New Year's Eve

#1

New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 11:46am

anyone doing anything fun and/or interesting on New Year's Eve?? dont worry, i'm not looking for an invite...just ideas. i have no plans and i wanna do something different this year.

anyone know of anything cool going on? that isn't OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive?

#2

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 12:00pm

I usually have a quiet New Year's Eve, but when the following invitation arrived in the mail, I decided I had to attend this shindig:


a Knife, a Fork, a Bottle & a Cork...
That's the way we celebrate New Years in New York

This ain't no B-List shindig, BABY!
This invitation is for the names written at the bottom only and NOT for the following:

jackasses, randoms, random jackasses who never acknowledge the hostess, those who come empty-handed and those who don't like to party...

Be sure to "Dress to Impress"...it's not up for debate.
"Strike A Pose" ladies and gentlemen, I'll see you at 8!


very clever friend!

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"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#3

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 12:05pm

nice. clever invite.

thanks for responding!!!! i hope you have a swell time at your party!

#4

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 12:09pm

I like to leave New Year's Eve to the amateurs and spend a quiet evening at home alone with my Honey. Since New Year's Day falls on a Saturday this year, we're going out for dinner and a show on New Year's Day night. We're seeing La Cage, and I can't wait! Can't think of a better way to usher in the New Year.

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Updated On: 12/17/04 at 12:09 PM

#5

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 12:18pm

I'll be packing/unpacking from my move.

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#6

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 12:21pm

I usually go to the theatre or ballet and then home to a nice, quiet dinner with a very small group. This year, however, most of Broadway is dark...so I'm very disappointed that I can't see a show.

Curtain, are you seeing La Cage on Broadway? I didn't think they had a show that day!

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"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#7

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 12:22pm

beav, I can see the fireworks in Central Park from my apartment... love it!

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"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#8

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 12:28pm

"Curtain, are you seeing La Cage on Broadway? I didn't think they had a show that day!"

Yes I am Addy. Not New Year's Eve. New Year's Day night. There are two shows on New Year's Day. I'm going to the evening performance after have dinner at one of my favorite theatre-district restaurants. I can't think of a better way to ring in the New Year than 7th row center orchestra seats to a Broadway show. Especially La Cage, which is one of my all time favorites.

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There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. - Nelson Mandela

#9

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 12:29pm

It has been 'open' for business as usual the last few years, so I don't know why this year so many shows and the ballet are dark. They generally have an earlier performance so as not to interfere with the Times Square crowds... Hopefully next year they will go back to being open.

I've been going to shows on NY Eve since high school when I used to take the train to the city with friends and we'd go to a performance and then head back out of the city for a party. I saw Pippin on New Year's Eve. A LONG time ago...

I should mention that there are some shows playing, just none I have any interest in or have already seen...

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"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

Updated On: 12/17/04 at 12:29 PM

#10

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 12:31pm

Curtain - that's interesting because performances for La Cage aren't showing up on Ticketmaster for 1/1. I now have tickets for Pacific Overtures that evening, but La Cage was my first choice. Good to know - I'll pass the info along.

Seeing a show on New Year's DAY is also a tradition...no better way to ring in the new year!

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"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#11

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 12:33pm

what shows ARE open on New Years Eve??

#12

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 12:42pm

Curtain - that's interesting because performances for La Cage aren't showing up on Ticketmaster for 1/1.

Addy... you scared the life out of me. I thought maybe they had a schedule change. So, I had to check for myself, and both the 2pm and 8pm performances of La Cage on 1/1 show up when I do a search on Ticketmaster. Maybe it was just a fluke in the system when you tried. Anyway... I'm sure you'll have a great time at Pacific Overtures. I love when New Year's DAY is on a Saturday. You can stay home on New Year's EVE, avoid all the craziness, go out on New Year's DAY night, have a great time, and still have Sunday to regroup before having to be back at work on Monday.

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There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. - Nelson Mandela

Updated On: 12/17/04 at 12:42 PM

#13

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 12:43pm

This list has the Holiday show performances (and Curtain...so much for Ticketmaster info...yikes)

Beav - it's a fun city on New Years...
Holiday Schedule

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"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#14

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 12:45pm

Sorry - I didn't mean to scare you, Curtain!

Ticketmaster still doesn't have the shows listed on the 'calendar' of performances...so I never tried to check further.

Agree with you about the holiday calendar! It works perfectly this year!

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"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#15

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 12:46pm

Oh, I should mention...I'm making a whole WEEK out of going to shows. Starting with seeing La Cage (again) on 12/28...

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"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#16

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 3:42pm

I'm moving again. sigh. And after that a shindig with the coolest of people my two best friends!

#17

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 4:02pm

I am not doing anything this New Year's Eve because Saturday mornings I attend synagogue. My Rabbi doesn't like it when
I fall aslleep during her sermons.

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"Friends are the people you chose as family."....Me.

#18

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 4:07pm

I've had some pretty good New Years parties, consisting of a huge group of friends getting crazy in various locations.
Last year my friend moved into a new house in a new developement that wasn't nearly completed yet. We partied in half-built houses. And partied for three days.
The year before we rented a bunch of cottages up north and also partied for three days.
We like doing the extended-new years thing. Way better for hangovers!

#19

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 4:12pm

quiet night at home -- make a big dinner -- good wine and bubbly!

I can see the fireworks that get shot off over NY harbour and statue of liberty -- I sit in my window (deep sills) and watch the new year come in!

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#20

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Posted: 12/17/04 at 4:15pm

aww Beaver -- you know how to make a man blush! If I did not already have a husband, I'd sweep you off your feet and carry you through the door!

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"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie

#21

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 4:25pm

K is in hot demand...

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"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#22

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 4:26pm

from your lips to gods ears Addy!

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"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie

Updated On: 12/17/04 at 04:26 PM

#23

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 4:27pm

You know it's true, my dear!

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"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#24

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 4:29pm

***K is humbled (and appreciates the compliments from all)***

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"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie

#25

re: New Year's Eve

Posted: 12/17/04 at 4:30pm

well Beav -- my husband WILL BE in France for 5 months starting in January....

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"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie