FreshBooks is hitting the campaign trail!
There has been a lot of chit chat around the FBHQ (FreshBooks headquarters) about the U.S. presidential campaign. We don’t all agree on who we want to see win but we can all agree that driving in a bus from town to town shaking hands and kissing babies sounds like a blast!
So much so that we got to wondering out loud if we should pick someone in our office to run for president… but then we remembered that not only are we all from Canada, but only one or two of us are even old enough to run.
That being said we at FreshBooks are not quitters. Once we put our mind to something we pretty much run with it… so we have rented us a pretty sweet “large” RV and will be driving from the Future of Web Apps conference (February 29 – March 1, 2008) in Miami, Florida all the way to South by Southwest (March 7–11, 2008) in Austin, Texas with some very clear goals:
Meet as many users as we can, introduce the “south” to FreshBooks and what we offer, eat a Texas-sized donut, eat a country fried steak, get interviewed on a small town “morning show” (I am looking at you WPMI in Mobile, Alabama), pick up a hitchhiker, and of course, we want to be elected POTUS.
Keep checking the blog because in the coming weeks we will have more information on our trip! The tour is tentatively called “It’s Saul or Nothing” because I am trying to make everything in this office about me… but I have a feeling we may have a different name by the next blog post. So if you are going to be attending either show or you live somewhere along our route (which we will post soon), we would love to meet you, shake your hand and kiss your baby… if you have one… and if you say it is OK.
Your trip sounds SO fun!! I wish you were coming to Kansas City so I could meet you. The best chicken fried steak (in my humble opinion) in Houston is at a delightful little diner called Mama’s Cafe. I get it “country fried”, which is beer-battered and pan-fried. It can’t be beat! Have a great trip!!
http://mamascafe.net/menuI.htm
Kristi
You need to come to Atlanta, GA
Saul has been building me up on the country fried steak. I, however, am afraid.
See you guys in West Palm on March 1st!
So are you stopping in San Antonio (75 min south of Austin) or do I need to visit Austin?
I’m telling you, you’ve *got* to go see The Gourds. Hey, you gotta eat somewhere on the 8th of March… and you’ll already be in Austin. I erred before, the Growin a Beard websites says (about the Gourds) “Go see them play. That will make you happy”
http://threadgills.com/showinfo.cfm?location=2&showid=1185&da=8&mo=3&ye=2008