Matt Sayar

Boulevard Brewing Co. Has Been Good to Me

These are a couple emails from back in February 2011 between me and Boulevard Brewing Co. The new shirt looks great.

From: Matt Sayar
To: fineales@boulevard.com
Subject: Let’s Get Some Beer… and Paint :(

It’s early in the morning and I hear a knock at my door. While groggily trying to open my eyes, I hear my alarm going off too. 

“Matt? It’s time to go. We have to leave RIGHT NOW.”

My eyes snap to the clock on the bedside table. It stares back at me, reading “5:45.” 5:45am? I set my alarm for 5:20am! We have to be walking out the door at 5:45am! Why didn’t it wake me up??

I started going into panic mode. I yell to my roommate, “Yeah, start the car, I’ll be right there!” I spring out of bed and run to my closet. I haven’t even turned on the lights. I grab the first pair of pants I can feel off the rack and first shirt off its hook. I throw both on, grab my keys/wallet/phone, and run out of the apartment.

I run back into the apartment. I forgot my watch. I run back out of the apartment.

I jump into my roommate’s car and we proceed to drive the one and a half hours to meet a large group of people to help paint a family’s house for Habitat for Humanity. We arrive and start introducing ourselves to the people we came to help, grab some paint, some ladders, some rollers, and get to work. 

“Hey Matt, I like your shirt!” someone yelled to me while I was on a ladder.

“Thanks!” I say without thinking. 

“Let’s get one after we’re done here!”

Wait, what the hell is he talking about? I look down at my shirt, and to my horror, I realize I’m wearing my Boulevard shirt. The one that says, “Let’s get some beer!” on the back. And now the front of it is splattered with paint. Paint that won’t wash off. I am devastated.

On the bright side, I got a lot of compliments on the shirt, and everyone asked me where I got it. I won it from the guy who owns The Nook, a local beer spot here in Huntsville, AL. Can I have another one so I can tell people I got it straight from the guys who make my favorite wheat beer, the Boulevard Wheat? I’d really appreciate it and wear it all the time! :)

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From:  Lauren Krum lkrum@boulevard.com
To:  Matt Sayar

Dear Matt,

What a horror story! We feel your pain and we loved your story;  yes there was some laughter amid the sympathy. We’d love to send you another t-shirt, on us. Please respond with your size and your address. 

Cheers!
Lauren Krum
Boulevard Brewing Co.