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Had two pleasant afternoons of NYC tourism with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
breadandroses, sahiya and fuzzyboo03, including:
- eating massive quantities of classic deli food in Theodore Roosevelt park, where we were catcalled by a baby in a pram. "AHgagagaga!" the baby said. "That means 'hellooooo, ladies!'" the mom translated.
- strolling through the Metropolitan Museum of Art, oogling bits of the Egyptian, American, European, and Oceanic collections. Some of my favorites included THREE THOUSAND YEAR OLD LOTUS FLOWERS in the Egyptian area, 19th-century European graffiti on the Temple of Dendur (also Egyptian), the Tiffany stained-glass windows, Daniel Chester French's Mourning Victory statue, and a Batak book of knowledge which, according to the placard, includes information on topics from "the use of firearms" to "the making of malevolent curries to serve to creditors."
- wandering the Union Square Greenmarket and collecting sungold tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, a whole wheat baguette, and (in my case) some ginger-cayenne-maple syrup iced tea to snack on.
- visiting the New York Public Library, which is a beautiful building and currently has on an excellent hundredth anniversary exhibit of representatives items from their collections, including cuneiform tablets, a Gutenberg bible, an array of Civil Rights buttons, a journal kept by Malcolm X, a draft of George Washington's Farewell Address, a lock of Mary Shelley's hair, and Charles Dickens' letter opener which has, as a handle, the taxidermied paw of his beloved cat, Bob.
breadandroses and I managed to hit torrential rain on both our drives (and on one train ride out of the city) but we mostly stayed dry ourselves, which was something of a miracle.
Sunday there was a bit of a family reunion Chez Roses; I got to meet some more of the extended clan and heard some fantastic stories of odd couples, lost children, and the decades-long wound of having been excluded from a Popcorn Party because you didn't nap. Also, there were grilled peaches and vanilla ice cream. Nom.
breadandroses, sahiya and fuzzyboo03, including:- eating massive quantities of classic deli food in Theodore Roosevelt park, where we were catcalled by a baby in a pram. "AHgagagaga!" the baby said. "That means 'hellooooo, ladies!'" the mom translated.
- strolling through the Metropolitan Museum of Art, oogling bits of the Egyptian, American, European, and Oceanic collections. Some of my favorites included THREE THOUSAND YEAR OLD LOTUS FLOWERS in the Egyptian area, 19th-century European graffiti on the Temple of Dendur (also Egyptian), the Tiffany stained-glass windows, Daniel Chester French's Mourning Victory statue, and a Batak book of knowledge which, according to the placard, includes information on topics from "the use of firearms" to "the making of malevolent curries to serve to creditors."
- wandering the Union Square Greenmarket and collecting sungold tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, a whole wheat baguette, and (in my case) some ginger-cayenne-maple syrup iced tea to snack on.
- visiting the New York Public Library, which is a beautiful building and currently has on an excellent hundredth anniversary exhibit of representatives items from their collections, including cuneiform tablets, a Gutenberg bible, an array of Civil Rights buttons, a journal kept by Malcolm X, a draft of George Washington's Farewell Address, a lock of Mary Shelley's hair, and Charles Dickens' letter opener which has, as a handle, the taxidermied paw of his beloved cat, Bob.
breadandroses and I managed to hit torrential rain on both our drives (and on one train ride out of the city) but we mostly stayed dry ourselves, which was something of a miracle.Sunday there was a bit of a family reunion Chez Roses; I got to meet some more of the extended clan and heard some fantastic stories of odd couples, lost children, and the decades-long wound of having been excluded from a Popcorn Party because you didn't nap. Also, there were grilled peaches and vanilla ice cream. Nom.
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