15 November 2018 Hayden Planetarium, more Met and Beautiful

IMG 1889 On Thursday morning, Christine goes out for a meeting downtown and spies this for the next time: fish tacos IMG 1890 remember this place IMG 1891 This was all part of a food court in the street level of one of the buildings near grand central station IMG 1892 after her meeting she walked down Park Ave to the MetLife building, the address for a scifi book she's reading: New York 2140
IMG 1893 the old PanAm building on Park AVE over Fifth Ave (MetLife in the background) IMG 1894 another dwarfed church among the skyscrapers IMG 1895 IMG 1897 Ultimate Art Deco
IMG 1898 And a short metro ride North to the 70's, flowers are blooming IMG 1899 on the shore of Jacqueline Onasis Reservoir, a feature of Central Park IMG 1900 IMG 1901 along the reservoir
IMG 1902 walking South, past the Guggenheim IMG 4367 meanwhile, Greg went to the American Museum of Natural History, and its display of heat flow in the mantle IMG 4368 and then an exhibit about the senses IMG 4369 same wall...
IMG 4370 different images depending on the color of the lighting IMG 4374 what a flower looks like to a bee IMG 4375 and then senses and material bound together in Chinese thought IMG 4376
IMG 4377 IMG 4378 IMG 4379 the famous dress which seems here to be the way I first saw it - white and gold IMG 4382 and then an exhibit about the sea
IMG 1903 Christine went back to the Met to see (in part) the American wing IMG 1904 caption for the next photo (painting) IMG 1905 IMG 1906 caption for the next photo
IMG 1907 more Tiffany windows IMG 1908 IMG 1909 close up for study. Greg can just copy this! IMG 1911 another caption
IMG 1912 Magnolias and Irises IMG 1913 Wisteria IMG 1914 close up IMG 1915 caption for previous stained glass
IMG 1916 There was a temporary exhibition focusing on works of Dutch painters: Rembrandt and Co. IMG 1917 caption for previous photo IMG 1918 IMG 4384 Meanwhile Greg was wrapping up his time at the AMNH
IMG 1919 and headed to Pastrami Queen to meet Christine for lunch IMG 1920 full menu, no desserts! IMG 4386 Christine and her quarter-pound of rabbi-sanctioned pastrami. We decided it wasn't better than Greg's, but different. IMG 4388 Greg went with a knish
IMG 4389 After lunch (in the middle of a snow blizzard) we went to the Met Breuer foranother exhibit IMG 4392 IMG 1921 caption for next photo (belongs to the Whitney) IMG 1922 social network analysis as art
IMG 4393 IMG 4394 then work by a black American artist IMG 4395 mostly sculptures IMG 4397 outside the snow is not letting up!
IMG 4398 it is quite pretty IMG 4399 making a mess of the roads IMG 1923 Prromises to be a sloppy night and last morning (Friday) IMG 4402 on our way to the Broadway show the snow starts turning to rain
IMG 4406 We first stop for dinner in a Belgian bar/restaurant IMG 4408 self-portrait IMG 4411 her salad with chevre chaud (warm goat cheese) IMG 4413 Tracey with terrine and fries
IMG 4414 Frano with steak and frites. This is the end of the album because there were no photos permitted in the broadway show. We saw and enjoyed Beautiful, a retrospective of the life of Carole King.