Hangover? A How To…sort of

by Erik Olsen on

I have to admit I am not much of a New Years Eve partier. In a way, I almost dread the coming of a new year. The new year, while heralding in the opportunity for resolutions (most of which will soon be broken) also means I’ve aged yet another year and suggests that time is moving unstoppably fast. (sigh).

BUT, there are those for whom New Years eve is a time to engage in one last night of hard-core excess. The champagne corks fly and gullets are washed with alcohol. For YOU, dear imbibing readers, I offer you not a hangover cure exactly, but a chance to edify yourself into the causes and history of the hangover.

This site, howstuffworks.com, is one of my favorites for all sorts of arcane info on the way the things around us function. From radios to computers to, well, hangovers, it makes an excellent read, especially if your head hurts right now and you just want to sit and veg in front of your computer. Which I am doing anyway, though sans headache.

Plans for New Year’s Eve

by Adrienne Wilson on

Like many I am still searching for the perfect way to spend New Year’s Eve. I’ve never been huge NYE celebrating type of person so it’s no biggie if I don’t find some spectacular fireworks display, but at the same time it’s always kind of nice. Last year I stayed nestled inside my apartment and the previous year I believe I was sitting on a beach in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica wishing I were somewhere else (long story). Well the Miami Herald offers a small sampling of what’s available across the states and even as far down and out as Australia, Italy and Costa Rica. Go figure. Nothing listed for Chicago so I’ll be moving onto the next list, but for those partying domestically in Key West, NYC, ATL or even Alabama check out their notes.