pj's or little black dress?

Getting a Jump on New Year's Eve CHAMPAGNE in a fabulous party space or a bottle of Bud in a rock club? Dinner in elegant surroundings or a frosty run in Central Park? Times Square or your easy chair? The myriad choices for New Year's Eve entertainment in New York can leave the most decisive reveler befuddled. For those whose plans are still up in the air, seven critics and reporters of The New York Times suggest itineraries involving clubs, restaurants, theaters and, yes, Central Park.

It's only 2 weeks until New Year's Eve and yet conversations about what to do are only just surfacing in my circle. Once upon a time, we'd at least start talking about it a month or two ahead of time. Almost every year, someone wound up having a house party they'd be everyone's hero.

When I was much younger, I had 2 best friends and we rotated who's house we'd hang out each year. It was always where the parents wouldn't be, of course. Those were some of the best nights because there was no need to dress up, arrange for transportation, find a date, or shell out lots of cash to spend it with strangers. We'd order in pizza and have lots of junk food, play records/tapes, listen to the top 100 songs of the year on the radio and dance. Ok, so maybe we'd sneak into my parents' liquor cabinet, too. Just plain, simple silliness and it was great.

I've done the "city" NYE, the house parties, and even one alone with Dick Clark which wasn't half as bad as I expected it to be. The main thing about the night isn't where you go or what you do but who you're with (and maybe how wasted you are). This year, there are a couple of ideas in the works but I raise these questions to my readers (maybe I have 4 or 5 now?):

What are you planning for this year and/or what was your favorite NYE?