I guess, in a way, it did take an act of God to close Garvey's. Word on the street is that Garvey's owners did not follow the rules and played music to help ring in the new year. They did not curb their celebration so the police came in and arrested the bartenders and owners. Patrons were told to leave. Until further notice, Garvey's is closed.

I also heard that two people were told to remove their derby-like New Year's hats at the Ramada.

Seems like Dubai, Bahrain, Doha and other places were banned from partying like it was 2009!

Hope everyone had a good celebration anyway!