Andy’s Golf & Travel Diary is on the move again heading up and over to Visit Rochester, New York! This will be an exceptional trip for sure! Staying at the elegant, historic, and extremely comfortable Woodcliff Hotel & Spa. Golf history for sure as this is where the European & American Ryder Cup teams lodged for their 1995 match at Oak Hill.
Golfing venues will include the fun, but challenging executive 9-holer at the Woodcliff, The Links at Greystone, and Ravenwood Golf Club. Adventure, fun, and history stops at The Strong Museum (of Play now officially), the George Eastman Museum, and an evening on Railroad Street! Culinary pursuits will include The Cub Room, The Genesee Brew House, Rohrbach Brewing Company, and Bitter Honey… Awe, honey is NOT bitter… but their website description says it all for this trip:
“Simply put, we’re a casual neighborhood restaurant serving up elevated and authentic Mexican fare in a family-style setting. In Mexico, meals are a time for sharing good conversation over even better food. We like that philosophy, so we decided to bring it to Rochester and complement it with a mezcal-based cocktail list. Yes, we have other spirits and classic cocktails, but we want to celebrate and share mezcal—Mexico’s indigenous spirit made from agave and a cousin of tequila—with Rochester and beyond. Bitter Honey is about hospitality. We love our guests; it’s that simple. We look forward to welcoming and hosting you soon!”
I am casual, I am elevated (tall), and I am just a kid too! Lucky that I just turned 22 (thou-days that is)! Look out Rochester, New York… here comes Andy’s Golf & Travel Diary!
(Andy Reistetter; Facebook Post with 1 Pic; 7/16/19)
Amazing start to my Visit Rochester experience! Checked into the Art Deco Suite at the Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, played golf in their 9-hole Executive Course, and enjoyed a fabulous dinner at Label 7 Napa Eatery & Bar! Given the carpet color & design I think I am staying in the same suite as 1995 European Ryder Cup Captain Bernard Gallacher! WOW, two story penthouse, circular staircase, view galore! Fun, yet challenging & tight golf course at times! Pass a residential vineyard on the 3rd hole and a beautiful view of the Bristol Valley on the 4th! Dinner was quite unique, the L.A. Chicken, a Belgian waffle with buttermilk battered chicken with all the extras! Can’t decide where in the suite to watch The Open preview… probably in the whirlpool bath! Sleep well my Facebook friends!
(Andy Reistetter; Facebook Post with 30 Pics; 7/16/19)
This video speaks for itself! Note the well-positioned tee shot! Par 4 to finish off a great round! Visit Rochester, The Links at Greystone, & especially my playing partner & PGA Director of Golf Dusty Odenbach; Thank you for hosting Andy’s Golf & Travel Diary!
CLICK HERE for Andy’s Commentary & Approach Shot to the 18th Green at The Links at Greystone!
CLICK HERE for Pics and the “Play-Write” Article on The Links at Greystone!
(Andy Reistetter; Facebook Post with 1 Video; 7/17/19)
Incredible day today! Honored to be the 17th member character of Sesame Street! WOW! Absolutely taken with Margaret Woodbury Strong! Amazing woman! Likes to have FUN in life and is a golfer like me! So blessed to have met her! What an amazing day spending time and being with her! And then, if that wasn’t enough I was voted Wegman’s Employee of the Month! Only sad thing was that the Merry-Go-Round ride had to end! What a day playing at the The Strong Museum! Life is good! TROML Baby (an exclamation of JOY)!
CLICK HERE for 30 Pics of FUN while playing at the Strong Museum!
(Andy Reistetter; Facebook Post with 30 Pics; 7-17-19)
Strong Museum of Play? I like to play!
CLICK HERE for the Video of riding the Merry-Go-Round at the Strong Museum!
(Andy Reistetter; Facebook Post with 1 Video; 7-17-19)
Fantastic dinner this evening with Rachel of Visit Rochester at The Cub Room to cap off arguably the BEST day ever for Andy’s Golf & Travel Diary! Some free time in the Art Deco Suite at the Woodcliff Hotel & Spa; golfing with Dusty at the amazing The Links at Greystone, playing and having fun at the Strong Museum of Play!
