Going Away Karaoke

Ok, so we had quite a weekend. I'll start with the good news now:

Saturday was the going away party for me, Jay, and Jessma (who is moving to San Francisco the same time Jay and I are moving to LA.)

We had a nice dinner at our apartment, and found out that my friends decided instead of buying us a going away present, they are flying to LA for New Year's!!! I'm really excited that I get to see them so soon after we move. We'll do a group call to wish Kylie a happy birthday...

After that we went to a bar in the East Village for a few hours, and then headed over to a karaoke bar, where we reserved a private karaoke room. We stayed for five hours and had one of the best nights I've ever had in New York. We sang A LOT: Boo and I dueted on "Fancy" by Reba Mcentire (she sang the part of Fancy and I sang the part of Mama), Jay sang "Bust a Move", and by the end of the night we were all singing "We Built This City on Rock and Roll" with our shirts off.

Frank Lloyd Wright

For the last few months, I've been getting very interested in Frank Lloyd Wright. I especially love his architecture of American homes, and so, inevitably, Jay has been hearing a lot about him. Jay even waited in line for an hour with me to see a Frank Lloyd Wright exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum. He's a good boyfriend!

I got a big package in the mail this morning and opened it up to find a big, heavy, coffee table book that has hundreds of beautiful photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright houses and essays by architecture scholars. Jay sent it to me out of the blue! He didn't even wait for my birthday!

I just want to tell him, via this incredibly public blog, that I love it and I love him. Thanks Jay!

Upstate!

Jay and I are upstate for the week in his childhood town of Whitesboro, NY. As faithful readers of this blog may remember, we went last summer too. This time, however, we are traveling in style:



That's Jay driving our cute silver CONVERTIBLE!



Today we went to the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in downtown Utica, NY. We saw some great stuff! Part of the art museum is in a big mansion that the rich people who started the museum used to live in. We found out that 60% of the museum's operating budget is from the original money they left in their will 150 years ago!

Here's a map of Whitesboro:


School is about to start here in New York and it is making me think of Kylie starting kindergarten. I'm so happy she's doing so well and enjoying it so much!

The weather here is crazy. 40 degrees in the morning and 77 during the day. It is clear and sunny and beautiful. Tomorrow we are going to Fort Stanwix, which is an old Revolutionary War fort. One of the bloodiest battles of the Revolutionary War (the Battle of Oriskany) was fought in the next town! I love that history. When Jay and I travel cross country to LA, I'm pushing to include a stop at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock. Amy--I'll send you a postcard! :) Jay is pushing to stop at Sonic Burger.