A Tweeting Traveler

Lauren's post made me recall a Twitter Boondoggle story that I thought would be fun to share. My friend Martha writes for magazines as varied as Travel & Leisure and More and has published a couple of books. She has 987 Twitter followers. One afternoon last winter from her NYC apartment, she tweeted something along the lines of, "Citarella or Fairway? What should I have for dinner?" One of her followers, a man she didn't know responded something along the lines of, "Citarella. Try the sweet potato raviolis with vodka sauce." Well, a Twitter chat ensued. It turns out he manages spectacular properties in the jungle in Mexico. If Martha would tweet a few times about her vacation to Mexico she and her family and friends (total of 8 people) could stay there for a week free--all she had to pay for was airfare. So this struggling writer got a family vacation for free because of Twitter. Not a bad outcome from indecisive dinner plans.