Top 5 Posts of 2017 (and a big thank you)

We Walk out of 2017
I’ve often talked to bartenders and wait staff about the most effective way to say “Thank You” for good service, and the overwhelming response has always been, “With a good tip.” Sure, it’s nice for people to say a heartfelt verbal “Thank you.” A handshake or even a hug can be appreciated. But they’re working to pay the bills, and nothing says, “Job well done” like a little extra cash.

As this year comes to an end, we’d love to thank all of you who follow this blog with a lovely check or pieces of silver or even bitcoins, but that isn’t going to happen. We wish we could send a pat on the back or hearty handshake over the interwebs, but it just can’t be done.

So we hope you’ll settle for this written thank you. You walked into a bar to relax and have a good time, you weren’t expecting to have your words taken down and put out for potentially dozens of people to read. So many of you welcomed us like friends on our initial meeting. Thank you to all of you who talked to us in bars and answered our questions.

Thank you also to those of you who read this blog regularly -- or even on occasion. We started this adventure so we could understand community a little better. Part of that understanding came from those bar visits, but part of it has come from your responses to this blog.

We'd also like to remind you of your five favorite posts of the year.

We walk into a bar to see former classmates
We walk into 2017

We walk into a bar to see old friends

We walk into The Bar

We walk into a tavern

And then there's this: We walk into our favorite bar