When people smile when you snap their picture you can instantly tell whether they're just putting it on or they are genuinely happy to have someone there to record a particular moment in their lives. These two albums attest to the latter. On New Year's Eve both dining rooms were full to bursting with great eaters, drinkers and after midnight dancers... there was a big table of doctors, a newspaper editor extraordinaire, a local design guru, an archaeologist, a leading water conservationist, a bikeshop owner, a wine maker (or three), even a beloved world famous actor... and lets not forget the girlfriends and boyfriends of our chefs, managers and bartenders. Incredibly, some of the happiest faces I saw all night belonged to our staff. Despite the fact they were working their butts off, they just seemed to be making a great time of it. Which they have been doing all year.

So here are a few snaps from NYE of some of our favorite people, whom we are lucky to be able to work alongside every day. Their commitment, professionalism, work ethic and sense of fun have made us deeply proud of each and every dining and private event we produced through 2015.

Lukka, Ryan, Geoff and I want to give a big shout out to Andrew, Poncho, Tom, Deron, Manny, Raul, Saul, C.J., Veronica, Rosalia, Teresa, Javier, Nico, Daniel and Scotty... and to Cathryn, Jason, Omar, Maritza, Cristina, Kevin, Jessica, Tori, Alex, Camille, George, Chris, Essie, Liz, Coach, Matty, Lynn, Davey, Russell, Fatimah, Natalie, Dawid, Daniel and Isabel. Heartfelt thanks and Happy New Year! Here's hoping for more of the same in 2016. Cheers!!

SLIDE SHOW #1: In the Barn everything was polished, elegant, and Fancherlicious...