Good Idea, Bad Idea: Brew at the Zoo

Good idea: Buying tickets for the culmination of two of our favorite things: animals and alcohol

Bad idea: Waiting too long to buy tickets, so the VIP ones are sold out and we have to wait in line with rest of the peasants 

Good idea: Driving the 2 miles to the zoo so we don't have to wait for the roundabout shuttle

Bad idea: Parking next to the drunk clown car of idiots who I'm still not convinced didn't key our car

Good idea: Snagging a map so we know the vendors, the beer selection, and most importantly, the food tents

Bad idea: Entrusting the half-assed map made by an underpaid zoo intern to meet all of our food and drinking needs

Good idea: Bypassing the beer tents to be the first ones in line at the Giddy-Up Grill, offering free hot dogs and french fries

Bad idea: Only getting one hot dog each (I won't say whose idea this was....Brent)

Good idea: Two words: pretzel necklaces. Apparently this is a thing at bar crawls out west?!

Bad idea: Not making the aforementioned pretzel necklaces

Good idea: Heading into the Tropical Forest to see the gorillas, ocelot, anteater and more!

Bad idea: Carrying around the cheese from the Cabot food tent through a humid, steamy environment. Even worse idea: instead of throwing the cheese out, shrug and wash it down with a mediocre beer

Good idea: An Instagram worthy shot of exotic animals and craft beer 

Bad idea: Thinking I know how to take and/or edit any kind of Instagram worthy picture 

Good idea: Using the bathrooms in the buildings that are nearly empty because people seem to forget we're at a zoo and there are animals in there 

Bad idea: Waiting in line for the porta potty b/c it's a beer festival and the porta potty is smellier than the flamingos (if you aren't familiar w/ flamingos, they are hella smelly) 

Good idea: A photo booth with a super-imposed giraffe image that will leave us with a great souvenir 

Bad idea: Instructing guests to the far right side of the bottom frame