Hi! How are you? I hope you’re already out at a New Year’s party, or that you’re settling in for a cozy evening in. Carlo and I, we’re staying in. About four hours ago, when we came home from a shopping trip, our door broke, and we were stuck OUTSIDE for an hour and a half (or longer, I’m not sure. My brain froze.), in -22 C (-32 C with the wind chill!) while we waited for a locksmith. We were so happy to get into the apartment, we decided we weren’t leaving it again tonight. So here we are. If you’d told me five years ago that I’d be content, even happy, washing dishes and rearranging my apartment on New Year’s Eve, I’d… well, I’d have done something… laughed, cried, I don’t know. But right now we’re happy, cozy, and warm. And we’ve got a bottle of bubbly chilling in the fridge for later, so don’t feel sorry for us.
If you’ve got some champagne/cava/prosecco/other sparkler laying around that you’re not sure what to do with (besides drinking it the way it is, which is of course nice too), my latest article in Vue Weekly has a couple ideas. Nothing ground-breaking, just some nice, simple cocktails.
Happy New Year! I hope you’ve had a wonderful year.
Supper In Stereo 
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December 31, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Brooke & Greig
Happy New Year Carlo and Hanne!
We miss you guys, and we hope this will be a great year for both of you.
From your MTL friends.
January 1, 2009 at 3:57 am
Chelsey
Ah, failed recipes. I can’t think of any better way to 1) Learn more about ingredients and 2) tell the difference between when my man really loves something I’ve tried to make, and when he is just being polite.
A New Year’s toast to kitchen failures and successes! (From what I know of you, you’ll, have far more of the latter.) :)
January 1, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Rebecca
Well you just described our New Year’s Eve (minus being stuck in the snow). I cooked a nice pork tenderloin, we drank beer, watched the Corpse Bride and forced ourselves to stay awake until midnight because we had a little bottle of champagne to pop. It was great. I love doing New Year’s in. Cheers to a New Year!
January 1, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Sharon
Sorry to hear you got stuck outside – Mack and I made the foolish decision to head to Churchill, and though the fireworks were nice, it wasn’t worth temporarily losing the feeling in our toes!
Your new year’s sounded cozier. Here’s to a great 2009!