My daughter and I went to a New Years Countdown last night. It was in the plaza on Gale in City of Industry that has a JJ Bakery Restaurant in it. There was also one I believe in the Yes plaza and another plaza. They were sponsored by STC Real Estate Brokers, I guess they own or manage the different plazas. The one I went to had a stage with some Taiwanese Pop Stars. The count down was done in Mandarin and everybody went home. They had chairs and heaters. I guess I would classify this as a New Chinatown New Years countdown. We were going out to drop some stuff off at my warehouse and we spotted to guys with signs about the New Years countdown. After dropping my wife at home (warm in bed with an electric heater), my daughter and I bundled up and went out to the count down.

What surprised me was the restaurants in the plaza did not stay open. The book store did. I would have thought it was a good business opportunity.

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