Halloween Party Part Deux

Like Hot Shots Part Deux is arguably superior to Hot Shots, the party we went to on Saturday night proved to be quite the event. We decided to 'phone in' our costumes and go as rednecks because we were tired from the night before (see previous post). We did not get a lot of pictures but here are a couple...


Taken at the end of the night...hence the deflated hair


Clay and Lt. Dangle from Reno 911


Clay and another redneck (we're not sure if he was in costume or not)


Brokeback Mountain

The funniest occurrence of the evening happened while a group of us were watching Game 3 of the Red Sox - Rockies World Series in the basement. An older man (no one in the group knew who he was) started lashing into Boston and lampooning us for watching the game because the Yankees are God. When a friend of ours kindly pointed out that the Yankees have not won since 2000, he rebutted with how they have 26 titles and the Red Sox only have one (*now two). He then started making jokes about Schilling's bloody sock. When I (Karen) told him that 2004 called and wanted their commentary back, he started to get really pissed and started rooting for the Rockies very loudly, swearing and acting like a jackass. He then spent the next 20 minutes or so making fun of the World Series and how much it sucks. Nothing like an obnoxious Yankee fan to brighten a party...

Happy Halloween!

First Halloween Party

Last night we attended a costume Hail and Farewell for Clay's unit. Almost everybody was in costume and really embraced the Halloween spirit. After the event, a bunch of us went next door to a bar with a great band and danced the night away.


70's cop and Patty Hearst


Clay and a gorilla with a banana


An Afghani and his wife


The Geek Squad


Dancing at the Hail and Farewell

Star Wars Trumpet Solo...

Words fail us...

A Spicy Time...

Over the long weekend we ventured down to West Chester, Pennsylvania to visit with Megan and Mike and experience a larger city. While we enjoy living in a sleepy NY lakeside town, it is nice to go back to the urban lifestyle we very much crave. After a late start Friday night and a stay over in Scranton, PA, we finally made it to their place in downtown West Chester Saturday morning. While dining at PF Changs (our first time...fabulous!) and taking care of wedding details certainly were fun, nothing quite compared to the 5th Annual West Chester Chili Cook Off.


While walking to the cook off, we encountered a window air conditioner soldered into the back of a conversion van...nice!


Yummmmm...


Sampling the chili...


Megan and Mike...aren't they cute?


Of course we couldn't leave the area without having a cheese steak which went very well with the $3 Blue Moon draft...



On our way back to Northern New York we unfortunately ate a Binghamton, NY restaurant that did not hit the spot...yuck! Sigh...we can't wait to live in a more urban area and be able to walk to delicious restaurants and fun bars. West Chester is a great city and we highly recommend it as a perfect place for a weekend getaway. Salut!

The Story of Lucy, Clay and Karen...

This is Lucy


This is Lucy posing with Clay


This is Karen trying to get Lucy to pose with her


Karen is still trying


Lucy begins to listen


Lucy pummels Karen


Lucy grabs big stick/log