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Last weekend, account director Mark Broderick and president Rob Simons celebrated the Spoetzl Brewery’s 100th anniversary with a private tour and networking event hosted by the Texas chapters of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. Rob introduced Gambrinus Company CEO Carlos Alvarez as the keynote speaker. Plenty of live music, barbecue and cold Shiner Beer rounded out the festivities.
It's days like this that remind us why we love beverage marketing so much.
It was
white knuckles and fierce rivalry this week as the Toolboxers transformed the
production room into an arena of ten-pin obliteration. However, despite our
competitive natures here at Toolbox, we managed to have a great time letting
loose and showing off some of our Wii skills. And, in doing so, I think we all
learned something new about each other that we might not have known otherwise. For example, Joanne gets very
“vocal” when she competes, Mark and Steven are all talk, and our newest
addition to the Toolbox team, Jason, has a wicked lefty slice (we’re pretty sure he had been practicing
for quite a while). In the end, marketing specialist Alyse annihilated
the runner-up (me!) by bowling a turkey in the tenth
frame to take home the trophy in the final round of competition (I’m pretty
sure the trophy was a warm 40 oz. of Bud Ice). Congratulations, Alyse! (We’re
still considering having WADA check her
out for athletic legitimacy). Until next time, shine those shoes and throw ‘em
straight – the summer tournament is gonna be a battle!
As a follow-up to our previous blog post on Toolbox's support of the Boys & Girls Club through Golden Gloves, here’s a first-hand recap of the event.
Ding ding! The word is in: San Antonio just premiered some of
the best amateur up-and-coming boxers from South Texas in 15 bouts that would
make anyone’s head spin. From Sub Novice to Open Super Heavy 201+, all of the fighters
in this year’s San Antonio Regional Golden
Gloves Tournament showed incredible athleticism, superb agility and
indisputable heart. The open division finals, held at Alzafar Shrine Temple
this past Saturday night, let viewers watch young guns like Mark Martinez and Adam
Castillo raise their arms in triumph with likes of past local Golden Gloves
winners such as Tony
Moreno, Danny
Rios and Mike
Ayala, as well as past national winners such
as Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston and Evander Holyfield.
As a ringside spectator, I can attest to the compelling strength and perseverance that lit up the room when these young men and women took the ring. In all, 18 fighters emerged victorious and will go on to Fort Worth (March 4-7) to compete at the state level. Those who have proven victorious at the state level will travel to the national level Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions (May 4-9).
The event was a huge success, raising over $90,000 in proceeds for the Boys and Girls Club of San Antonio. Congratulations to all the winning fighters. And to those who were not so fortunate—train hard… There’s always next year.
Each year, Toolbox designs and manages the Valero Alamo Bowl site (www.valeroalamobowl.com) and the AT&T Cotton Bowl site (www.attcottonbowl.com). And each year we send a cadre of Toolboxers to the games to help the event staff manage game stats, upload content and track user activity.
Above: The Valero Alamo Bowl staff sent us this memento as a token of their appreciation.
Below: Mark Broderick (our food & beverage account director) scored extra tickets for his family to see his alma mater, Texas Tech, take on Ole Miss in the AT&T Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
a random food shot from our river parade party. whatever it was, was good.
On Monday night, April 23, Toolbox Studios will be hosting our annual Fiesta River Parade Party from 6 to 10 PM. You and a guest are invited, and if you haven’t already done so, you’ll need to RSVP by emailing Stacy Thomas.
NOTE: This year the Texas Cavaliers River Parade is embarking on a new course which will float past our building much earlier than in past years! We’re actually near the start of the parade this year. Come early and stay for all the food, drinks and Fiesta frivolity.
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