Well, the Twitter bug has bit down hard. The Twitonic twibe is now riding the twidal wave twoward twoo much twinformation at all twimes. As Debra said, “I don’t care that you’re taking a [poop].” Not that we’re tweeting that. Anymore.

Following our feeds today, you’ll learn all about our adventure getting hot pretzels:

leeannwithay getting pretzels for @tritonic
nownunz is enjoyin’ the Philly Pretzel Factory today… big up to them for begin in Newark…
luigitartara Yup, warm pretzels in Newark. Thanks glocally n lyann n anne four makin run http://yfrog.com/0ug7ej
luigitartara lil jealous of dre’s pretzel dog
nownunz @luigitartara I’m jealous of @andres107 cause he is always so fresh and soo clean clean… lol

Without Twitter, the world might have never known that we enjoyed delicious hot pretzels, or that Dre is fresh and clean. Unless they read this blog or work here. But Twitter is REAL TIME. Because frankly, if someone I care about is eating a pretzel, I want to know about it. They could be in danger.

So Twitter can be a little frivolous. But there are people who get it right, like Newark Mayor @CoryBooker (which we understand is now his legal name). Booker uses Twitter as a tool for outreach and government transparency, and his mastery of the medium has boosted his follower total from about 1,000 to over 60,000 in less than 2 weeks.

Well we can do the same! Only instead of governance, we’ll talk about design and snacks. Check out: @luigitartara, @nownunz, @andres107, @leeannwithay, @StefGomes, @scottfarbman, @MandarinZach, and of course @Tritonic. We tweet about important stuff. Twust us.

We’ve always known we were winners. Once we were thisclose to winning a major $1000 award (just one banana away). But now it’s official. Documented.

The Art Directors Club of New Jersey said so, complete with four real statues. They’re heavy, too! And pointy. That’s a real test of the importance of an award: how much damage it could do to persons and property (take that, non-threatening Olympic gold medal). Here’s what we won:

• Bronze Medal — Trademarks, Logo: Brand — M12 Thirty One Logo
• Bronze Medal — Newsletter Design — Newark Now/The Hub
• Bronze Medal — Newspaper: Campaign (3-5 pcs.) — Crime Stoppers and Gun Stoppers
• GOLD MEDAL — Poster Promotional: Single Entry — Boys and Girls Club of Newark/Turning the Tables on Violence

And we’re not going to stop there. Now that we’ve experienced the taste of awards (metallic), we want more. That means you, World’s Greatest Grandpa.

We’ve all heard the old saying: you haven’t made it until your work is displayed on a giant cake. So ladies and gentlemen: we’ve made it.

We were guests at Mayor Cory’s Prudential Center birthday party/fundraiser, A Milestone Celebration, for which we did all the design work. That work included: invitations, table cards, giant cylindrical LED displays, name tags and, to our surprise, cakes.

It was quite an event, with lots of big names in attendance: the Mayor (whose name was really big in many places), guy-in-suit, lady-in-sparkly-dress, guy-slapping-Mayor-on-the-back-and-laughing-at-a-joke-as-if-they’re-old-friends, and — of course — guy-by-himself-eating-hors-d’oeuvres-in-the-corner-who-looks-nervous-but-you-can-totally-tell-he-pulls-some-serious-strings. And Tiki Barber!

The food was great, the live band was great and the entire Prudential Center looked incredible. If you’re looking to plan an elaborate birthday party/fundraiser, you’d be well served calling the Booker Team. And if that party will include a giant, custom cake, call Tritonic.