(Semi) Dry-uary 2019

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Yep. It's happening. I said I wouldn't last year, but this year? After overindulging in food and drink throughout the holidays, I'm in need of hitting the reset button. A reset on my health. A reset on my wallet. A reset on my time. So, I'm taking January off...ish. We had a few beers the night we returned to Ithaca on January 1st, but other than that I currently have just two "cheat" days planned (a birthday party and a celebration friends have planned at a brewery).

There were a lot of beers consumed over the last couple of weeks. A few snapshots. 
While I may not be imbibing much over the next few weeks, I do hope to actually write more. I'm excited about a number of openings in the coming year and plan to highlight that in coming posts.

Here's to 2019 and all there is to come! Catch you on the flip side.

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