Virtual Golf is Twitteriffic!

Sheesh! Being a Design Gal on the Go is exhausting!

First of all, I have to update you on the CharityWorks 100 Point Wine Tasting held this past Saturday at the home of Jean-Marie and Raul Fernandez. Talk about spectacular! Words cannot describe the evening...the weather was perfect, their home was TO DIE FOR, and I felt like I was on a movie set where someone was going to yell CUT! at any moment. The night started out with informal cocktails by the pool, and then we were ushered into THE BIGGEST AIR CONDITIONED TENT I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE (well, actually the ONLY air conditioned tent I've ever been in, but I digress). The crowd was comprised of some pretty amazing people...Congressmen, the former Undersecretary of Defense, a fabulous hotelieress from Middleburg, VA, world renowned interior designers, NBA and NFL team owners, and, well, me. The tiny rung on a BIG ladder, but I held my own nonetheless, and my outfit was even photographed by Washington Life magazine so I guess I didn't stick out like the proverbial sore thumb too much! Thank goodness!

I can't even go into how divine the food and the wine was or I may start crying because I know I will never, ever, experience them again in this lifetime, but needless to say when you combine the talents of chefs from CityZen, Vidalia, INOX, and more with bottles of wine that range from 2,000.00 a bottle to priceless you can just imagine how thrilling it was!

The good news is, that even if at the start of the evening most people didn't know me from Adam's Housecat, by the end of the night they sure knew who the Virtual Golf Girl was because I used my Southern Charm AND my awesome Gourmet and Golf auction item to introduce everyone to the room I'll be designing in the CharityWorks Green House. Lucky Mark Lowham who snagged my golf package!!!! And lucky me, because I'll get to be there when he hosts his private party for 8 in the CharityWorks Virtual Golf Room. Cool!

And speaking of chatter, I've been recently introduced to the newest means of communication on the planet: The Wonderful World of Twitter! As you know, along with this blog, I'm doing everything I can to spread the word about the Green House, because the more people that come out and support the project the more money CharityWorks will raise to help Friendship Public Charter School, our CW partner. So, enter Twitter, a form of communication that asks you only ONE question: What are you doing right now? It's simple...you answer in 140 characters or less, trying to make your posts interesting and clever to encourage more people to follow you. The more people that follow you, the more of your posts that will be seen by other people's streams. It's really amazing: since I've been Twittering about the Virtual Golf Room, I now have the PGA Tour, The Espy Awards, The Virtual Golf Society and even a few sparkly celebrities following me on Twitter. How cool is that? People all over the country are helping me spread the word, and it's catching on like wildfire.

So here's the deal. Don't laugh.

We all know that Matt Lauer from The Today Show is a passionate golfer, right? Well, my goal is to get Matt Lauer to come to DC and come play golf with me in my Virtual Golf Room. How's that for a lofty aspiration? We could get national exposure for the Green House on The Today Show, and spread the word about this amazing carbon neutral project that will change the way people look at "living green". Win Win Situation Folks!

So here's what I need you to do. It's easy! Simply spread the word about this blog by pressing the follow button on the right, and share the blog with your friends. If you're on Twitter, follow me @LynniMegginson. If you're on Facebook please post the link. See? It's simple! The more followers I have on this blog will make it even more compelling to Matt Lauer once I pitch it to him, so please follow follow follow!

The funny thing is that Al Roker and I are already tweeting each other on Twitter, so I figure the six degrees of separation between me and Matt Lauer has exponentially closed. Woo Hoo! Plus, I have several new awesome friends on Twitter, such as @LLLNorman (a famous west coast engineer) and @RanmarkGolf (a fellow wine lover who loves golf) and they are both on board to help me achieve my goal. Seriously, follow them if you're a Twitterholic because they're definitely helping the Green House by retweeting my posts and spreading the word.

Think I can do it? Be sure to follow the blog and tune in to keep up with everything that is happening Behind the Green Scenes. Oh, and somewhere in all my spare time I really need to learn how to play golf. Yikes!

By the way, you know that pesky little detail about actually DESIGNING the room and worrying about what's actually going in it besides the HD Golf Simulator? Like Scarlett O'Hara famously said: "Fiddle Dee Dee. I'll think about that tomorrow". Sorry Barry Dixon! I promise I'm on it! Really!

Signing off now. Sleep is beckoning. Please Follow Follow Follow!

xoxoxoxo,

Lynni
The Virtual Golf Girl