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Did I mention that Boothby turns five years old today?
On September 23 of 2020, Boothby went live for the first time. I had left my job of eight years a few months prior, it was Covid times, and everything was in flux — so, of course, I decided to launch a publication of my own.
I’m not sure quite how we got to this point, five years in, but here we are. It feels like I’ve just got started, if I’m honest. What’s that saying? Every day is day one? That’s what it feels like.
As someone who left high school and found themselves in hospitality, it’s a great privilege to get to do this for a living. I love writing about the bar industry — even when it frustrates me. I think hospitality is important, and so too are the people who make it happen.
But Boothby isn’t just me any more, of course. We’ve got two regular writers — Fred Siggins covering Melbourne, and Becca Wang on the Brisbane beat — and Lauren Barbato, without whom we couldn’t have hosted a dozen award events across three states in recent years.