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New Year’s Eve has always been a big deal to me for some reason. It’s one of my two favorite holidays, for starters. (Halloween is the other.) And it just seems such a key moment in all our lives. There is an importance to taking down one calendar and hanging another on the wall. As individuals, we measure our personal gains and losses, our high moments and low moments, by thinking back on them a year at a time. "Wow, 2006 was a tough year for me. But I traveled and had a lot of fun in 2007." That’s how we look at our lives. History also remembers important people and events by the years in which those people lived or those events happened. So passing from this 12 months to the next 12 months seems plenty of reason to celebrate the present and hope for the future.
Oddly enough for someone who loves this holiday so much, I usually don’t make plans until the last minute. I’m just in the process of firming things up now, including a likely stopover at the beautiful St. Regis hotel for cocktails at some point. But as I discussed ideas with my girlfriend for December 31, I also recalled the many delightful New Year’s Eves I’ve spent in and around Fort Lauderdale over the years. Wonderful, memorable black tie parties at hotels. Big, free street parties along the Riverfront area. Fireworks and dancing and champagne.
As usual, there’s no shortage of things to do this year. So I thought it might help if I told you about some of them, in case you’re a last-minute planner too. For instance, there’s a free event in Hollywood on the beach, both on December 30 and on New Year’s Eve. Called OceanDance 2007, the performance by the Wylliam/Henry Danse Theatre of Kansas City, Mo. should be excellent. Call 954-921-3274 for details. Or you can buy tickets at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts for the Salute To Vienna, with musicians and dancers reviving the classic spirit of old Vienna. You also can check out the celebrations at various clubs at the Seminole Hard Rock complex. Of course, you might want to simply make reservations at your favorite restaurant or bar. Or whatever else. Fort Lauderdale even will hold that free street party again, this time on SW 2nd Street between SW 2nd and SW 4th avenues. Pick something, plan the night with a friend or with family. Or just go alone. But really, you probably should get out and do something, don’t you think? The calendar flips over to 2008 only once.
Oddly enough for someone who loves this holiday so much, I usually don’t make plans until the last minute. I’m just in the process of firming things up now, including a likely stopover at the beautiful St. Regis hotel for cocktails at some point. But as I discussed ideas with my girlfriend for December 31, I also recalled the many delightful New Year’s Eves I’ve spent in and around Fort Lauderdale over the years. Wonderful, memorable black tie parties at hotels. Big, free street parties along the Riverfront area. Fireworks and dancing and champagne.
As usual, there’s no shortage of things to do this year. So I thought it might help if I told you about some of them, in case you’re a last-minute planner too. For instance, there’s a free event in Hollywood on the beach, both on December 30 and on New Year’s Eve. Called OceanDance 2007, the performance by the Wylliam/Henry Danse Theatre of Kansas City, Mo. should be excellent. Call 954-921-3274 for details. Or you can buy tickets at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts for the Salute To Vienna, with musicians and dancers reviving the classic spirit of old Vienna. You also can check out the celebrations at various clubs at the Seminole Hard Rock complex. Of course, you might want to simply make reservations at your favorite restaurant or bar. Or whatever else. Fort Lauderdale even will hold that free street party again, this time on SW 2nd Street between SW 2nd and SW 4th avenues. Pick something, plan the night with a friend or with family. Or just go alone. But really, you probably should get out and do something, don’t you think? The calendar flips over to 2008 only once.
posted by LauderBLOGGER at 1:46 PM
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