I am so loving the lights on the arch at Grand Army Plaza. I’ve heard a few complaints that it’s tacky but I love it. It feels so festive and fun. And I get a kick out of the colori changing tree of light. I know I’m going to miss the lights when they’re gone, signaling the end of the holiday season and the beginning of the winter blues. But here’s an event in early January that sounds like fun.

Trolley Ride & Winter Mixer*

When: Thursday, January 4, 2007, 6:45 PM
Where: Heart of Brooklyn Offices, 789 Washington Avenue, Prospect Heights – Brooklyn

You’re invited to an early evening endeavour in post-holiday
festivity. Heart of Brooklyn will host a mixer of after-hour office
mingling, trolley riding, and hot cider & malt wine sipping.

Arrive at Heart of Brooklyn’s 789 Washington Avenue offices at 6:45pm
on Thursday, January 4. Meet, circulate and grab your drink of choice.
At 7pm the Heart of Brooklyn Trolley will pull up outside, and Eugene
Patron of Prospect Park Alliance will host the first 30 Trolley riders
on a free, narrated ride through Prospect Park in Lights, while Heart
of Brooklyn staff host office minglers at the 789 Washington-base. The
HOB Trolley will return to the base at 7:40(ish)pm and pick up riders
for a second loop.

Because the Trolley has a 30 person capacity, the Trolley Ride &
Winter Mixer is a limited capacity event.