New Year's Eve 12/14/11

• We chose 12/14 to celebrate New Year's Eve, for no particular reason except we won't be together on the real one.  It was fantastic!
• Dazzling sunshiny day with a bit of a brisk wind.  We walked north up Ocean Blvd to 2nd Ave Pier, shared a Diet Coke while watching fishermen reel in spotted trout off the pier.  The sun warmed us on the beachwalk back.  Then we shared a pre-New Year's Eve nap.
• Watched the kaleidoscope of criss-crossed clouds and colors sunset from the breezeway and sipped a bold Cabernet Savignon.  A group of Snowbirds were having martini time on the floor above us.  We raised our glasses to each other.
• Our Eve event was wine tasting and dinner at Noodles & Co.  Our fave of the wines was the Silver Palm Cab, which we tasted several times and then ordered a glass to share.  We also tried Sake for the first time.  SGD said it was like tasting gasoline.  Both our dinners were delicious, topped off by Rosa Regale sparkling wine and chocolate cheesecake bites for dessert.  We even got to see Luna Linda drenching the ocean with her moonshine before calling it a night. 
• My best New Year's Eve ever.