Chinoiserie Chic: Happy New Year

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Thursday, January 1, 2026

Happy New Year - Onward & Upward

I think that for many of us, 2025 was a complicated year with a lot of loss. But in the words of Albert Einstein, “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." The great thing about a new year is that it is a clean slate, a chance to start anew.

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Happy New Year!

Sarasota's Annual Pineapple Drop

Happy New Year! This is the annual pineapple drop at midnight NYE in Sarasota. So fun and tropical and unique.

Monday, January 1, 2024

Happy New Year

Sarasota's Pineapple Drop

Here in Sarasota, a giant pineapple is dropped at midnight New Year's Eve followed by fireworks over Sarasota Bay. And the weather has been picture perfect.

Sunday, January 1, 2023

Happy New Year 2023!

New Year's Eve Sarasota, Florida

Happy New Year everyone. And yes, Sarasota drops a pineapple at midnight. How fun is that? It was a picture perfect night here - warm, clear, and with the skies lit up with fireworks in every direction.

Saturday, January 1, 2022

Happy New Year

Mignonne Gavigan Rosé Champagne Earrings

Let's keep it real, 2021 was a pretty dreadful year, culminating in the loss of the beloved Betty White. Hopefully 2022 will be a better year for all of us. Onward and upward. Champagne may help. Here are some fun choices.

Friday, January 1, 2021

Happy New Year

I was looking back at my posts from New Year's Day from the past eleven years of Chinoiserie Chic and this was from my post in 2010. It seems especially appropriate today. If there is one takeaway for me from the horrific year we all just lived through, it is the fragility of our planet, of our democracy, and of human life. Hopefully we can make a new beginning in 2021.

For last year's words belong to last year's language

And next year's words await another voice.

And to make an end is to make a beginning.

~T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding"

Thursday, December 31, 2020

Happy New Year's Eve

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My goal was to finish all the projects in my home and garden in 2020 and miraculously, the last two things on my list worked out. My wallpaper hanger showed up last week and my canvas palm tree that had been hung up at the port in Tampa was sprung and I picked it up Tuesday and assembled it yesterday. It's ten feet tall - very dramatic!

So no more projects - I am so looking forward to just chilling for a while. I have a lovely bottle of my favorite French Champagne for tonight to wave this dumpster fire of a year goodbye. Hopefully better days are ahead for all of us. Stay safe. A Happier New Year to all.