New Years Eve Thread

[Bikeage77]

Many people have traditions, some very simple, others elaborate. I'm kinda in between.

My fiance, myself, and a group of friends went out for sushi last year and will be doing that again. Except this year it'll be for lunch. Then there's gonna be 4 bands playing in my friends basement, followed by a boxing match at the Riverwest Public House. Then to a friends house to bring in the new year. Then stumble home at a reasonable enough time so I can watch the Packers on Sunday. Should be a good time.

Wecontemplated doing one of those fancy pants dinner deals with wine tasting, but decided maybe next year. Has anyone done one of those?

What do you do for New Years?

[jjkoestler]

I usually go all out for NYE, but I'm taking it easy this year. I'll probably just hit a house party and then stumble to the bars.

 

I had a lot of fun at Water Buffalo in Milwaukee a few years back. They did an all inclusive with top shelf booze and food for $100 per person. We ended up bringing a group of 25 or so and basically took over the lower bar for the night. At the end of the night our bartender told us we would have racked up an $8,000 tab if we had not done the all inclusive. I believe Water Buffalo still does something for NYE, but I don't think it includes shots and certain drinks. I feel pretty good about being partly responsible for changing their policies. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Invader3K]

This year my band, Wayne & The Annihilators will be playing at Capn's Steakhouse & Saloon in Fort Atkinson. Any are welcome to attend if you're looking for something to do.

[dadofandrew]

I usually grill steak and have shrimp scampi with it. This year, my son is at his grandparents for NYE, so we'll push that back to New Year's night, as shrimp scampi is his favorite. We're not drinkers, so that part of it bores us.

[pitchleague]

my wife and I have a tradition of just staying home and avoiding any drunk drivers. We watch a couple of movies, enjoy a couple of bottles of bubbly, and have some snacks (wings, crackers and cheese, etc.) to munch on. I know that we're kind of a 9 on the lameness scale but what can I say? The Y2K scare kept us indoors 12 years ago and we haven't gone back!

 

 

Seriously, though, please be careful if you go out and DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE! I have 2 friends who have been in serious car accidents when hit by a NYE drunk driver. They've had 5+ years of physical therapy not to mention surgeries up the wazoo just to have a somewhat normal life again while the drunk guy walked out of the hospital with some scratches and hasn't been seen since!

[patrickgpe]

i really do not like new years, for the same reason i do not like opening day or st patricks, its amateur night. I have a few friends and siblings over for dinner and games. new years eve may be the most overrated night of the year.

[1992casey]

I retired from New Years a long time ago. New Years Eve is just another day.

[chuckiehacks]

One of my friends has a party that has gotten more subdued as we've gotten older. Last year I made the chorizo-stuffed bacon-wrapped dates that were discussed in the infamous relish tray thread.

 

This year, I'm making bacon pops. Yum. These just scream Sconnie.

[Hammer]

We do a party with a bunch of couple friends and their kids from our subdivision. Everyone brings a hors d'oeuvres (sp?) to pass, an alcoholic drink to consume and leaves their keys at home because we can all walk home. Good times, funny stories and a tradition building.

[homer]

New Years Eve is just another day.

Technically it's an eve not a day. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

 

I was going to go see Cage The Elephant in Chicago but changed my mind and decided that dinner and board games with a small group of friends would be better. I did the "club" thing for a while in my 20's but eventually realized how massively overrated NYE is. Best celebrations I've had are with a small group of friends sitting around someone's apartment playing cards and listening to tunes.

[Thurston Fluff]

It's a working holiday for us. We spend the entire week setting up balloon drops and decorating for NYE so by the time the day rolls around all we want to do is go home and relax. We buy some crab legs or lobster have a glass of wine and try to stay up until midnight.

[hawing]

I can crank up pitchleague's lameness scale to at least 11. Today brought us disappointing UW basketball at the Kohl Center, lunch at Rocky's on the walk home, and I finally put up the film on the back room windows - ahead of the cold front + gale force winds or whatever awaits us Sunday. Life in the fast lane on a Saturday night!

 

Apart from the April-to-October 9 Brewers' season, 2011 was something of a bust around the hawing household, so I'm not reluctant to see it go.

[DHonks]

It's 7:32 MST and I'm on my couch with my fiancee, watching Househunters, while browsing Brewerfan.net. Can you say lame?

[JimH5]

Househunters

 

Lame indeed.

 

For my own entry into the lame derby, my wife, daughter and I saw a matinee of We Bought a Zoo earlier this afternoon, then on the way home, we stopped by Target to pick up a box of cereal and a 12-pack of diet Coke, then had our NYE dinner handed to us through a drive-thru window (Mrs. H5 went with the Arby's and me and daughter chose McDonald's).

 

Now I'm sitting on the couch with MLB Network on, watching a rerun of the Gibby Awards. Whee!

 

Living Large. . .

[Funketown]

Ooh, I think I can win this!

 

My mother in law is here for the week, and my wife and I are caring for our newborn daughter. It's 10:00 eastern right now and we're struggling to stay awake. I've watched second tier bowl games all day, and I cashed a $3 bottle of sparkling wine.

[GAME05]

not wanting to be totally lame, i headed to a bar around 8:30. understandably early, but i have no intentions of driving a car after midnight regardless of sobriety. first bar: "closed for the holidays." second bar: "closed for the holidays." third bar: empty except for me.

 

just finished off some Bucky Badger cheese spread (I live in TX, so it was awesome to get a taste of home). i'm only going to stay up late because i have night shift on Tuesday and have to adjust my sleep pattern.

[jason21nl]

The wife and I got a pizza and some bread sticks and are fighting to stay awake. I want to see the dude try to jump a snowmobile 400ft.

[Hammer]

Yep. It's NYE, I'm drunk, the party is over and I can't wait until next years party! OOH YEAH BABY!

[Jimbo]

An evening at the Trysting Place Pub. No cover. Two years now. Fun, yet not crazy. Some people there our age. Did some modest dancing until the DJ decided to go with rap.

[Menotti80]

Speaking of lame...

 

I went to my aunt's house (I am 27) and played dominos with my parents, aunts, grandma and my grandma's sister. All of the old ladies dressed up in their best holiday themed pajamas.

 

Yet I actually had a lot of fun.

[Invader3K]

Our gig last night actually went really well. Had a great time, the owner loved us, and we made a bit of cash. Only rough part was not getting home until after 3 AM. Hard to complain about that, though.

[DocLuna7]

Lame for me equals ordering pizza at home with the S/O at 11 PM and not being awake enough to eat it when it arrived forty five minutes later. I think I'm getting old.

[ewizabeff]

We landed in the Milwaukee airport at 9:30PM, severely jet lagged. I was in bed by 10:15, although I think SgtClueLs stayed up till midnight on the couch. I don't think we even wished each other a happy new year.

[hawing]

I've become increasingly tempted to edit the subject line to add "Lame-Off 2011/2012."

[Bikeage77]

Oh man Hawning...we had a pretty good new years...but I was trying to come up with other stuff to do since the past two years we've ended up at the same house. While it's fun, I thought maybe there was some different options of stuff to do...this thread did not help much.