Here in the Northwest we like to welcome the new year with a visual shout out from the top of our signature logo…the Space Needle.

A great many people who live in the neighborhood are treated to pyrotechnics galore, accompanied by blaring music and cheering revelers.

It really is quite an amazing sight as well as an amazing site.

Afterwards, the celebration continues into the small hours of the newborn 2015. So, apologies to those who live nearby, a captive audience to the annual madness, noise and disturbance, but…

Happy New Year!

And twelve months from now, we’ll have recovered enough to do it again…