New Year’s Eve 2011

There are many ways to ring in the new year (if you’re staying in, make it a classy affair with champagne flutes like these selected by the editors at our sister publication Western Living). Here are our favourites:

Swank Hotel Party

A Night to Remember at Hawksworth and Rosewood Hotel Georgia
A six-course dinner with wine pairings at Hawksworth, overnight stay in a delux guestroom with late check out, and automatic entry for to win an overnight stay at Rosewood Hotel Georgia, treatments at Sense, the Rosewood Spa, pick up from the Lower Mainland in the hotel’s Bentley, shopping sprees at Harry Rosen and Leone, and a bottle of Henriot Champagne.
$995 for two; 350 per person for dinner only at Hawksworth

East Side Arty Party

The Waldorf Hotel
Open until 4am
Dancing, DJs and performances that include:
Beauties On Ice — ice skaters perform on an indoor ice rink to live music inspired by David Lynch.
Travis Bernhardt — magician and Master of the Supernatural creates grand illusions that delight and mystify
Madame Petrovna — free readings of your destiny in the New Year by Madame Petrovna, soothesayer and fortune teller
$60

Halloween in December Party

Tunnel Nightclub Zombie Formal
Open until 4am
Decorations by the Dunbar Haunted House Team
DJs, dancing, and ghoulish glamour
$20