Very stylin'.
I can relate to the emtpy nest thing.
We usually have 5-10 kids over on any particular Friday night, twanging guitars and pounding on drums, playing video games, and munching on Dominoes $5.99 medium pizzas (one for each kid).
After the miscreant heads off to college, we'll have this:
<crickets chirping>
On the bright side, that means we're free to spend as much time as we want up in the Sierra.