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The new tour shirts are here! We're stoked. They look awesome. If you invite us to visit your place while on tour, you'll be getting one of these. We're also giving them free to the first five people who sign up for our TweetUps, in each market.

RJ says that you're going to look totally hot in these tees. So even if you don't live or work on the west coast, you may want to book airfare now and meet us in the city of your choice. T-shirts worthy of your travel. Only on the Plaid Summer Tour.

Labels: swag, tshirts, tweetups, van goodies

posted by darryl ohrt at 12:58 PM 0 Comments

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We've chosen an awesome location for our Seattle tweet-up. Bauhaus Books & Coffee. We're stoked to check them out. Some have said they're the best in Seattle. (They had us at "bauhaus.")

Come hang out! You can sign up on the tweet up board, on PlaidNation.com. First five to sign up (and show up) get free Plaid tour shirts.

We'll kick off at 8:30am, on July 22. Bauhaus Books & Coffee, at 301 E. Pine Street, Seattle. Look for us there! We'll be the ones looking like "out-of-towners", with a Plaid van.

(Thanks to Michelle for the suggestions!)

Labels: tweetups, van goodies

posted by darryl ohrt at 7:44 PM 0 Comments

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Our second tour shirt for the '08 tour is complete. Design was done by David (the intern.) We'll be sending these off for production later today.

These are sooo going to rock the west coast, that we'll probably cause a quake, and the entire left side of our country will break off and float into the Pacific, to create our own PlaidNation.

Nice work, David (the intern)!!

Labels: swag, tshirts, van goodies

posted by darryl ohrt at 11:49 AM 0 Comments

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Tour swag is starting to arrive at the office, as our departure date nears. The latest cool box of swag? Plaid motel keychains! These are just some of the goodies that we'll have to give fun people that we meet along the way.

If you meet any members of the Plaid Tour team, and they attempt to give you the key to their motel room, rest assured that it's only in the spirit of Plaid love, and self promotion.

Labels: swag, van goodies

posted by darryl ohrt at 8:29 AM 0 Comments

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Our new pre-tour Plaid tour shirts have arrived. They were designed by coworker Matt, who also designed the van graphics.

Personally, I have trouble pulling off seafoam green. But Matt says it's the next big thing. And the people that control those things talk to Matt, so he would know.

Some girls have indicated that the shirt makes their boobs look bigger. I swear I'm not making this up and that we've actually received those comments. We make no guarantee to this effect whatsoever. They're only t-shirts, and possess no magic powers that we are aware of.

We'll have these shirts at Tweet-ups while on tour (free to the first registrants of each meet-up), and for sale on the tour dashboard, soon.

Labels: tshirts, tweetups, van goodies

posted by darryl ohrt at 2:36 PM 0 Comments

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David just designed the hottest keychains that we'll be giving to friends who we meet along the way. Nothing says "Plaid was here" like a key to our motel room. And we'll have thousands of them. Or at least hundreds of them. Just ask anyone that you meet on tour "can I get a key to your room?"

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posted by darryl ohrt at 3:12 PM 0 Comments

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Matt's designed the first 2008 Plaid tour shirt! They've been ordered, the first shirts ship in the next couple of weeks. (So technically, this is a pre-tour tour shirt.)

No word on distribution yet - but I imagine that it will involve a t-shirt cannon, and Ryan on the roof of the van. Or, we could just use the internet.

Labels: tshirts, van goodies

posted by darryl ohrt at 1:51 PM 0 Comments

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The official Plaid Summer of Love t-shirts have been designed. These are for special marketing people that we meet along the way. Sure to be collector's items. Wanna t-shirt? Schedule a Plaid van photo opportunity. Contact me, or our tour director, diana AT thinkplaid.com. We'll deliver.

Labels: van goodies

posted by darryl ohrt at 2:28 PM 4 Comments