Hi Robert and Noelle, I don't know what you mean by "What about 12/31?" I'm glad Noelle made your hotel reservations for 12/30 through until 1/2 when you leave for where-I-live to work the next day. We don't know yet what we will do to celebrate New Year's Eve. I'm keeping track of what is in The Independent: our Santa Barbara entertainment weekly newspaper and slowly asking our friends what they are doing so that we will hear about all the options. We usually prefer to attend a dinner/dance event on New Year's Eve, but if we can't find any with music we like, we will have to consider another option such as just attending a nice fancy dinner such as at a restaurant, but not too expensive. As we get closer to that date, we should hear about more good options for celebrating New Year's Eve.