Great conversation about the ongoing Rochester Renaissance and such wonderful culinary delights- grilled octopus, burrata cheese, sea scallops, and the unimaginably delicious Cub Room S’Mores for dessert!
Story of The Cub Room… a.k.a. the Stork Club, Junior’s Gin Joint… tied somehow to a similar place in New York City back in the day… some great pics for sure!
Another gorgeous Woodcliff Sunset!
Forecast for tomorrow… more of the same! TROML Baby (an exclamation of JOY & GRATITUDE)!!!
CLICK HERE for 30 Pics of The Cub Room and their Amazing History!
(Andy Reistetter; Facebook Post with 30 Pics; 7-17-19)
Everyone’s coming to Visit Rochester! Pure coincidence that the SJF group is here! Well then again was that really my friend Phil BOMBING that drive or an imposter! WHAT, no invitation for Andy’s Golf & Travel Diary??? Play well gentlemen!
CLICK HERE to see a Video of my friend Phil bomb a drive off the 1st at Ravenwood Golf Club!
(Andy Reistetter; Facebook Post with 1 Video; 7-18-19)
Great round of golf at Ravenwood Golf Club with Rich of Visit Rochester who shot a 74 with 3 straight birdies! Thank you to GM Mike Roeder for hosting Andy’s Golf & Travel Diary!
CLICK HERE to see 30 Great Pics of Ravenwood Golf Club!
(Andy Reistetter; Facebook Post with 30 Pics; 7-18-19)
Great time with Chelsea of Visit Rochester! Genesee Cream & a Beef on Weck took me back to college! High Falls! WOW! Beautiful view! Dinner on the Bridge looks FUN!!!
(Andy Reistetter; Facebook Post with 30 Pics; 7-18-19)
CLICK HERE to see 30 Pics of the Genessee Brewhouse & the Gorge and High Falls of Rochester!
Andy Reistetter is feeling amazed at George Eastman Museum.
Yeah, amazing!
(Andy Reistetter; Facebook Post with 30 Pics; 7-18-19)
CLICK HERE to see 30 Pics of the George Eastman Museum & Mansion!
Railroad Street as I Visit Rochester… Bitter Honey… Rohrbach’s Railroad Street Brewery… Almost Queen at Martin Luther King Park… Fun, Tasty, & Entertaining! Wow, Wow, Wow!!!
(Andy Reistetter; Facebook Post 7-18-19 with 30 Pics; 7-18-19)
CLICK HERE to see 30 Pics of Bitter Honey & Rohrbach’s on Railroad Street!
Andy Reistetter is attending a live concert at Five Star Bank Party in the Park Rochester.
Visit Rochester, having a good time!
CLICK HERE to watch the Video of the Almost Queen Concert!
(Andy Reistetter; Facebook Post 7-18-19 with 1 Video; 7-18-19)
‘Buddy Golf” at its BEST at Bristol Harbour on Canandaigua Lake! What a great finish to the AGTD Visit Rochester trip! Bristol Harbour, along with Sabina Ravenwood, and The Links at Greystone are part of the Finger Lakes Golf Trail! Spectacular views, spectacular golf course (Robert Trent Jones Sr. design), and spectacular golf too… at times! JB and I both birdied the difficult par-5 10th hole! The bunkering is spectacular! The clubhouse is spectacular too! Lunch was delicious! The view- WOW!!! My Buddy Drone was grounded due to high winds… YES, “Make Every Moment Count!” TROML Baby (an exclamation of JOY & GRATITUDE)!!! Thank you to Tim & Bristol Harbor and Visit Rochester for hosting Andy’s Golf & Travel Diary! More will be written about the golf experience and the visit to Rochester!
CLICK HERE to see 30 Pics of the spectacular Bristol Harbour Golf
(Andy Reistetter; Facebook Post with 30 Pics; 7-19-19)
