Happy 22nd Birthday to the Blog !
Sometimes it's amazing to think I've been telling my story on my blog since June 2001, which makes this blog not only old enough to drink but also only three years shy of being a quarter century old.
Thursday June 1, 2023 — Blogging
Beebe Hill Firetower In The Distance
Back before there was Cobelskill, there was Cobus Kill.
Which was named after early settler Jacobus Kobel. With a bit of corruption of the language by the Dutch, you can see how we got we are today.
Why New York Has Such Strange Rules About Alcohol – The New York Times
The supermarket chain Wegmans is lobbying New York State for permission to sell wine. It is just one moment in New York City’s long, tumultuous, love/hate relationship with alcohol.
Despite the city’s reputation for booze-soaked debauchery, its liquor laws can seem puritanical: Until last year, liquor stores were barred from opening on Christmas Day. The so-called boozy-brunch bill didn’t pass until 2016; before that, restaurants were not supposed to serve alcohol before noon on Sunday.