New Year's Eve

It is snowing, blowing and is great cold. But it is New Years Eve, so what does that there is -10 degrees outside ... It is so cold that even ones eyes freeze:) Our digital camera is about to go. The smoker anyway, when you take pictures. So we went to B & H, which is a gigantic big electronics store. En route we stopped abruptly. In the middle of the street right next to us came Ethan Hawke walking with his dog. He lives in the heart of Chelsea and is often seen on the street with his dog and children, we were later told. He was not much to have taken his picture, but would also give us hand and hear where we come from. We bought the new Canon 990 in black for only 304 usd in B & H. We were the last thing in the whole store. It said customers behind us, which also would have had. What a luck. In Chelsea there are countless bars and restaurants, so we decided to stay in the area and celebrate the New Year here. Jan has hosted since we came, so we do not take up to Times Square at midnight. We want to prevent further colds the rest of the holiday. We ate New Year dinner at Spice, where we sat next to a world-traveled dance (super gay), who also had been in Denmark to dance. We attracted our attention as we sat with big glasses in 2009 that could light up so people were quite dazzled:) Afterwards, we were on Cuban bar and our stambar - an Irish Pub called Molly Wee. We already know the manager and several regulars who introduced us to the owners. A strict Catholic and conservative married couple, when their only son was gay to their great disappointment. He was there with his friend, but still had not mentioned aloud, that he was homosexual. A little before at. 00:00 split estate hat, streamers, blow horns and champagne out. So we all stood ready to jump noisily into the new year. There are no fireworks at Mahatten - there are too many tall buildings.