Since when do you drink beer?

Magnet #1239 - Sip Happens

Something's up when someone you've only known since March asks that question.

The answer being, any time I can't trust a bartender to make my signature Tom Collins/splash of cran right, and they don't have any cider available as backup.

You just know it's not worth it when you're in a dive bar and you see that blank look when you ask for this old man's drink, that look of, hang on, I have to look up this cocktail before I make it for you.

And, if it's not a wine place (dive bars usually aren't, but also wine's actually my last resort), then beer's your best bet.

But you know what? Sometimes? You just need a beer.

And then? Sometimes? You just need a professional Twitter account the morning after.

A beer of choice to say, "So long, Lady of Leisure!"

Magnet #1234 - Yuengling Light

Some friends of mine did the Yuengling Brewery Tour in Pennsylvania last week, and brought me back this magnet. Fitting, since they're the ones who introduced me to it several years ago, during an all-night chatter-session down in Orlando.

I'm not much of a beer or wine drinker - if given the choice, I'll go with liquor every time. But for some reason, Yuengling and I are likethis.

That is, when you can find it. It's a small brewery, so they're only able to service the East Coast, and even then, not all of it. For example, I was told by a 10-year-old (yes, the precocious one from a couple of days ago) that they don't sell Yuengling in Massachusetts. (Her mom's a big fan of the stuff, too.)

And today, we were sipping down some of their Premium batch, which I learned is apparently available only in Pennsylvania.

Sigh. Of course, the only beer I truly like, I have to travel for.

Annnd, there you have it - my last magnetpost as a Lady of Leisure, for tomorrow, I start a new full-time gig. This means, after a year of not really having anywhere to be, I'll be headed into an office every day by nine.

A couple of nights ago I already had the late for work nightmare, so that's out of the way. But, of course, I'm setting every single alarm I have in the house to make sure I actually get up.

Could be painful!