It being a long weekend this weekend, lysimache and I were looking for someplace fun to go. We tried first to find warm places, but all the airfare was too much. But we came up with an excellent plan anyway
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Sounds like a lot of fun. I am giving Jen a standing ovation for the balls, er, courage for driving in Manhattan. I went to Manhattan with m_shell and eruthros when I visited them last May, and we took the train. I was so glad, because that traffic was the worst I have ever seen, and I've driven in the Bay Area, LA, Seattle and Chicago. There was a traffic jam by the New York Public Library, and a police car was sitting, stuck in the middle of the jam, with its lights on, siren blaring, and not moving, because no one could move. It was so awful, I chortled with glee, and walked on past. We also went to the Met while we were there, and it was splendid, as you have seen. I'm afriad that my haughty Bay Area attitude made me believe that the Met was probably overhyped, but it was great. Did you go up to the roof, and look out over the city? It is probably not as cool on a gloomy February day, but this was a glorious May day, and looking out over Central Park, and the cool neighborhood to the east of the park was just awesome. Man, now I'm wistful for my visit there.
The driving when you're coming in from CT is apparently much easier than if you're coming from the south -- there's less than ten minutes of non-highway driving, so we didn't run into that much crazy traffic, which was good.
Word re haughty Bay Area attitude. Everyone is always telling me how wonderful New York is, so I was thinking it couldn't possibly be as great as all that, but we got there and Jen was all "Look, there's the Met!" and wow, that takes up a whole block. Man.
No, we didn't go up to the roof -- it was about 20F out and we'd already checked our coats at the entrance. Maybe if we go again sometime when it's warmer. It was really cool, though -- I'd totally go again.
We also went to the Met while we were there, and it was splendid, as you have seen. I'm afriad that my haughty Bay Area attitude made me believe that the Met was probably overhyped, but it was great. Did you go up to the roof, and look out over the city? It is probably not as cool on a gloomy February day, but this was a glorious May day, and looking out over Central Park, and the cool neighborhood to the east of the park was just awesome. Man, now I'm wistful for my visit there.
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Word re haughty Bay Area attitude. Everyone is always telling me how wonderful New York is, so I was thinking it couldn't possibly be as great as all that, but we got there and Jen was all "Look, there's the Met!" and wow, that takes up a whole block. Man.
No, we didn't go up to the roof -- it was about 20F out and we'd already checked our coats at the entrance. Maybe if we go again sometime when it's warmer. It was really cool, though -- I'd totally go again.
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