Elissa here. And, as clichéd as it sounds, I'm having one of those "today is the first day of the rest of your life" sort of days.

You know, suddenly things feel all fresh and new ... and your cup of tea tastes crisper ... and the sun seems shinier ... and you look around at this glorious place called earth and you just want to EXPLORE.

You just want to bust out the door and explore and meet and greet and skip through the streets yelling to people you've never met, "Come out of your holes! We're alive! Let's have an adventure!"

And so you would ... You'd all come out and we'd meet in the street and we'd all go to the train station and choose a random destination by each asking a stranger where they're going, then all the destinations go in a hat and we'd draw one and -- BAM!  -- that's our destination. Then, we'd settle in our seats and drink champagne as we watch the world whiz by for three days and we'd share stories about our lives and loves and what we believe and what we're willing to unbelieve and then... we'd arrive. And we'd go straight to the best hotel and say: we need your entire top floor because we're on an adventure. And they'd say, "Well, absolutely." and they would give us their best rooms for free because suddenly we're like this flash mob art group that's traveling the world, being followed by all major networks and newsmagazines because we were living each day as if it really was the first day of the rest of our lives....

And then ... what happens next?

Check it:

e>v was note in this month's issue of the Business Catalyst newsletter!

The newsletter? Business Catalyst is the platform on which the e>v site is built (a very cool DIY platform for all you webby folks out there).

The topic? Sites that build community.

The props? e>v was noted as one of the six success stories that were highlighted.


Sa-weet. Give a read-through. We're going to raise a toast.


Later,
e+g

Check it out! e>v is on the home page of Ode Magazine! You can read our full post on their cool Exchange site here.  (You may have to register, but it's completely worth it. Ode has oodles of goodness for you to read and learn ... "For Intelligent Optimists" -- that's Ode and they're super cool.) Rock on!

Where it all started: 16 months ago we would meet for the Thursday night pub quiz and work on Evolution Through Vacation in between sips of Guinness and Magners.

And now, we've launched ... and it's time to celebrate!

Join us Thursday July 17, 2008 for the coolest pub quiz around––and a liminal party like none other!


WHERE:
Keegan's Irish Pub, 16 University Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413, 612•252•0880


WHEN:
Thursday July 17, 2008
6:00 p.m. CST – ???


WHAT:
The e>v launch, celebration and all-around-good-time hang out!


RSVP:
Leave a note in the comment section below so we'll have an idea of how many beers to buy .... You dig?


Hope to see you there!

- Gretchen + Elissa