The revelers have hit the street, with pots and pans their throats completely knackered from another ringin' in... Let another New Year begin!

Happy New Year everyone!

Right, enough of that.
I don't really do resolutions, never really have. I have however, decided to stop eating pizza pizza as much as I do. I'm starting to notice how awful it is for me, and not just because it's unhealthy, I'm talking about the fact it's just awful. Fortunately, my roommate feels the same way so when we order take-out it's usually something slightly more edible, like sushi or Chinese. She has introduced me to a great sushi delivery place in our neighborhood, and I think we'll be ordering from them a lot, they are great.

I am, however, starting the new year with some major awesomeness, I'm going to New York this weekend! A few amazing people in my department at school decided to organize a trip just for us which included a financial subsidy from the school to help cover the costs. So, $165 covers the return bus trip and 3 nights stay at a hostel in downtown New York. Yep.

I've got a few plans for myself and the group of friends that I'm going with, assuming we all survive the 12 hour bus ride to get there, the only bad part about the trip. For one, I hope that this amazingness is still up on Wall street. It's some pretty cool vandalism if you ask me.

Obviously we'll be hitting up some galleries, and the Met and MoMA seem to be the top choices. Also, since there are three girls in our group, we've planned to do a fair bit of shopping throughout the weekend, and I'm definitely checking out the Antiques Garage in Hell's Kitchen. I have had to make a promise that I won't buy any furniture or carved, wooden bears. Why carved wooden bears you ask? My roommate isn't too fond of Fred, one of my only souvenirs from my working days in Niagara Falls. She was slightly terrified that I'd put it in the living room when I brought him home. I admit that this photo of him is a little scary... but he is quite sweet and innocent as he guards my closet.

He doesn't look so bad in this photo.

Anyway, I can't technically buy furniture since I am relying on a coach bus for my transportation to and from New York. We're also limited to one carry-on and one stored piece of luggage. It was never specified how big that stored luggage could or couldn't be, so I imagine a few people may be taking advantage of some of the shopping opportunities, and the Canadian dollar being above par with the US dollar at the moment.

I will post some of the food, shopping and art excursions when I get back, I've lucked out in the sense that all of us are huge foodies and are going to enjoy ourselves while we're in New York. See you next week!

By the way, my post title is from the wonderful band, Spirit of the West and their great New Year's song, Another Happy New Year. Canadian rock folk at its best.