Apr 21 2007
City Explore
Kris and I took the train up to New York City on Thursday morning.
Train Station marquee *blurry*
He had a two-day conference in Manhattan, and I had time to explore.
We spent Thursday in Greenwich Village - it was rainy and overcast for most of the day, so I stuck to indoor activities, like yarn shopping (next post!) The sun poked out for awhile so I took advantage of the break in the weather and decided to walk the streets of midtown Manhattan. Stopped in some lovely little shops, and talked to some lovely people. New York is a nice place. Kris finished his conference and we headed out to a great dinner at Dervish, a Turkish restaurant on 47th near Times Square. It was delicious food and they also had a great wine list. With full bellies, we strolled around a bit before heading back to the hotel to see the last period of the playoff hockey game… our team lost and is out of the tournament. (Next year! the loyal hockey fan says…) Should be great to see the other teams though!
Friday turned into a glorious day - high 60s and sunny. A perfect day to be out in the city. I stopped and got some breakfast and headed uptown to the museums. Before my lunch date, I stopped in the Museum of Art and Design for the “Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting” exhibition. The show received mixed reviews on several blogs, so I was a little ambivalent. I am so glad I went. Totally worth it for me. I felt inspired and awed by the complexity, the simplicity and the sheer textures of the pieces in the gallery. It was not all about knitting - several of the blogs I saw complained about this - but it didn’t pretend to be. It celebrated craft and ingenuity, and the wonders of what can be done with knotting, looping, and threading pieces of material. If you are in the City before the the June closing date, I completely recommend a visit.
Museum Exterior Windows
I had a very important appointment/lunch date that I could not be late for: a high fashion photo shoot on the streets on New York.
Look at that skirt! Minty finished her Shocking! skirt and I just so happened to be meeting her for a early afternoon lunch date, so I got the honor of doing the FO photo shoot. I got to see this skirt when she was in Maryland last week, so it was great to see it evolve into a beautiful and wearable garment. Seeing hers makes me realize how accessible a lot of the knit skirts are now. I love the way it turned out. There may be one in my future…
Photo by a nice stranger
We went to the Museum of Modern Art : who doesn’t like a little art on their lunch break?
MoMA’s Sculpture Garden
Minty headed back to work and I headed into the galleries. MoMA was great. I think I enjoyed the people watching as much as I did the art.
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We didn’t bring the SLR camera, but I was pretty happy with how the point-and-shoot camera worked in the museum photos.
Tomorrow: my NYC fiber adventures!
Sounds like a great trip. I get to go on business for 5-6 days every year in January and I always get nostalgic to move back. (I lived in Midtown–47th between 10th and 11th. It is a MUCH nicer neighborhood now than when I lived there.) I don’t think I’d have as much room for yarn there as I do here, though!
Can’t wait for the fiber adventures. I am hoping to get to Purl & Habu next week, myself….
Looks like you had some fun. Sorry we didn’t get to meet up, but hopefully I’ll see you in Maryland in a couple of weeks!
You could not have had better timing for these posts (this one and the one you will do next). I am heading to Manhattan (my husband has a conference, too!) Monday night (the 23rd) and am looking for things to do!!! You were thinking of me, weren’t you?
I am so freaking jealous…you have no idea.
What a great trip! I wish I wasn’t on the other side of the globe so I could visit the Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting exhibition! *green with envy* Can’t wait for the yarn shopping post. That’s exactly what I need right now: more inspiration to go crazy with the credit card on yarn websites!!
I love that last picture especially with all the people in the foreground doing the “gallery head tilt”. I’m very jealous.
i am so glad you had fun in our fine city! new york can be a little overwhelming to people who are visiting, but she is a fine fine city! you had great weather yesterday too!
At least the Penguins got a new arena deal, so there will BE a next year that doesn’t take place in Kansas City. It was quite a hoopla that went on here!
Looks like you had gorgeous weather, glad you had a great trip! I can’t wait to hear about your fiber adventures!
It sounds like the perfect way to spend a day in NYC.
Amy
Glad you had fun! Next time you’re up here I hope you’ll let me know! I’d love to hang out with you. (Alas, I won’t be in Maryland this year - so no almost meet-ups for us!)
Lolly! If I knew you were going to eat at Dervish my husband could have asked Ismail Bey to comp you something! Famous knitbloggers should be able to eat at Turkish restaurants for free… hope you enjoyed it anyway!
New York looks so beautiful. I really like the MoMA Sculpture Garden photos. It looks like a really nice place to spend an afternoon.
I was sad about the Penguins too. They fought so hard, but next year for sure!
As always, a delight to hang out with you my dear, and I’m thrilled to have finally met Kris, who is just as wonderful as I expected him to be. Love your shots in MoMA!
nice new york shots. looks like you had fun.
Yay for mid week trips to New York! Looks like you had a great good time!
Envious….
But very nice. Have fun!
What a lovely weekend! It sounds just perfect. I love Minty’s skirt. A knit skirt that works–fabulous!
sounds like a great weekend! I love your photography, especially the last one, I am a photographer/knitter too and love the light in galleries and museums, it’s magicl. However, in the UK, we’re not allowed to take any photos inside the galleries, it’s so annoying. I would have cropped your last shot to a square format to get rid of the bright bit at the top but then I’m just being me! Isn’t that skirt lovely, I wish I ws slimmer/younger so I could make one for myself! Happy knitting!
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The Rusty Sculpture colours are amazing.
what a wonderful afternoon! and you and Minty are so *cute*!
I just got back from NYC myself, sadly, I didn’t enjoy “Radical Knitting” at all. I am disapointed that I didn’t see what you seemed to see…oh,well.
what a fun packed day in NYC! There is so much to see and do there!
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