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No, not Marfa
Readers continue to ask: “Are you headed back to Marfa this New Year’s Eve?”
No. Last year’s West Texas parties — replete with Austinites — lingered in the memory for months. This year, I’m concentrating on closer quarry: Downtown. I’ll start at the Long First Night Party at the Long Center and City Hall Terrace, then hit Malverde, Cedar Door, Shangri La, Star Bar, Mulberry, Seaholm and the Phoenix, according to the most recent plan. Dear friend Sean Massey is in town and will accompany me. (Kip’s sticking with an intimate dinner at Nick Shumway and Robert Mayott’s).
“I can’t wait for our friends to arrive for the new year celebration. The Cohen-Cramers (Sonya, Reid, Dio & Gabel) arrive tonight after a day in Carlsbad Caverns. Margo, Gregory & Benjamin spending tonight at Indian Lodge in Ft. Davis, then here midday tomorrow.
Tomorrow the arrival of the Fefermans (Rachel & Michael), the Christies (Tana & Joe), Margaret Keys, the Graves (Nancy, Keith, Emma & Max), Jill McRae & Stephen Yelenosky, the Bermans (Solvye, Isaac, Daniel, Ingrid & Mitch), the Hughes (Kim & Kyle), Trey Herschap & Vivian Castano, Michael Mitchell/Robert Torian, Victoria Corcoran & Jeff Neal, Richard Hartgrove & Gary Cooper, Graydon Parish & Heath Riddles; Susan Ghertner, Christina Gutierrez & Hazel Barbour; and I’m missing some and will add later.
Tomorrow night, McDonald Observatory private tour, dinner with the astronomers, star party (on a near blue moon night) and looking through the 107-inch telescope; softball & soccer organized by Gabel & Michael F.
On Thursday, lunches, dinners, a book reading, the new years eve party in the Paisano’s Rock Hudson suite (sneaking away briefly for Tobin Levy’s bash across town), brunch at the Hilltop Hotties place overlooking the city on new years day, parlour games, hiking and good food that day/evening and just reading, eating, long conversations and chilling with our dearest friends until the last head home on the 3rd.”
Why doesn’t Eugene just write my column for me?
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