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Welcoming the New Year, the New Decade

May My Stars All Come Out . . .
Welcoming 2010, the New Year and New Decade!

Near ‘bout impossible. Tis the likelihood that I might overstate, from this vantage point, just how weird a year 2009 has been.

From its strange beginnings with a botched effort to enjoy a curtain call party at MECCA on New Year’s Eve a year ago . . . when the girlfriend literally walked out and left me sitting there . . . to colleagues who have disappeared overnight or ignored invoices or wallowed in indecision . . . to complaints worthy of a Baptist from the Midwest made by an SF club manager about our “too go-go” star dancer and “too loud” music, to being told “get out of my life” to one unexpected turn of events after another all the way to losing a suitemate while cruising the Caribbean Sea, to losing my favorite ring to . . . What more need I say, and there is a lot more . . . but . . . ouch!

What’s worked, however, has worked oh so well . . . outstanding outdoor adventures, the launch of new venues for Ladies Night, a birthday bash I won’t soon forget, outstanding Smart Women business networking evenings all over the Bay Area, and terrific events for Singles led by Chef Amy Shaw . . . there you have it! There were some bright spots amidst the dim and grim.

And I think the year’s highlight may be happening this very night at Ondine in Sausalito where our sold out crowd is set to enjoy an elegant New Year’s Eve Dinner, Dance & Celebration with our featured guests: Twilight Vixen Revue burlesque, jazz artist Shelley Kutilek and DJ Tina Silano from New York City. Olivia’s Tisha Floratos who will moderate the evening wearing her boa, while I hope to sit back and enjoy . . .

My resolution? Once again, hit the treadmill. I discovered yesterday there were none of those peel and stick stars in my desk drawer to reward myself with by affixing one to each date on my calendar when I’ve done a workout of any sort. What? No stars!? But, not to worry as the supply is now replenished and away go I to the land of exercise once more . . . long walks, Gold’s Gym, treadmill, more. One potato, two potato, three potato, four.

Goodbye and good riddance to 2009 . . . an odd, odd-numbered year was she! Hail the New Year lads and lasses, fa la la la la, la la la laaaaaaa!

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