Nori: Self-imposed exile from the snowy midwest. Renounced dairy to hone her fierce cooking skills. Musically trained since a baby. Can bake cookies or an exotic tart without a lick of butter faster than you can heat a toaster pastry. Throws a fab potluck.

Dave: Started cooking well before puberty, as restaurants weren't good enough for his burning desire for ... uhh ... good food. Will eat anything once, although prefers not to wrestle with his dinner for more than a minute. Renowned for his taste in loud music, fabulous people people, and a good time.

On their own, they know how to enjoy themselves. Together, they throw a WICKED party.

This New Year's Eve, together again for their third time in a row, Dave and Nori want you to be there to help them celebrate. There will be copious amounts of good food and drink (witness the creation -- and consumption -- of the world's best vegan eggnog). There will be music and dancing. There will be fancy-dress costumes (and we mean YOU, buddy!). There will, of course, be champagne at midnight (when we say "wicked," we mean "wicked and classy"). And if there aren't people hanging from the rafters by 2 AM, we'll get out the stapler and hang from them our damned selves.

Of course, what would such a party be without all our favorite people from across the country and the globe? We'll have special guests flying in from New York city and at least 3 other states of the union -- and we want you to be there too.

So save the date! Make plane, boat, train, or canoe reservations, whatever you need to do to be at the Goat House in South Berkeley, CA, on New Years' Eve 2005. It will be a night to remember. (And those staple wounds will heal.)

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