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New Yorkers have been known to celebrate New Year's in Times Square. For some New Yorkers, however, Times Square is the home of bad memories, and chose to celebrate the New Year elsewhere. For other New Yorkers, celebrating New Year's "elsewhere" is an indication of wealth and high status, in particular if New Year's is celebrated in a hotel in Park Avenue. Though Jack Driscoll certainly has wealth and high status, he is not celebrating New Year's in Park Avenue for display. Rather, Times Square has been the cause of curious twitches in his left eye, and he would rather not spend an celebratory evening without control of his reflexes. It would be most unbecoming in front of Ann Darrow.
Luckily, one of the swankier parties being thrown will not be populated by those who Mr. Driscoll refers to as "vapid self-serving morons." There is a small community of serious writers, directors, actors and otherwise passionate devotees to the art of theater and storytelling who have just enough money combined to buy a building on this street if they so desired. Interspersed with these wealthy people are participants in and admirers of the craft who are not quite as rich, but who are equally, if not more, passionate. Though Jack's preference is to be with everyone else in Times Square on New Year's, he sometimes makes an exception for this party.
Besides the obvious benefit of the removed location, this year this party has another advantage: no one will ask silly questions about dead apes.
It's shaping up to be a pretty good New Year's Eve.
Luckily, one of the swankier parties being thrown will not be populated by those who Mr. Driscoll refers to as "vapid self-serving morons." There is a small community of serious writers, directors, actors and otherwise passionate devotees to the art of theater and storytelling who have just enough money combined to buy a building on this street if they so desired. Interspersed with these wealthy people are participants in and admirers of the craft who are not quite as rich, but who are equally, if not more, passionate. Though Jack's preference is to be with everyone else in Times Square on New Year's, he sometimes makes an exception for this party.
Besides the obvious benefit of the removed location, this year this party has another advantage: no one will ask silly questions about dead apes.
It's shaping up to be a pretty good New Year's Eve.