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Friday, June 26, 2009 at

Great Gatsby Goodbye Party

Haley and Leslie live in Minnesota, in a big beautiful house built in the 1880s. Sadly, their landlord has decided to sell it.
"Since Saint Paul is the birthplace of F. Scott Fitzgerald (and it's rumored that he attended soirees at our house back in the day), we decided to throw a Great Gatsby-themed goodbye party," says Leslie. "It would be our last shindig."
Spaghetti Western String Co, a string quartet from Minneapolis, performed Radiohead's "Exit Music," with lyrics sung in Italian. "It gave us goose bumps," says Leslie.
Doesn't everyone look amazing? What a wonderful way to say goodbye to a house and celebrate the end of an era. (F. Scott Fitzgerald would have been proud.) Thank you so much for sharing, Leslie!

(Photos by Cameron Wittig)
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62 comments:

  1. eeep! Its so exciting to see my friends on here!!! How awesome do they look? What a great party and wonderful theme!

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  2. oh my gosh, that is AWESOME. not to mention ridiculously clever.

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  3. What a great idea!

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  4. Wonderful party idea! i love themed parties!

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  5. Wow! Everything about this is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing.

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  6. What an amazing way to bid farewell to that gorgeous abode. Spaghetti Western String Co. is a GREAT group, too.

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  7. wow, that looks so fun and that house is so beautiful. I need to go to one of these fever pitch parties.

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  8. This looks like a LOT of fun...I always thought that I must have lived through the Gatsby era...in another life perhaps!

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  9. what beautiful photos of the night.

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  10. Everyone looks so chic and sophisticated. Lovely.

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  11. That's sweet! I adore how everyone looks like they totally loved dressing to the nines for this party :)

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  12. Fabulous. My roommates and I are actually trying to play a Great Gatsby party right now! This has given me some great new ideas. But what a great idea for a goodbye-house party.

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  13. i love this! i don't think any of my friends would take the time to dress up like that.

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  14. I have a small love affair with the Great Gatsby! I love it so much I named my dog Gatsby. He is a boston terrier and always looks like he is wearing a tux, so I thought Gatsby was appropriate :) I bet that was a very FUN night!

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  15. dapper darling, that is a great name :)

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  16. This is amazing...thank you so much for sharing. Any event in the form of Gatsby is a welcomed idea.

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  17. how bad do i wish i was at that party?!?

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  18. They know how to go out in style.

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  19. You just made my Friday!! What a fabulous party idea!

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  20. What a brilliant idea!! They all look so amazing... so sophisticated.

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  21. Oh, I love this! It just so helps that The Great Gatsby is one of my favorite books, and I'm a little obsessed with Zelda Fitzgerald.

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  22. Brilliant! What a way to honor a house. I think a beautiful house should be honored.
    I've spent the last couple of days listening to a wonderful reading of the Great Gatsby on iPod...can't even imagine how many times I have read this book in my lifetime, but each and every time I am floored by its greatness. Raising a glass to F Scott, wherever he is...

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  23. GORGEOUS. i need new friends LOL

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  24. This is great! I need new friends too!

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  25. This totally made my day {Great Gatsby is probably my favorite book of all time!}


    :)

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  26. Parties bore me, but THAT is one I would go to. I have a "fat" Gatsby crush as someone once pointed out.

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  27. I love this!
    Gatsby was one of my fav books in high school.

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  28. Everyone looks fabulous! Man, I bet this party wasn't more than a few blocks away from where I live.

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  29. O! I am envious indeed!

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  30. Wow, I wish that I could have gone to that party! Looks like tons of fun.

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  31. um, yeah. we know how to party in the middle of the country!

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  32. This is a totally brilliant concept. I love the photos.

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  33. Those are very cool photos! Looks like so much fun. And the color/tone is just right.

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  34. wish i was there.
    the outfits are so cool.
    amazing.
    thanks for sharing.

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  35. sweet idea <3 i loved the great gatsby.

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  37. People from Minnesota are the coolest, hands down.

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  38. too cool. i wish i had the manpower to pull this off.

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  39. wow, they pulled that theme off amazingly well. how fun!

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  40. so awesome!

    I'm working on a gatsby wedding (not toally themed, but inspired by...it will be gorgeous!)

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  41. For some reason I always crave a Mint Julep upon the merest mention of The Great Gatsby - no great feat as I sit at the computer, huddled next to a heater in a frosty, faraway place!

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  42. Love that the people look like they are have such a good time!

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  43. great photos! i want to go to a party like this!

    btw, the second to last photo looks like jeremy messersmith. :) http://www.myspace.com/jeremymessersmith

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  44. It totally is Jeremy Messersmith. He's a pretty popular local act here in the cities.

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  45. I love this! I'm such a fan of that era and 'The Great Gatsby'....Beautiful interesting blog - Marking!

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  46. I love this! I'm such a fan of that era and 'The Great Gatsby'....Beautiful interesting blog - Marking!

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  53. How cool is that great gatsby theme, i want to host something like this.

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