we spent the morning (into the early afternoon) at the metropolitan museum of art. their egyptian collection was quite impressive, and i liked how they would create spaces reminiscent of the artifacts’ original locations. the temple of dendur:
i thought this painting by salvador dali was very interesting. up close, the painting consisted of white dots. how many images can you see?
and we couldn’t miss the near eastern gallery, although it was on the small side.
by the time we finished at the museum, it was already early afternoon, and we were starving! conveniently, the museum is right at the edge of central park, so we found an empty bench and had a picnic lunch. then we strolled around the park, watching people in their boats. it was really pretty with the buildings in the background.
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we walked through the park and came out at the southern edge, so we headed down fifth avenue towards rockefeller center.
it was time for a hot dog.
then we checked out bryant park, which was undergoing a bit of construction in preparation for fashion week in september. there was an area called “the reading room” with free books for people to read and enjoy.
view of buildings around bryant park.
finally it was time for our broadway show! we saw “in the heights”, which is a newer musical, based on the neighborhood of washington heights, on the northern part of manhattan. it won the tony award for best musical in 2008. we had great seats, and really enjoyed the show!
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wish we were there.