Sunday, February 21, 2010

Gretchen Bleiler and Lindsay Jacobellis at Club Bud Party



If you're wondering where the Olympics party is in Vancouver, follow Gretchen Bleiler, Lindsay Jacobellis, and two Vancouver bloggers to the fun at the Club Bud Party.



And there are two Vancouver-based bloggers who have the Red Carpet pass to all-access fun at the Club Bud Party: Vancity Alley of VancityAlley.com and Rebecca Bollwitt's Miss604.com.

This dynamic duo of blogger has done an outstanding job filing in a void left by NBC and the mainstream media. Friday Night's Club Bud Party was no exception as both bloggers took a lot of photos and made excellent use of their Twitter and Flickr accounts. The only missing social media instrument was YouTube.  Videos from the event were missed.

Johnny Weir


Of course, everyone who follows the Winter Olympics knows the super hot women athletes, snowboarders Gretchen Bleiler and Lindsay Jacobellis.   Both attended Friday Night's event and posed for the cameras on the red carpet.

Gretchen Bleiler
But the Club Bud party had other stars like San Francisco 49ers Tight End Vernon Davis, Sean Wescott (fresh from his gold medal win) came by.

Peter Tork 

Olympics skating hero and gold medalist Johnny Weir (who looks just like a young Peter Tork from The Monkees. Really, Weir does.

Johnny Weir's nose, mouth, and eyes and even their spacing is identical to that of Peter Tork.  And if you've never heard of The Monkees, they were a pre-teen British Band of the 1960s and 70s.)

But Peter Tork would never be caught dead wearing Johnny Weir's gender-bending shirt or really more appropriately described an almost back-less blouse.



 Whatever the case, Johnny Weir gives a new meaning to "figure skating."  With his incredible skating talent and bright future, Johnny Weir's certain to place his own unique stamp on sports culture.

While Johnny Weir's outfit was the talk of Club Bud, it wasn't the only thing going on.

Olympics Legends Carl Lewis and Bonnie Blair stopped by as well as John Hamm from the popular AMC Television Series Mad Men.

John Hamm


 All of these and more celebs -- too many to mention -- in the 18,000 square foot Commodore Ballroom.   Plus, there was a great street party to start things off!

 But what's neat is that Budweiser gave these two great bloggers special access and the result is this great Internet buzz that was missing from NBC's Olympics coverage online and offline.

This - attending over-the-top parties - is what going to an event like the Olympics or the Super Bowl or The World Cup is about.  It's a shame the media doesn't show this side of it as a matter of course.

Enter the bloggers, and Gretchen Bleiler, Lindsay Jacobellis!

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