Reset, from the Watt's notebook.

Late Autumn sunrise over the Assawoman, 11/3/2022.

     Time to reset. The last week of "Savings Time." Blame it on work. Blame it on lack of intention. Whatever the issues, recovery will be needed. Looking back, I cannot remember a last of the season opportunity that was missed. The waves were not epic. Yet, at knee-plus they were ridable and would have provided stoke for the last water session. But it was dark by the time I was home from work. Typical of this year. We need to find that driver. The inspiration lost. Like I said, time to reset.

     Speaking of reset, our establishment of choice this evening was The Sterling Tavern on Main Street in Berlin, reset from what was formerly Fins Ale House...yeah, we'd been there. They had enclosed the front porch, however we chose seats at the bar in hopes of faster service as the place was buzzin'. There was a pretty decent beer selection that I chose from, Target settled on an iced tea since he was still in healing mode, while LWatt eyed a Pomegranate Margarita.

From the menu we selected the Bacon Cheeseburger, Shrimp Tacos, and Thai Chili Wings. As we had previously mentioned, the place was buzzing, very busy, and the food took enough time to come out that I was already on my 2nd beer (big surprise!). The burger was well cooked, but could have been more seasoned. The tacos were very good and would have garnered a higher rating had they not been cooled down from the wait. The wings took top honors being plump and juicy, well cooked and fairly hot, with a delicious sauce. They had a local singer crooning chill music upstairs and college football on the flat-screens. Our bartender kept things lite with small talk and good recommendations across the menu. Tab was a wee bit on the elevated side, but that seems to be a trend everywhere. All in all, a very pleasant experience was had as we enjoyed our meal discussing life as it hit us each day. The Sterling is doin' good things here. This would definitely be a location at which our Crew would eventually do a return engagement. Onward to the next retreat.

THE RATINGS-
Beer: B
Bacon Cheeseburger: B
Shrimp Tacos: B
Thai Chili Wings: B+
Atmosphere: B+
Value: B-
Overall Score = 3.04