It’s the night when people who can’t handle their alcohol come out to play. A night of expectations that fail to get met. Of projectile vomiting. Of explosive diarrhea. Of breakups. Of DUI arrests. Of overinflated cover and parking and rideshare charges. Of crying. Of losing your wallet or your keys or your phone. Of being crowded into a bar like sardines. Of cheap, shitty champagne.
Have fun with that. For some, NYE is the real Friday the 13th.
How fast do champagne corks fly?
Slider Inn will have brunch all day on New Year’s with half-price Jameson slushies.
As I mentioned earlier, Bardog will do brunch on New Year’s. Opening time, according to Bardog’s parent company’s weekly email, will be 10 AM.
Music City Bowl: Illinois 30, Tennessee 28. Illini coach Bret Bielema put on a master class in clock management in the final minutes.
Waterski, barefoot, wakeboard, or wakesurf the mighty Mississippi on New Year’s Day – SkiFreeze
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