We are getting closer!!
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@scottalanmiller I'm flying in that Wednesday for the conference and leaving the following Wednesday. Taking a couple days of vacation to go explore, etc.
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@RojoLoco said in We are getting closer!!:
This will be my first journey to the Upstate of NY as well. Does anyone know how many tickets have been sold thus far?
It is small right now, like 30 have already sold but with lots of people committed, semi-committed or with their businesses considering it currently. And there are some local groups that are interested as well (I spoke to the big local university that has the country's first dedicated IT college just this morning and they are going to share it with the professors this week.) So the number should grow a lot (like double, I would guess.) I know some people definitely planning on going that haven't bought yet.
The number is definitely small, but that's probably good. This is year one and there is a lot of logistics that need to be ironed out and a huge group would be much more difficult to manage. Although I really hope that we hit one hundred at least.
But a huge goal this year is to produce a good track record and videos of the sessions to show to prospective attendees for next year. It's far more important to be good this first year, than to be big.
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@brianlittlejohn said in We are getting closer!!:
@scottalanmiller I'm flying in that Wednesday for the conference and leaving the following Wednesday. Taking a couple days of vacation to go explore, etc.
What kind of stuff do you want to see? Will you have a rental car in the area? From Rochester it is trivial to reach Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Syracuse and Ithaca areas. Albany and the Hudson Valley as well as Toronto are further afield but reachable.
Cooperstown is a specifically great spot to see.
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@scottalanmiller Haven't planned it out... most likely rent a car after the conference, plan on going to some wineries, other than that it is up in the air.
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@scottalanmiller said in We are getting closer!!:
@brianlittlejohn said in We are getting closer!!:
@scottalanmiller I went to Niagara falls once for like 3 hours... i don't count that. I haven't been on the east side of the US a whole lot... the only place where I have spent some time is in Delaware and Baltimore.
The Falls are neat but not indicative of UNY in any way as you can imagine. Are you going to book some extra time in the area? We should have a site with some travel info for people looking to do that.
That will be added this week. Visit Rochester, Livingston County and Wyoming County are sending me bunch of information to post.
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@brianlittlejohn said in We are getting closer!!:
@scottalanmiller Haven't planned it out... most likely rent a car after the conference, plan on going to some wineries, other than that it is up in the air.
Ithaca or Watkins Glen are the best places to base out of for the wine district. Or Penn Yan if you do the smallest of the wine lakes.
Cooperstown has the distillery and beer tours. That's east of the Finger Lakes in the Central Leatherstocking Region (yes, named after James Fennimore Cooper's novels... and Cooperstown is named after him.)
Elmira is a nice town if you want to see where Mark Twain lived. But not super exciting.
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@scottalanmiller I'll have to add the beer tour to the list.
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@brianlittlejohn said in We are getting closer!!:
@scottalanmiller I'll have to add the beer tour to the list.
- Ommegang is in Cooperstown
- Saranac is near Utica
- Ithaca is... well near Ithaca
- Genesee (makes of Labatts, Genesee and they often brew Sam Adams) is literally walking distance from the conference site in Rochester - 6th largest brewer in America, I believe.
- Utica Club is in Utica
- Empire Brewery is in Syracuse but they at least used to have a branch in Rochester by the conference center
- The Old Toad is their own microbrewery and is a long walk from the conference center on Alexander St. and is well worth a stop if you like authentic pubs.
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Tons of microbreweries all over the state. Those are just the big ones. Even down around the corner from the NTG HQ in the country is a new micro that just opened run by one of my classmates.
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@scottalanmiller said in We are getting closer!!:
Tons of microbreweries all over the state. Those are just the big ones. Even down around the corner from the NTG HQ in the country is a new micro that just opened run by one of my classmates.
Thats one of my favorite parts of visiting Colorado, almost every town has a microbrewery in it.
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@scottalanmiller said in We are getting closer!!:
Tons of microbreweries all over the state. Those are just the big ones. Even down around the corner from the NTG HQ in the country is a new micro that just opened run by one of my classmates.
He isn't ready for tours yet (but I have been there). He is even trying to come up with a microbrew that I can have
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@brianlittlejohn said in We are getting closer!!:
@scottalanmiller said in We are getting closer!!:
Tons of microbreweries all over the state. Those are just the big ones. Even down around the corner from the NTG HQ in the country is a new micro that just opened run by one of my classmates.
Thats one of my favorite parts of visiting Colorado, almost every town has a microbrewery in it.
It's not nearly Colorado level here, but microbrews are quite popular.
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@Minion-Queen said in We are getting closer!!:
@scottalanmiller said in We are getting closer!!:
Tons of microbreweries all over the state. Those are just the big ones. Even down around the corner from the NTG HQ in the country is a new micro that just opened run by one of my classmates.
He isn't ready for tours yet (but I have been there). He is even trying to come up with a microbrew that I can have
That would be pretty awesome.
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If you're interested in Cooperstown and alcohol.
http://www.cooperstownbeveragetrail.com/
The Fly Creek Cider Mill is probably one of my favorite places to go and just hang out. My wife loves it, and the cider is dry but tasty. We're ~30-40 minutes from Cooperstown we go a few times a month on average.
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If you want to do Finger Lakes wine, go to Watkins Glen and work your way around the lake. You'll be unable to stand before you get to the top.
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@coliver said in We are getting closer!!:
If you're interested in Cooperstown and alcohol.
I have Quench, the magazine of the Cooperstown Beverage Trail, sitting right here beside me, in fact!!
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@coliver said in We are getting closer!!:
If you want to do Finger Lakes wine, go to Watkins Glen and work your way around the lake. You'll be unable to stand before you get to the top.
Always hire a driver. Limos are popular for the trails.
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@coliver said in We are getting closer!!:
We're ~30-40 minutes from Cooperstown we go a few times a month on average.
I'll be about that same distance from Cooperstown for about half of the summer. We drive through it regularly from my wife's parents' place.
The Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown is a nice stop for younger kids. Mine loved going there.
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Since I can't drink wine, I would be happy to play DD if needed.
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@scottalanmiller said in We are getting closer!!:
@coliver said in We are getting closer!!:
We're ~30-40 minutes from Cooperstown we go a few times a month on average.
I'll be about that same distance from Cooperstown for about half of the summer. We drive through it regularly from my wife's parents' place.
The Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown is a nice stop for younger kids. Mine loved going there.
I was going to mention the Farmer's Museum as well. One of the best ways to kill an afternoon if you've got nothing else going on. They are doing some pretty cool hops stuff this year too!
