Depends on what you mean by nightlife – clubs jumping until 2 or 3am? Or places that stay open so you and the fiancé can keep drinking.

Head further upstate – the finger lakes. Find a B&B in Skaneateles and use that as the home base for wine tasting all around the lakes. Lots of great wines, particularly crisp whites. Also a lot of nice restaurants in the area, but there will not be nightclubs playing loud music until 3am. Should be a little more than a 5 hour drive.

If you were really adventurous, head further west to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. It will be a longer drive obviously, probably around 8 hours, but another good spot to take the fiancé.

Good luck!