by Jasmine Enberg for AllMediaNY.comFor New Yorkers, New Years Eve tends to be all about attending the hottest party in town. For porteños, as the residents of Buenos Aires are called, New Years Eve is a family event, and many bars, restaurants, and stores will even be closed.
Most families gather together for a late dinner which includes the traditional turron, a kind of nougat, and pan dulce, sweet bread. They toast the coming year at the stroke of midnight with wishes of prospero año y felicidad, a prosperous year and happiness.
Fireworks generally follow the toast. The family will either hit the streets where younger members will set off their own fireworks, or watch the fireworks from Puerto Madero, the city's port.
Every year the port attracts masses of porteños and tourists who have come to celebrate the New Year. They congregate along the pedestrian area by the line of restaurants or on the bridge that connects the two sides of the port. Together they count in the New Year, and, at midnight, Puerto Madero erupts in a frenzy of light, song, and dance.
There are, of course, plenty of bars and nightclubs that open their doors later during the night. However, the party is usually .. Read full article
