Are You Making a New Year's Resolution?
by Ryan Vlastelica
Where she presides: Celsius, Bryant Park
Favorite drink: Champagne & tequila
I always make them, but I typically don’t follow through. This year will be different though. I’m serious! My resolution is to eat better. I want to cut meat from my diet and maybe go completely organic. I’m trying to ease my way into it, but it could be hard, especially with my husband. He’s from Texas and loves red meat. But I rented that movie Food, Inc., and that should motivate me. I’m going to make him watch it, too. Oh yeah, I’m making him do this with me.
NOEL
Where he presides: House of Brews, Midtown
Favorite drink: IPA
I want to quit smoking. I’m a social smoker, I only do it when I’m out with people, and I figure I might as well get it out now. I don’t typically make resolutions; New Year’s is just a starting point to quit. I’m just going to do it cold turkey. Willpower. No gum or patches.
MENELIK
Where he presides: The Hideaway, Tribeca
Favorite drink: Tequila
I used to make New Year’s resolutions, but they hardly ever work out, you know? Like last year, my resolution was to say “yes” more, say yes to everything. That lasted a couple of months and I sort of forgot about it, and then halfway through June I was like, oh, whoops, I’m supposed to be saying yes more. And it lasted again for maybe two weeks. I don’t think people change like that; New Year’s is sort of arbitrary.
WARREN
Where he presides: Kettle of Fish, W. Village
Favorite drink: Rob Roy
New Year’s resolutions… I don’t make them. They never work out. Oh, I’m gonna clean my place, I tell myself. Or, I’m gonna paint my place. That never happens. Or, oh, I’ll drink less. That was rich. Or, oh, I’m gonna keep in touch with people, call them. Then I call them, and think, Why’d I call that guy? That guy’s a knucklehead.
