We had dinner reservations and nice clothes and shoes and jewelry, but then the chairs here were tall-backed and super-comfortable and there was a band playing nice music (and a pianist when the band took breaks) and a waitress who could produce almost anything we wanted (and who looked the other way when what the teenage behemoth boys wanted burgers and onion rings from a different restaurant) so we ended up blowing off all our other plans and making our own party in the corner. And then there were fireworks w/o the crowds, which was even better!

Happy New Year to you, too!