plenzmd1 Posted December 30, 2016 Posted December 30, 2016 So what's everyone doing tomorrow? Interested to see the differences between the ages I am 53 with 3 older teenagers in tow. Staying at a friends place in Harlem near the Apollo. Dinner close to here at 9PM, then think we will head to Central Park and the Bethesda Terrace to watch the fireworks and toast the New Year with a nice bottle of bubbly for the 5 of us( and hope we don't get arrested for contributing to the delinquency)! What's everyone else doing? BTW, we were debating heading to the Brooklyn Bridge to watch the fireworks, or maybe even Park Slope and Prospect Park. Any experience or suggestions I am all ears. Only thing that is out for us is midtown.
mead107 Posted December 30, 2016 Posted December 30, 2016 (edited) Can't keep the granddaughters up that late. They will be in bed by 7:30 and gram and I will be in bed at 8:30 O - I am old. 62. Edited December 30, 2016 by mead107
Johnny Hammersticks Posted December 30, 2016 Posted December 30, 2016 37 with a wife and 2 kids, 7 and 3. The bride and I usually go out for dinner and drinks, but both she and my daughter are sick with colds. We're going to cook some food, drink a grip of champagne, and probably play cards or something. Oh yeah, and I have a marijuana peanut butter cup that was given to me by an art teacher at one of the schools where I work. Things could get interesting. Happy new year everyone.
gomper Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 47. Going to a masquerade party. First NYE going out in years. Finally out of the restaurant business. It'll be nice to just relax for the night. I don't have some a*****e owner complaining about an hour wait time. I'm not the one who took every reservation at 7 and didn't stagger it. Those of you working in a fine dining place tomorrow night, my heart goes out to you.
eball Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) Dinner/dancing party at local Durham restaurant with group of 4-5 couples. 9:30 start. We're all in our mid-40s and above. Sunday will be spent at a friend's place lounging around all day with plenty of friends, food, drinks, and football. Edited December 31, 2016 by eball
Gugny Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 47. Going to a masquerade party. First NYE going out in years. Finally out of the restaurant business. It'll be nice to just relax for the night. I don't have some a*****e owner complaining about an hour wait time. I'm not the one who took every reservation at 7 and didn't stagger it. Those of you working in a fine dining place tomorrow night, my heart goes out to you. In my younger years, I was always in a band and played every NYE - so I feel your pain. It looks like fun, but it's still work! Now I'm 46 (for a couple more weeks) with a wife and a 13-year-old son, so those days are over. We have always stayed home. I get champagne for Mrs. Gugny and me; and sparkling cider for our son, and we have a quiet night and watch the ball drop together. This year, we were going to do something with friends of ours (a couple about 15 years older than us; their kids are grown) at either their house or ours. They decided they wanted to go out and have a nice dinner/drinks. Not our style with our son in tow, so we bowed out. So we'll likely stay home, but I'm contemplating the three of us going out for a nice dinner earlier in the evening. We shall see! Happy New Year, everyone!
Mike in Horseheads Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 Ms MIH and I will watch TV her with wine me with beer. If Kathy Griffin is on CNN with AC360 we will watch that madness until 12:01 and go to bed. Both being 56, her cats Lucy and Abby (new addition from Finger Lakes SPCA) will be up all night partying I'm sure while we try to sleep. Happy New Year TBD'ers... 2017 is our year! (sigh)
Augie Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 I'm 57, my local son is down at the Orange Bowl, the other in Nashville. I saw this thread and asked the wife "is there anything you'd like to do for NYE?" The response was NO!. Sh'es early to bed, and earlier to rise. Growing up my mother called it "amateur night". Looking back on it, do you really want to be the professional? A few years back we went to a big gala at the opera house with my out-of-town mother-in-law and her brother from overseas. I had ZERO to drink but got stopped at a checkpoint about 1/4 mile from home. He asked for my license and where I was going. Home, I said. What's your addresss? I gave it to him. OK, go on, he said. I told him that was easy, and he pointed to the parking lot in front of appliance store next to us. It was packed with cars! He said "those are all people who couldn't do what you just did." Even if I'm fine, I worry about all those other people.
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 My penance: I am working 1800-0600 through Monday morning. Yet, Christmas was spent in Steamboat from 12/21 to 12/29... And the snow was awesome! Powder days on 12/25 and early 12/26! 100% before New Year's is always a treat! A 48 year old schooling an 18 year old son, even better! "You can't always get what you wantBut if you try sometimes well you might findYou get what you need"
Just Jack Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 Right now the plan is to stay in with the future Mrs. and relax/eat unless one of her sisters sets up a last minute party. Might try making that pizza in a crock pot recipe I've seen on FB the past couple weeks.
stevestojan Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 36. Married. no kids. Wife and I will stay home with some IPAs for me, champagne for her and more snacks/tapas than I should eat. If I make it to midnight it will be a miracle.
The Poojer Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 I will be in bed well before midnight, then be up and on broad street in South Philly by 9AM for the mummers parade
PromoTheRobot Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 Driving to some bar in Massachusetts. A woman my wife knows is DJing a dance party. It's going to snow here tonight. Hoping it doesn't make driving to tricky.
The Poojer Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 here's the wikipedia page for it. i have been doing it for the 7 years i have been in philly, bring a cooler a beer and hang out in the cold. its a lot of fun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummers_Parade What is the mummers parade ?
mead107 Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 here's the wikipedia page for it. i have been doing it for the 7 years i have been in philly, bring a cooler a beer and hang out in the cold. its a lot of fun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummers_Parade That is cool. Never had heard of it before.
Maury Ballstein Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 37. Dinner reservations at 5 with everything later booked up Some shrimp/scallops over rissoto with a Manhattan or two. Then the plan is to watch the ball drop show with the lady and not fall asleep before 12
Chef Jim Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 55 married no kids. Staying home and dodging the local discharging of firearms. Maybe I'll join them this year.
IslandBillsFan Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 34. Normally I am where I live in Puerto Rico and we go to a house party and shoot guns in the air when midnight hits. This year I am in south Florida. The girlfriend and I (and another couple) are going to see Billy Joel in concert. I like Billy Joel however am not crazy about him. We got cheap tickets off StubHub for $100 each which is around the same price you pay to go to any private restaurant or club party these days so I am kinda excited.
Johnny Hammersticks Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 37. Dinner reservations at 5 with everything later booked up Some shrimp/scallops over rissoto with a Manhattan or two. Then the plan is to watch the ball drop show with the lady and not fall asleep before 12 Manhattans are like boobs. One's not enough, and three's too many. Cheers, man. Am I the only one who is happy to see 2016 go away? Tough year for me.
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