Our 6 days in New York have passed by quickly. I guess it would be fair to say they've gone by faster than a "New York Minute". We've got some packing to do this morning. Then we'll have a few hours to get in a little more roaming around before heading to the airport. New York today, Texas tonight!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Minute
Christmas is really busting out around here. Thursday night Macy's debuted their Christmas window decorations. We were enjoying the Carole King play that evening but we did get a chance to see them yesterday morning. As always they are very creative and festive.
Something else that seems to be a tradition for us when we're in New York is eating at the Westway Diner. This is just a simple diner located on 9th Avenue between 43rd and 44th street. It was originally recommended to us by a bellman at a hotel a few years ago. Good food at a reasonable price that is out of the tourist traps of Times Square. One thing we had not realized before is that the diner has a pretty significant place in TV history. Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David met there to discuss doing a TV show about nothing. That show turned out to be Seinfeld which obviously had a pretty good run.
http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/2430/
Every Friday from 4:00-8:00 the Museum of Modern Art has "Free Friday". Not being ones to turn down a chance to further enlighten ourselves for free, we certainly weren't going to pass up this opportunity. We've entertained and amused ourselves in "Modern Art" galleries all over the place. Earlier in the week we were in the Metropolitan Art Museum surrounded by some of the classics by some of the heavy hitters such as Van Gough, Monet and Matisse. While there were works by some of these and others in the Modern Art Museum (Van Gough's Starry Night, Picasso, Monet) it also contains works by lesser known artists. I've always heard that "art is in the eye of the beholder" and I guess that's true. I stared at some of those pieces for a while trying to find meaning and understanding. I guess I'm just not enlightened enough because I usually switch my attention to watching those around me trying to find enlightenment......................they usually look like they are struggling as well!
https://www.moma.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Minute
Christmas is really busting out around here. Thursday night Macy's debuted their Christmas window decorations. We were enjoying the Carole King play that evening but we did get a chance to see them yesterday morning. As always they are very creative and festive.
Something else that seems to be a tradition for us when we're in New York is eating at the Westway Diner. This is just a simple diner located on 9th Avenue between 43rd and 44th street. It was originally recommended to us by a bellman at a hotel a few years ago. Good food at a reasonable price that is out of the tourist traps of Times Square. One thing we had not realized before is that the diner has a pretty significant place in TV history. Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David met there to discuss doing a TV show about nothing. That show turned out to be Seinfeld which obviously had a pretty good run.
http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/2430/
Every Friday from 4:00-8:00 the Museum of Modern Art has "Free Friday". Not being ones to turn down a chance to further enlighten ourselves for free, we certainly weren't going to pass up this opportunity. We've entertained and amused ourselves in "Modern Art" galleries all over the place. Earlier in the week we were in the Metropolitan Art Museum surrounded by some of the classics by some of the heavy hitters such as Van Gough, Monet and Matisse. While there were works by some of these and others in the Modern Art Museum (Van Gough's Starry Night, Picasso, Monet) it also contains works by lesser known artists. I've always heard that "art is in the eye of the beholder" and I guess that's true. I stared at some of those pieces for a while trying to find meaning and understanding. I guess I'm just not enlightened enough because I usually switch my attention to watching those around me trying to find enlightenment......................they usually look like they are struggling as well!
https://www.moma.org/
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| Empire State Building getting in the Christmas Spirit |
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| So nice to see it only from the outside! |
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| One of the Macy's windows |
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| Modern Art.................... |
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| Modern Art 2.0 |
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| Modern Art 3.0.........it was called "Drawing Without Paper". I think "Wire Hanging On A Wall" might be more appropriate! |
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| Elton John's boots on display at the Modern Art Museum |
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| NYC at sunrise today from our hotel room |
