08/14/2024
Well it has been a while since I’ve posted, and not necessarily good reason.
I’ve been staying primarily in Covington simply because I love it. I genuinely love the area and all it has to offer and I’ve realized I dread coming back to Kansas. I am sure a massive chunk of the dread is my mom isn’t there. I have lived the past decade of always checking in on my mom and basing travels and my comings and goings based on making sure I saw my mom and spent time with her. If it had been too long I altered things so I could get home because I missed my mom and should go see her!
Well, my mom isn’t in Kansas anymore and it’s weird to me. It’s hard to not want to drive straight to visit my mom which is often what I would do. I would roll into town and go straight to my moms or would wake the next morning and head straight there. I never stayed super long while visiting my mom because we would drive each other crazy and start to squabble, but I got to see her and hug her. And I’ve always said when my mom was abducted by aliens I would move on and I believe now it’s time.
What does that mean for me? I don’t know yet! 😝 I know a few things that I have to handle and deal with to just take crap off my plate and that is selling things. I have an amazing house in Topeka that I swore would be my last home I owned in Kansas and I believe I’m ready to sell it. I’ve spent the past couple weeks when in town getting it ready and figuring out what to do next with it. So, if you know of someone in the market for the most amazing home with a circle drive and a pool, send them my way. I will eventually list it if doesn’t sell from word of mouth.
I also have three buildings in NOTO that I needed to decide what I was doing with them. Serendipity is such a special building and I have had the most spectacular memories there with all the events we have done over the years. Weddings, funerals, my mom’s funeral, birthday parties, live music and the list goes on. The number of people I have met, received help from, loved on, connected with, and have shared a special moment with is a hard to start listing names. I started it and I genuinely don’t know where I would stop. The support I have received from the start has always brought me to tears. From life long friends popping in on the regular and always being there for an event or there when I needed support to musicians being there helping me to create an all welcoming space and create special memories from inside by candlelight, to up and down the front block, to outside filling the back yard. We have done it all.
I could go on and on at the people that I’ve met thru Serendipity and the relationships I’ve built and many will be lifelong. The moments I’ve witnessed will most certainly leave some core memories but it is time for me to pass the torch. It’s a cool space with a unique vibe that needs to have life in it more often than I am providing. So that is changing.
I’ve struggled on what to do because it is a special space and I love it and have such a love for that building, but I dread being in Kansas which makes that hard.
So I’ve found a buyer and have a signed contract on Serendipity with someone that wants to keep the live music going with it and make it a lounge and hopefully take it thru at least the next 13 years! I don’t want to share too much because I’m sure things might change as they start exploring and planning. The spirit of the person buying the building I vibe with. That was important to me. I had a few offers that the people just weren’t a right fit. Plus, I love my noto family and always want what is best for them especially if they’re now going to have to live with them. 😝
For the next two buildings I’m not sure! I believe I plan to be a landlord indefinitely. I have someone who has moved into where NOTO Burrito was and they are working on getting open. If I hear more of their timeline I will pass it on.
For Pinkadilly, this has been hard to figure out what I want to do and what I plan to do. Retail is really brutal anymore. I’m not sure how many businesses stay open unless they are working together. I will expand on this in another post, but for now I will plan a final sale and plan to rent out that space, but Pinkadilly isn’t closing, it’s just changing and moving!
Thank you if you have read this far it means myself or Serendipity meant something to you.
All my love,
Jenny
