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# Not another New Year’s with no plans
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/not-another-new-years-with-no-plans/
- Published: 2001-12-29T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T22:34:59.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Business, Santa Monica Airport, #archive-import

*By NINA DAVIS Special to the Daily Press*

Four days left and I am still not sure what to do New Year’s Eve. I have a great outfit (I think), I know which friends I want to be with, but have no ideas as to what to do.

So today being Friday and having the time, I started calling all the local Santa Monica and Venice restaurants to see what is being offered. Here is a list of restaurants that will be open and their phone numbers.

The top two personal picks are: A luau with grass skirts and a volcano at James Beach Restaurant (310) 823-5396 or Typhoon (310) 390-6565 at the Santa Monica Airport for a night of dinner and dancing. But then again, there is always The Globe which is going to have jugglers and magicians, or....

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 29, 2001.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/122901.pdf?ref=smdp.com)