Nightlife

New Year’s Parties and Brunches

How to Properly Send Off 2015

Witch doctors. You’ll be seeing off 2015 with those. Or maybe with Pamela Anderson. It really just depends on which of those New Year’s Eve soirees down there you choose to pursue. And since you’ll need brunch after all that, some of those are down there, too. Seriously, though... witch doctors.

THE TROPICAL OPTION

Delano Beach Club

You require: A tropical retreat. With witch doctors, naturally.
You’ll receive: The Delano, reimagined as a jungle. Orchids and flowers of passion will be hung. Monkeys and cannibal witch doctors will roam amongst daybeds stocked with champagne. You always knew 2016 would be the year of the shrunken head.

THE TARYN MANNING OPTION

Shore Club

You require: A DJ. Bubbly. Your 401K still intact.
You’ll receive: An elusive SoBe unicorn: the gratis New Year’s Eve party. They’re even throwing in a midnight glass of bubbly and two DJs. One of which goes by the name of “Pennsatucky” on Orange Is the New Black. So that’s new.

THE MAINLAND OPTION

Fifty at the Viceroy

You require: Pamela Anderson. Nothing more, nothing less.
You’ll receive: Playboy’s final centerfold at her finest—hosting a champagne-rich party by a rooftop pool 50 stories above the city. Prime spot for the midnight fireworks. And the midnight fireworks. Pretend that double entendre didn’t just happen.

THE MORNING-AFTER TACO BRUNCH

Edge Steak & Bar

You require: Limitless quantities of DIY tacos.
You’ll receive: All of the create-your-own tacos your hangover desires, along with barbecue grilling, oyster shucking and caviar stations. Oh, and unlimited mimosas and sparkling wine. You deserve this.

THE MORNING-AFTER PERUVIAN BRUNCH

La Mar

You require: Untold amounts of life-restoring ceviche.
You’ll receive: A Peruvian bounty of fortifying seafood, egg-topped lomo saltado, chaufa (Peruvian fried rice) and bayfront views for quietly reflecting on the year to come. Feel free to reflect later. It’s whenever, really.