http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4113 4113 Our New Year's celebration begins with Drew & Arisbe inviting us to enjoy the last dinner of 2009 with them in their lower apartment. Arisbe is just recovering from a flu and I pitch in to help. They cook us a delicious dinner of steak, squash, gr http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4117 4117 Drew is quite the cook! http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4120 4120 http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4123 4123 I have located the apartment in San Miguel for our new parents to soon be; the apartment happens to have a tree growing through the roof, which has to be one of the most unique properties in the city. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4126 4126 Anthony Bourdain, we aren't, but we to a darn good job of preparing dinner. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4129 4129 http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4132 4132 It's hasta la vista baby for 2009 and none too soon. We finish off our last dinner of the year. Great food Drew & Arisbe! http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4135 4135 It's around 6:30; we'll pop the top on the first bottle to set us up for the next 4 hours while we slumber in preparation for the night's celebration. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4138 4138 The tension around the Jardin grows and we approach the new year. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4141 4141 The crowds grow as we approach midnight. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4144 4144 Sister Suzanne & friend Drew Fadrowski http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4147 4147 http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4150 4150 http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4153 4153 http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4156 4156 http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4159 4159 Arisbe is feeling under the weather, so Drew decides to come alone. Thirty minutes prior to midnight, he sees the celebration is too much to miss so runs back to the apartment to see if she can be coaxed to join. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4162 4162 The apartment is only 3 blocks away so he heads back to retrieve Arisbe. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4165 4165 Those kids are so cute! Wait - that's my sister with them. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4168 4168 New Years Eve in Mexico is definitely a family experience! http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4171 4171 A few vendors display their wares in the central garden but as the crowd grows, they begin loosing merchandise as people start walking on it. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4174 4174 This girl is putting on a show dancing for the crowd; then her husband and child arrive and she turns into a mom again :-). http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4177 4177 Arisbe arrives but still feeling under the weather. I must imagine she is saying to Drew that this experience had better be good. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4180 4180 http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4183 4183 Excitement fills the air. The band plays louder and all the people begin to hold their giant sparklers in the air. http://gallery.donanthony.com/main.php?g2_itemId=4186 4186