went with her to a baby shower on Sunday
flaked out Monday, slept, ate, did some situps and used my weights
went to the Frick Museum and Guggenheim Tuesday...
folks, i would tell anyone visiting NYC, if you hate crowds and long lines, go to the Frick. it has some seriously gorgeous art from famous artists: Fraganard, Watteau, Goya, Rembrandt, Hals, Degas,...and i saw my first Bernini!!!!!!!!! the reason i went in the first place. sadly, the sculpture was poorly lit and kind of out of the way. if i hadn't done a little research on the website before visiting, i would have missed it since the info desk person said there wasn't a Bernini in the collection. he was wrong of course. very satisfied with the visit, free audio tour was included with the ticket purchase, i didn't use this service, i was a little surprised at how much i remember from school (i minored in Art History). classes i took: Northern Baroque, Southern Baroque, 18th Century Art, and Medieval Architecture.
next stop after a short lunch, i headed to the Guggenheim. the building is alot smaller than it looks but pretty spectacular. i was a bit disappointed with the collection, only one floor of pieces that are in the permanent collection and the rest was an exhibit that i couldn't appreciate. there were a couple of pieces by Picasso (before his cubism period), a Van Gogh, Manet, Seurat, Cezanne...can't think of anything else at the moment. there was an exhibit by Hugo Boss? that was basically a room wallpapered with dollar bills. the building itself is gorgeous, and i enjoyed walking up and down the spiral and people watching.
next stop is a drive to the Cloisters if the weather holds out. i'm happy there is parking available, but not happy that the recommended price for one adult ticket is $25. way too much, even though i know that it includes the entrance price for main building (the Metropolitan Museum of Art) as well. i'm not planning on visiting the MET, so, since it's a recommended price, i'll probably only give them $15. it's better than a dollar...which they would have to accept and let me in regardless. we'll see how the weather holds out. i really do want to go.
on my way home, i saw a poster in the subway for the city center and tickets for this season being $10 dollars for every seat in the house...holy! have to check that out.
the plan for tonight:
make myself some pasta with veggies
have some cookies (on account that's it's a special day today for me)
i haven't had pasta in a while.
may still go rock climbing at chelsea piers on friday....will drive up to visit Mom on thurs to weed her front yard. vacation days left? 4 nights if you include tonight! :-P
ciao!