Each year, at some drunken point in the New Year's activities, I declare the alcoholic beverage of the year. This year, surrounded primarily by beautiful women and gay men, dressed as Edina from Ab Fab and noticing an astonishing 1-to-1 ratio of bottles of bubbly to partiers, the choice seemed obvious. I urge you all to consume a variety of champagne this year. Love it. Cherish it.

Past years:

2004: The Year of Rum, inspired by the bottle of spiced rum that my brother procured for me during his Caribbean cruise and a moment of convergence when, surfacing from the sticky, overcrowded drink station at Nikhil's with a rum and coke in one hand and the bottle of rum in the other, In Da Club came on and I kept shouting, "I'm gonna drink Bacardi, like it's your birthday."

2003: The Year of Tequila, I don't remember how this happened. Pretty typical phenomenon during the Year of Tequila.