(insert a million excuses here)
So this is my "make-up" for May and June.
May:
- St. Louis Brewers Festival. What a great opportunity to be involved at such a high level with this group. This is the second year and it is truly a highlight of the year to help organize, market, produce and run this event. Last year was a sell out, and this year was too (albeit we had to lower the total capacity limit because of torrential rains). Despite those rains, feedback from the public was 99% positive!
- Here's The Pitch...Ball. Agency jumped through hoops to put together a stellar (and non-traditional for the audience) pitch to "keep" a program we've worked on for 5 of the past 6 years. Lost, but came to find out our hooks/ideas were very similar...that's good!?
- Tee Time. Fit in a couple of productive golf outings and SLOWLY catching up to the other guys in the group. First year to use the big stick and it's a bit wild but making up for it in distance.
- Tee Time II. Invited to play in Tony LaRussa's ARF tournament. Great times had by all. I hope Sal Bando would agree... he played in our group. Didn't place at all, but I've never been disappointed chasing around the little white ball when I could have been in the office!
- Bottom's Up. Invited to attend the American Craft Beer Festival in Boston, MA. Great turnout for the Alstrom brothers who run Beer Advocate and produced the event. Additionally, we ran a special presentation hosted by Here's To Beer and Celebrity Chef Dave Lieberman: A blind Beer Tasting Challenge. "Lieb's" an awesome guy and some of the best parts of the trip were when the whole group would go to dinner and Dave would pontificate on the background and preparation of many of the dishes we were sampling.
- Speaking of Work. Some projects came up with similar timing as well as a few things that could be huge. We'll see...
