January 6, 2009
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*NYEVE*
And so the new year begins. And there's gotta be a first new entry of the year. Here's how I rang it in...
With champagne, naturally.
With a feast that hubby and I cooked up, naturally.
We kept things simple by doing a few tried and true dishes that always please: Baked chicken with caramelized onions in a mascarpone/white wine/tarragon sauce; Ziti pasta with spicy Italian sausage and roasted fennel & broccoli; French's fried-onions encrusted baked shrimp; Ratatouille.
With good friends who helped you get thru a skankass year.
With vanity poses.
With dear friends Phyllis & Steven, Gary & Aaron, Bob & Todd, Ben & Patrick, and Gloria & Tim. Just 12 of us. I kept it small so as to enjoy my own party rather than be hostess slave. I learned my lesson after previous years' parties where I invited everyone who would come, no matter how irrelevant and boarish.
At 11:30pm, I was ordered to prepare the champagne for the midnight toast. Nobody wanted a repeat of last year, when at 11:58pm I freaked out and forgot to pour the champagne, and I PAUSED the ball-dropping countdown on Tivo until I was able to open/pour/pass around the champagne. I had a dozen people YELLING at me "You can't do that! You can't PAUSE the new year!!!" Well I did, I paused it, I delayed it a couple minutes. And look how 2008 turned out. This year I did not make the same heinous mistake. At midnight, each couple got their midnight smooches from their honeys, we toasted a brand new year, and hugged out our dear friendships.
Then Bob & Todd presented us with a surprise gift for each couple....these awesome hand-painted nameplates on canvas. Todd had them done by an artist friend in Vietnam. They are SO COOL and so special. Who doesn't love personalized gifts??
After everyone left, we still had 2 open bottles of champagne that were kinda half-full. I didn't have the heart to pour them out, so I stayed up for 2 extra hours finishing them and reflecting on a successful enjoyable party. A party that this hostess cupcake was quite pleased with. Let 2009 roll on...
Comments (9)
How could anyone throw out champagne? It was very admirable of you to finish it. All the best to you in 2009!
You stopped the clock last year so that yu can pour champagne? No wonder guests complained. This year, you seemed to have everything go right for New Year Eve. Wish you a wonderful 2009 and everything you do will go the way you plan it.
Don't throw out champagne! Make a champagne buerre blanc sauce instead...
With all that fabulous food, Jason, how do you manage to stay so thin?
MmmMMMmmmm champagne...
I know you went through a bit of a rough patch in 2008, but you know what that means? 2009 can only be fun filled fabulousness.
Here's to a wonderful, happy, & healthy 2009!!
I rang in the new year at home. I'm old at heart.
happy gay New Year Jason!
omg, jason basin! it's been so long! haha. how've you been?
Dear, our lives mirror each other so much. It's sick. I remember back in the day when I'd read all about your parties and I thought to myself....I'll never lead that kind of life. Well dear, I do and it's fantastic! Happy New Year queer. Love you. Mean it.
as always, your dishes are fabtastic. and i'm glad you rang in the new year the right way, with lots of expensive bubbly and on time. lol happy belated new year and best wishes! <3
it's been a while since of read so i'll try to catch up a little here by reading your december 30th post with a cup of strong coffee and an apple scone.
