Sorcha, you don't wanna GO to a Solstice party, you wanna START one! Living in the northwest nowhere (Yes Joe, i can identify with your feelings about fog...and i'm FROM Sacramento! It's even worse here!) i have found, if i create the event, they will come. Especially in the winter if you are stranded, and not going to the great mecca (talk about mixing metaphors) of Mexico. Be a great time to have a celebration that doesn't involve money, just emotion.