Brief Nudity by the Bay

SF likes to party.  The annual Bay to Breakers race took place Sunday in San Francisco.  Bay2Breakers is a 12K (7.46 mile) run starting at the Embarcadaro and ending up at Ocean Beach.  The tradition began in 1912,  as a way to lift local spirits after the infamous earthquake and fire in 1906.  Today thousands upon thousands participate.

Turns out B2B is the biggest party in town.  A full-out costume (or nude) parade though the hilly streets of San Francisco and Golden Gate Park.  The drinking and the race started at 8 a.m.

Did AspenSpin run the race? .... NaaaKobe: Game 7.aaaaa we just drank it.  Click to ENLARGE.                                  Clothing OptionalThe Deathmobile

Garden of Eden

Muscle of Love.The SF BalletBeer GardenHangin out

San Francisco Spin

AspenSpin.com is expanding.  Warhol Live.  de Young Museum, SF.

Swine Flu in Aspen

AspenSpin needs a vacation.  It's all planned out. 

Swine Flu: Is it hype? Is it real? Is going to Belize, a 3rd World Country that borders Mexico a smart move?  I dunno.  Should I stay or should I go?   That question created quite a titther on TWITTER.  

What do you think?  My flight leaves @ 7am Sunday. 

Leave a comment below. American Airlines Admirals Club 

 Homeland Security @ DIA

Swine Flu: more than hype.

Social Media in Action

Fran Melmed & Shel Holtz @ CCM09 with Carmelo's moon.It's "mud season" in Aspen so there's not much going on in town--- its kinda nice. The lifts are closed, the sun is out and A-Spin is about to hit the beach.

As you probably know AspenSpin is a major force in SOCIAL MEDIA.  Using tools such as FACEBOOK, TWITTER and LinkedIN we've connected with people from all over the world. Click the links, become our FB friend, tweet us, link in.

We were twittering yesterday and entered a discussion about #CCM09 in Ruth Ellen Kinzey, Colleen Perrin & Christie Gay get used to the altitude in Aspen.Aspen. What's #CCM09? We asked the same thing. Its the Council of Communication Management (CCM) Annual Conference, and its being held @ the St. Regis. Its a convention for senior level corporate communications executives. We twittered with Fran Melmed from Context who gave us the low down. We crashed that party--hard.

Shel Holtz communicating @ CCM09 in Aspen. Before security was called (just kidding) we networked with some of the most influential communications execs in the U.S. We met well known social media consultant Shel Holtz who invited us to sit in the CCM social media workshop. It was a stone cold groove. Unusual in Aspen, the workshop was almost all women. Niiiiiiice, and they were all good communicators.

Surrounded by communicative, professional women---and we liked it--- alot.  We learned that in the next 3 years over 50% of all content on the internet will be "user generated". Research shows that 78% of people trust a "personal recommendation" and that "word of mouth" is the most effective form of marketing. AspenSpin has been proving that since our inception.  According to CCM research, trust is at an all time low and that corporate CEO's/ corporate spokes people are currently the least trusted source of info.  That gives the power to the people, and the internet is their weapon.  Join the conversation, it's two way now.Joyce Buford (r) teamed up with Kathy Collura @ CCM09

That's the beauty of Social Media---its "person to person" communications, and it allows one to easily share opinions, insights, information, experiences and perspectives with others. Thanks to #CCM09 for inviting us to sit in on their Annual Convention and to participate in their World Vision caregiver event. Enough cerebral work for now, tomorrow we'll be sitting on the beach sipping umbrella drinks---with no internet connection---we're gonna communicate the old fashioned way.The CCM crew prepped "caregiver kits" on behalf of World Vision. Zambian orphans will receive backbacks filled with cool stuff thanks to CCM and www.WorldVision.org

The Last Lap

CannonBall . click 4 pixAspen's 2008/09 Ski Season came to a glorious end on Sunday 4-26 @ Aspen Highlands. It was an awesome season to be sure, and the super-stars of Aspen came out for THE LAST LAP.  We experienced Winter & Spring conditions all in the same day as the unpredictable Rocky Mountain weather spit-up a final POW storm to close it out.  It was freezing, windy and dumping in the morn.--followed by a bluebird afternoon. Ankle shots all day. What a way to go out.  See the pix, click  THE LAST LAP.

Sure the economy sux and all- but we get to crib & breathe it all up, right here in a little place we like to call Aspen, Colorado.  The Roaring Fork Valley, ZG, A-Town, Fat City, the Capital of Skiing, Cougar-city---call it anything you want ---we call it siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick.Jello shots? click 4 pix

AspenSpin registered 101 ski days this season. NOT BAD for a gaper.  That's 101 ski dayz, in addition to all the insane partying that we documented for A-Spin.   Special thanks go out to our equipment sponsors, they kept us properly geared-up all season: Kudos to  KJUS, CLOUDVEIL, IBEX, BLIZZARD / TECNICA, & HIGH SOCIETY. Extra-special thanks to GORSUCH for the spectacular tunage and the fat boyz that we "borrowed" for all the really BIG days.   Thanks to THE ASPEN CLUB for keeping us in shape (sort of) and to the boyz @ CRYSTAL PALACE GRILL for filling our belly with grub all season. ACRA was a great promotional partner. TREW GEAR, RED BULL & OAKLEY kept us swimming in swag all season.    Our Real Estate partners RAIFIE BASS, RESORT QUEST and AJAX Real Estate  are 100% ready to make a GREAT DEAL for you in Aspen---right now.  DR. KEN MARK made us "camera ready" all Winter long with various botox treatments, derm-abrasions, zit cream and even a full-on face-lift.  How do I look? Good enough to party @ CARIBOU CLUB---right?

Cougar Hunting? This is real.Congratulations go out to BERLONI AMERICA on the opening of their new big-daddy U.S. showroom.  We want to share the luv with our affiliates VINTAGE SKI WORLD, STAY ASPEN/SNOWMASS, Buckaroo Builders, Aspen Skiing Company and CHARITY BUZZ, along with the hoards of non-profits we worked with all season including AAM, Susan Komen, Chris Klug Foudation, Shining Stars,SpingBoard, Aspen Deaf Camp, Aspen Historical Society, Grassroots TV etc. etc.  A-Spin is not just about the parties and good times and stuff---we try to give back too. We helped raise over $100,000 (via on-line auctions and direct contributions) for various local charities. Again, not bad for a gaper

MOST OF ALL we want to congratulate YOU---the loyal, award winning readers of AspenSpin.com--and to those of you who posed for our long lens all season. Without your narcissism, hedonism and voyeuristic tendencies we would not exist.  It's been a great ride, a fantastic voyage and a big BLAST for the past 3 years.  We really are LIVIN' the DREAM in Aspen, Colorado.  As we said from the start--Go BIG---or ?  Well, we're still here Bi-atchs.

PARTY/OUT

BitterSweet POW. It's all over @ A-Spin HQ. Click 4 Pix