When Chris shared their first photos on Facebook, we were excited to see him sporting his Sandbar t-shirt in the hospital. As his little sister Brittany (also a former bartender, though for a very brief period of time) said, "The Sandbar shirt has been all over the U.S. and the world…but has it ever been in a labor and delivery?"
Since we have no proof otherwise, we're going with no. As far as we know, this is the first time the Sandbar shirt was there to welcome a brand new baby into the world. We've already gifted little miss Izzy with her very first Sandbar onesie.
Our Sandbar pint glasses have always been popular, but lately with the addition of customer-designed glassware, there's been a lot more interest. We had great pint glass designs for Thanksgiving and Christmas from long-time customer and friend Susan, and Alison recently hooked us up with a fabulous Valentine's Day glass.
(We're almost out of the Valentine glasses, so if you want one, get in here and get it.)
More holidays are coming up! St. Patrick's Day will be here before we know it, which means not only do we need to get busy on our annual parade float, but we need a pint glass.
Got an idea? Let us hear it! The basic rules for submissions are here. Even if you can't draw or manipulate clip art, let us know your design idea and we'll attempt to put it together. Fun fact: Dave's college degree is in graphic design.
We'll also be looking for designs for Easter (we've got one potential suggestion already) and graduation. And Dave wants to have collectible glasses for each of our tropical drinks, so be thinking about those too.
We hit a social media milestone (in our eyes, anyway) last night: the one-thousandth check-in on the location-based social networking service Foursquare.
Foursquare, for the non-geeks among you, is an application that lets you "check in" at places you go- bars, restaurants, retail stores, gas stations- and share it with your friends. You can earn virtual badges for your check-ins, like the Swarm Badge we earned last spring when 50 people were checked into the Sandbar at the same time.
So last night, I noticed that check-ins at the Sandbar were quickly approaching 1000. I wasn't sure if we'd reach that number last night, but sure enough, Erika checked in and became the one-thousandth check-in.
(To be clear, these are not unique check-ins; the number of different people who have checked in on Foursquare is 372. But that tells me that a) there's still a lot of different people who have checked in to a bar that holds 49 people, and b) we have a lot of loyal, repeat customers.)
I sent a quick tweet to Erika thanking her for checking and offering her a free t-shirt. She responded almost immediately and Dave hooked her up with a prize.
See, social media can pay off with free stuff. We also have a Foursquare special that gets you free jukebox tunes for checking in, and we're working on some other fun and creative things too.
