We’re not much for partying, but we decided to go out for New Year’s with our friend Trent. I made New York Strip steaks on the grill, and we enjoyed margaritas while watching the movie, Lucky Number Slevin. We had pondered going to one of the local bars that offered an evening package, but after drinking too many margaritas we decided that wouldn’t make fiscal sense. We ended up going to The Clubhouse bar in the Paper Valley Hotel, enjoyed some spirits, darts, and some lousy complimentary champagne. After that (it was about 1:30am), we wandered around looking for another bar, but they were all too crowded for our us, so we went home and watched the movie, Meet The Fockers. We all had already seen it, which is fortunate since I fell asleep for a good portion of it.

It’s really nice having the smoking ban in Appleton. I just wish Wisconsin would pass a similar state-wide ban. It’s a shame to see what it has done to some of the local bars.