100 Millionth Drink Sent

Booze Mail launched on June 29, and now, less than three months later, Booze Mail users have sent 100 million drinks.

Our users now send over 3 million drinks a day. That’s a lot of cheer around the world! Remember: send drinks, not war.

3 Million and 3 Mentions

1. Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times:

They came up with the idea of enabling Facebook users to send drinks — a cold beer, vodka martini or something fictional from “Harry Potter” or “Star Trek” — to their friends. In two months, Booze Mail has… served 50 million drinks…

2. Justin Smith, Inside Facebook:

Unlike most experimental apps, Booze Mail took off: it’s currently the 15th most actively used application on Facebook, with over 300,000 daily users and 3,000,000 total installations.

3. Jeff Nolan, Venture Chronicles:

…As evidenced by the fact that they have 3 million Facebook users, it is clear that there is something there “there”.

Alrighty then.

Booze Mail Party People, Samurai Swords, Parking Meter Parks, Dragonboats, and Hot Hot Sauce

Renkoo Tip of the Week NEW Get the amazing Periodic Table of Booze! Featured Drinks of the Week: Highly Requested Boozes. Everyone deserves to have an opinion. Thankfully, Facebook provides a soap box where you can voice your thirst quenching desires. We’ve listened and the bartender has responded: Alabama Slammer, Fuzzy Navel, Singapore Sling, Vodka Red Bull, and good ol’ Whiskey Sour. Other new drinks include: Boxed Wine, Fruit Smoothie, Grappa, Port.

Wednesday is the new Thursday

Fun things to make plans to do this week…

Wednesday
Who? Renkoo. What? A Booze Mail cocktail party! (No brainer.) When? Tonight, because Wednesday is the New Thursday. Where? At the San Mateo County History Museum in Redwood City. Why? To celebrate millions of users sending millions of booze mails. How? With grub, reggae beats and booze, as in mojitos, Jack and Cokes, Manhattans, Red Bull Vodkas, Absolut Powers and beer, glorious beer.

Thursday
Bugu: The Spirit of the Samurai Warrior is an exhibit hosted by the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center in Los Angeles. It contains traditional Japanese arms and armor from feudal Japan. Visitors can try on replica armor and watch video of kendo (fencing), sumo (wrestling) and yabusame (archery). Maybe after attending this exhibit, quotes like this from the 17th century will make more sense: “By the Way of the warrior is meant death. The Way of the warrior is death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death.” (Yamamoto Tsunetomo).

Friday
National Park(ing) Day is a day where you can turn a metered parking spot into a public park! Yes you! Little old you can do this by going to a public art project nationwide and supporting The Trust for Public Land in its quest to promote more green space in the cities. If you’re really ambitious, “lease” a spot yourself and throw down some plants, seating and fresh lemonade and invite folks over to enjoy your claim to nature.

Saturday
Do you have to know that dragonboat racing started 2,300 years ago after a sensitive poet and public servant committed suicide rather than serve his corrupt government? No you don’t. You just need to know how to get to Treasure Island in San Francisco for the International Dragon Boat Festival. Watch more than 100 teams navigate a 500-meter course. And if that’s not exciting enough for you, the variety of foods (Asian and otherwise) should be, and the kids will love visiting Dragon Land. Still not enough? Since Kaiser is sponsoring, you can get your blood pressure checked or challenge someone to a pull-up contest.

Sunday
Do you know someone who ruins every gourmet meal you prepare by dousing it in hot sauce? Is Tabasco banished from the pantry because it’s “weak” sauce? Then you will fit right in at the Houston Hot Sauce Festival this weekend. This annual September event features hot sauce, hotter sauce and hottest sauce. Okay there’s also jams, marinades and more. Calling all Chiliheads to the Houston Farm and Ranch Club!

Renkoo helps you make plans with friends.

A Social Network for People 21 and Over…

Scott Karp wrote,

Why is it that so many social networks and other social applications assume that all social web users are not yet old enough to drink?

Scott, you had us at hello. We too crave a social network for people over 21. Thanks for giving us something to work toward. Cheers!