So, finally the show is over…

… and Sergio and I are having fun upstairs in the Press Room schmoozing all the reporters and fellow winners …

One thing that I’d like to make one point perfectly clear regarding this video. A friend has pointed out to me that it *sounds* like I say ‘stupid show’ in reference to the Shorty Awards show. She has a point, it does sound like I said that.

However, I remember recording this portion of the video very clearly and it was not my intention to say that nor do I believe the Shorty Awards to be ‘stupid’… nothing could be further from the truth. If I thought the Shorty Awards were stupid I wouldn’t have been there at all. It was merely a slip of the tongue in my usual ‘stream of consciousness’ diatribe.

Thanks Shorty for understanding, I hope I’ve redeemed myself with this note!! I had a blast and appreciate everything.

Ok, now that I’m finished grovelling, let’s get on with the fun…

So, here’s more backstage fun once I got my nerve up (aka alcohol level up) to corner MC Hammer and Gary Vaynerchuk for some time on camera with me!

further to THIS video I believe I have an apology to make… SORRY GARY!! I totally mispronounced Gary Vaynerchuk’s name in this video and I think you can actually see him consider correcting me then deciding not to!! You are a true gentleman but I do apologize for the slip. Shame on me. Smack me next time you see me, will you? (but not hard! hee hee)

Jackie & Wine Super-Blogger Gary Vaynerchuk After The Show

Jackie & Wine Super-Blogger Gary Vaynerchuk After The Show

After all this, Sergio and I called it a night for the evening and started roaming the streets of Brooklyn having a whistling contest while trying to hail a taxi to take us back to Manhattan (sorry, didn’t think to get that on video, wish I had!! LOL)… I’ve never met anyone that can whistle through their fingers as loudly as I can… until now. Sergio won that contest. Show off!! haw haw!!

and then finally, after all the excitement was done and I was back safe and sound at my hotel, I decided that I was hungry so wandered down to Arriba Arriba again for a bite to eat and some conversation with the guys that run the place!!

and, here’s some press that the Shorty Awards event got, that include blurbs about or by me:

Very awesome and complimentary article with quotes by me and a great pic of me holding my award too! Wired.com Article

This one also has a great quote by me and my usual headshot. Click on the “Winners” tab to get to that: CNN.com Article

and finally the article by the Wall Street Journal that I was interviewed for via telephone well before the event. I was actually quite surprised to see how the article turned out… not so much because I was not quoted, but because of how negatively spun the article was about the Shorty Awards in general.

I didn’t say anything negative during my interview even though I was prodded to, so I’m assuming that’s why none of my interview was used!

Oh well!!! Still fun to be interviewed by such a heavy hitter in the media world! Wall Street Journal Article