Cheers and Kung Hei Fat Choi, everyone! Got lucky this 2025? I know I have! You typically see me closing my columns with “cheers,” but this time, let’s start with it, too, in honor of these occasions.

For Chinese New Year, I painted the town blue with a guy who really knows how to party — Johnnie Walker! And, to me, anyone who knows how to party is a friend of mine. They just launched an exclusive Johnnie Walker Blue Year of the Snake Edition to guarantee us good luck and a good time.

I was one of only 40 people invited to this exclusive celebration at the Red Lantern in Solaire Resort North, so let me give you the exclusive details! This Johnnie Walker Blue boasts an intricate artwork for the year of the snake, which was by the internationally acclaimed contemporary artist James Jean.

I heard it was tradition to share a bottle of JW for Chinese New Year, so this exclusive line can be engraved, too.