Apparently, the place to be in Virginia to celebrate New Year's is in Richmond's Carytown to watch the Byrd Theater's lighted ball go UP when the clock strikes midnight. (Our ball goes UP... take that New York City!!!)
Luckily for us, Steven lives 2 blocks away from the Byrd Theater! He was able to save us a parking spot in his driveway so we didn't have to deal with finding parking or walking really far to get to the location! We didn't go last year because of how hard we've heard it is to get parking and the huge crowds. I am so glad Steven was able to hook us up and we went this year! It was freezing outside and super crowded, but we had a lot of fun!
The Ball goes up!
Freezing in the crowd
I got to thinking about why people are so obsessed with celebrating New Years with a crowd of thousands of strangers to watch a glowing ball move in sync with the countdown to midnight. I have come to the conclusion that people, for whatever reason, feel they can't be alone during New Year's Eve... so the most logical result of that is a social gathering where people get totally wasted somewhere outdoors and wait to watch a shiny ball ascend (or descend) at midnight... Wooo hooo!
Happy New Year!
1 comment:
Those are pretty sweet pictures. And yes Jimmy, you definetly should resurrect that old website from Whitman. If the world needs one thing, it's more pictures of me on the internet.
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