New Years Party

The New Year's party was at Amy and Nisha's place. They also live in Brooklyn, but pretty far from Erin and Bryan's where we were staying.





Here is Bryan in transit with drinks. We eventually got a cab, but they were hard to come by. Basically, getting a cab is usually no big deal as long as everyone doesn't need one at once. But on New Years, EVERYBODY needs a cab, so you really have to fight for one.



One of the first fun surprises of the night was the appearance of Danny, who is Fish's brother (Fish is a friend in Austin, and he makes the best fried chicken on earth). Danny is an architect in New York. He was clearly overdressed for our humble gathering, so he only stayed for a bit before getting on the subway and heading to something worthy of the sweater-and-tie look. It was great to see him though.


Our party was great...I'll have to post all the pictures on Picasa soon. When midnight finally rolled around, we walked over to Prospect Park (Brooklyn's "Central Park") and counted down and watched a fireworks show.



The fireworks were pretty good. I took a lot of pictures and most of them look stupid. This one isn't the best that I took, but it's zoomed out and you can see the crowd gathered around the park entrance.

There was a large Christmas tree-shaped light display at the spot where we stood to watch the fireworks. This is a picture of LL in front of it, still recovering from the New Year's kiss I gave her. I hope that dreamy look is one of twitterpation and not the result of all the really awesomely stinky cheese we were all eating that night.

Anyway, back at Amy's the party rolled on. I got this really cute picture of Erin. Somehow, she is perfectly vertical in reference to the camera, which isn't vertical in reference to anything else in the room. I don't know how this happened.

These two pictures go in sequence. In the first, Erin casts her line across the room toward Wade, who chomps down on the hook. In the second, I believe Wade is trying to recreate one of those pictures where the fish jumps out of the water for a split second in order to pose for a bass fishing magazine photographer. Supposedly this routine comprises a dance. Both Erin and Wade are from Liberty, Texas, and it was nice of them to share their local rituals with the rest of us.

I think this picture was taken around 4:00 am. I can't belive how long the party lasted.

Finally at about 6:00, we made our way back across Brooklyn to Erin and Bryan's. LL and Erin are dwarfed by a trash pile that I guess will get picked up someday. Even though it was so late, getting a cab was still almost impossible. Luckily, we got a ride and everyone got where they needed to safely.

Happy New Year 2008!