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| An underpass in Central Park |
Today I woke up and entered the lottery for rush tickets to Wicked (no, we didn't win). Then showered and finished my blog from the day before. Then I texted Anneliese to see if she found her debit card. Well, she wasn't awake yet (of course). She said to give her 10 minutes to wake up, so 20 minutes later I texted her again, but she had fallen back asleep. Skipping the rest of the story, her debit card was at the lighting store from the day before. Both when she called and when she went to pick it up, the owner apologized and said that he put it on the shelf above the register, then forgot to give it to her with her receipt. So, happy ending to that story!
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| I love the mosaics and public art in so many of the subway stations. |
The night before, we had decided to go to the Met--the Metropolitan Museum of Art. So we met there. I took my train (only one wrong train), then walked across Central Park because the subway station was on the opposite side of the park from the Met. Wow--it's a really big park and a long trek across! Thank goodness Moovit helped me know which paths to take because there are no signs. I got there at the same time that Anneliese got there. The forecast said that it was in the low 50s and would be near 60 at the warmest part of the day. I'm not even sure if it got to 50. It was so cold, and I was not dressed for the cold weather. I had jeans and a t-shirt on. Luckily my thin cardigan from the day before was still in my backpack and I put that on. Later in the day I was glad that my winter hat and a thin pair of gloves were in there as well. We each ate a hot dog from the street vendor then went in. Well, the Met has a pay what you want to policy. So I paid $5 for the two of us (most people paid $1 each). We walked, we looked, we discussed the art. It was fun seeing the big names right there on the wall. Then there were some very unusual ones as well. Anneliese wanted to primarily stick to modern day (though we saw Monet, VanGogh, etc) for artistic inspiration.
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| Notice the tiny building wedged in between two tall building! |
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| This classic building is across the street from the Met. |
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| The entrance at the Met. |
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| Monet |
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| Monet |
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| An entire room of a painting (pay no attention to tat crazy girl in the middle!) |
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| This art is not only the part hanging but also the shadow cast by it. |
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| One of the walls of the original Met, not used to show off the Roman statues. |
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| One of my wonderful daughters! |
We were both really tired from the week and the busy last few days, so we took a few trains out to Brighton Beach. Anneliese had rented an apartment there one weekend for a shoot for a movie assignment and loved the area. We walked along the boardwalk and then the beach almost to Coney Island. It was very cold and windy but beautiful. Oh-and Coney Island is not a geographical island--it is just an area of Brooklyn coastline. Many of the streets in Brighton Beach are Brighton 1, Brighton 2, Ocean Way, Brighton Blvd, etc. Not a very creative bunch of city planners there! Then we took the train past Coney Island to catch the train back into Manhattan. My metro pass had gotten quite the workout and has had to be added to a few times.
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| Coney Island |
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| The boardwalk |
Back in the city, we got off at the NYU stop and went to the Tisch lounge to warm up (Tisch is the building where Anneliese has most of her film classes and which also houses all of the production labs that she uses. When we got there, the coffee shop was closed, so we went down the street to get dinner at a cafe she likes, Cozy Burgers. We each had the signature Cozy burger platter; the burgers were topped so high with cheese, onions, and mushrooms that we had to cut them in half and squish them down to fit them in our mouths! It is a stereotypical New York cafe (I was waiting for Jerry Seinfeld to walk in at any minute looking for George and Elaine!). Then we decided to go back to my hotel rather than hang out in the lounge of her dorm again. We asked, but he front desk did not have a deck of cards we could use so we just talked. I checked, and the desk said that I can leave my bag at the desk until my 5:00 shuttle tomorrow, so that's a relief. Anneliese was very tired as we talked, so at 1:30 we made plans for tomorrow and I told her to go home and get some sleep. Then I also got some sleep! :)
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