New Year’s Plans
I was at the mall the other day with my girlfriend and we were walking the a department store and noticed all the sparkly, sequined dresses and outfits. My friend made a comment how, even though it’s been years since she and her husband have gone out for a New Year’s Eve celebration, she still enjoys looking at all those neat clothes.
Truthfully, I can’t even remember the last time I’ve been out on New Year’s Eve. I mean, we’ve gone to friends or family, but we haven’t actually gone to an actual, big, shin dig where you dress up and all that. We tend to stay home and watch the Times Square celebration on T.V. My daughter is even in the habit of making homemade confetti to toss when Dick Clark (or whoever is substituting for him) does the countdown to midnight.
It would be so amazing to really be in New York City for the New Year’s Eve celebration. Before the evening celebration we could do a Circle Line Sightseeing Cruise for a tour of the Manhattan Skyline. For the evening festivities, since I’m not a big fan of crowds, and I’d probably have a panic attack having my daughter in that huge crowd, it would be really cool to have a hotel room with a view of Time Square! I’d probably even stay up to watch them clean up the streets afterwards, it’s always amazed me that they have all that confetti cleaned up by morning. My daughter throws confetti in our family room and I find it for years afterwards!
On New Years Day (or the day after if I drank too much celebratory champagne) we could use a New York CityPass to visit other sites like the Empire State Building or the American Museum of Natural History. My daughter loves museums and some of the most amazing museums are in New York City, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
I might need to start planning this trip now and maybe even invite my mother-in-law. I think she would really enjoy all the hustle and bustle of New York City.
