Vacation (Feb. 17/20)--back soon!


Hey! I'm taking this break between seasons 1 and 2 as a brief blog break (say that three times fast) while I catch up on a couple other projects. But I'll be back by the end of March at the latest, and here's three great links for Cheers fans in the meantime:

https://cheerstocarla.com/category/carlas-nikes/

http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/

https://open.spotify.com/show/7dBX3Eim9fb6SmXmWRKyaJ


Cheers!




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