In this apartment, the entertainment comes to me

Wow. I just watched an entire fireworks display--as well as bits and pieces of four or five others--from my living-room window.

Granted, it was partly obscured by trees. And there was apparently another, closer one that I couldn't see from here (again due to trees) but could've seen from the street outside--but then I wouldn't have been able to catch any of the others. Being on the second floor of a building overlooking a large chunk of city does have its perks.

(However, if the neighbors keep me awake tonight with amateur explosions the way they did last night, I will be far from amused. My job interview skills are not likely to improve on little sleep.)