🎆 Austin New Year's Eve

As the final hours of 2025 approached, Bryan and I sat down to do something a little unusual: we each prepared a short presentation — a kind of year‑end review 🗓️📊. We talked about the highs, the unexpected turns, the small victories, and the lessons tucked inside the challenges. It was a quiet, thoughtful way to close out the year, giving shape to memories before letting them go. With our reflections shared and glasses filled 🥃, we climbed to the rooftop as midnight drew near. And then — the sky broke open. Fireworks erupted from every corner of Austin, not just from one central display but from neighborhoods all across the city 🎇✨. Gold, silver, red, and blue blooms pulsed above the skyline, their echoes bouncing between buildings like a city‑wide heartbeat. For a long while, we just stood there, wrapped in the cold night air and the warmth of the light show, feeling the old year slip away in a shower of sparks. The next day, still carrying that glow, we stepped into Junnai for omakase 🍣. The meal unfolded like a curated story — each plate precise, beautiful, and surprisingly generous. Course followed course: silky sashimi, clever small plates, nigiri that melted on the tongue. By the end, I was genuinely full to the point of protest 🤢… but it was that good kind of fullness, the kind that comes from abundance shared with good company. It felt like the perfect culinary postscript to a night of fireworks and reflection — a rich, deliberate start to whatever comes next. #AustinFoodDiscovery #AustinCuisine #AustinOmakase #NewYearsEve #RooftopViews