Barton Flats and a blue light martini/champagne glass say goodbye 2008 and hello 2009!
For a list of Downtown NYE parties and events, see the Center City Commission website http://www.downtownmemphis.com/
The Best Bet in my opinion is the Bluff City Ball at The Orpheum, or you could crash a private party or have your own party.
Since tonight centers on toasting in the New Year, you may find that you drank too much and feel pretty sorry in the morning. Here is some preventative wisdom:
- Don't mix the grape and the grain. Keep wine/port/brandy separate from beer/whisky - English folklore
- Beer then wine, I feel fine. Wine then beer, I feel queer - English folkore
- Don't get drunk - Memphistanista
If you missed the preventative wisdom tips and ended up with a hangover here are some ideas*:
In author P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster series we meet Bertie and his stunningly clever valet, Jeeves. When Bertie has a hangover, Jeeves appears with his miracle cure of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce and pepper, commonly known as a Prairie Oyster. An excerpt from the first time Jeeves gives Bertie the concoction: "It is a little preparation of my own invention. It is the Worcestershire Sauce that gives it its colour. The raw egg makes it nutritious. The red pepper gives it its bite. Gentlemen have told me they found it extremely invigorating after a late evening."
The following possible cures were taken from a New Yorker article on hangover remedies. For the full article click: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/26/080526fa_fact_acocella?currentPage=all
Drink lots of water
Vitamin C and B-complex vitamins
Bloody Mary - a hair of the dog that bit you remedy
Italians say drink strong coffee with lemon
French say drink strong coffee with salt
Alcohol researchers say don't drink coffee, it will make you more dehydrated
Germans eat pickled herring
Moroccans chew cumin seeds
Drink sports drinks
Exercise
*Disclaimer - this is a blog not a medical resource. I take no responsibility for any ill effects caused by you trying any of these. Generally, if you're feeling ill effects from drinking it's your own fault. You cannot drink all night and wake up feeling tip top now can you? As my Dad says, "You can't stay up with the owls at night if you want to soar with the eagles in the morning", or something like that. I'm sure I'll be corrected if that's wrong.
2 comments:
The real quote is "If you are going to hoot with the owls at night, you can't soar with the eagles in the morning". Classic!! Happy New Year
Love the martini glass. In case anyone outside was confused as to what was going on inside :)
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