The Met and dinner

[fbhjr]

We left the Cloisters and set off through NYC towards The Met


We were surprised to see that NYC has a very different idea of Police Interceptor than other police units we have encountered.


The Met garage always checks cars before letting them in. We drove up and the guard came over and looked in.
He started to wave us in, then stopped.
“Wait, are those swords in the back of your car?” he asked me.
“Yes,” I said.
He paused.
“OK, whatever. Go ahead in.”
So, we went ahead in.


Sadly the Egyptian temple we had hoped to spend some time at was closed for some special big event they are going to have there.

It probably involves $20,000 cabbage, but that’s only a guess.

But, there are plenty of other things to see there.


I think this is from the Doctor Who episode “Pyramids of Mars”.

If it really is a dimensional portal to the prison of an ultra powerful alien, I didn’t see any signs of it.
It claims to be something totally different.


I have always liked the Book of the Dead.


It runs along the whole wall.


And, since it wouldn’t be an art museum without a bench, I sat down near it for a while.


I sat there for a while as others looked around some more.


This statue reminded me of a song I had heard a while ago. First, you get a box, then you cut a hole in the box...


I don’t know whose face this is.

They don’t either.

I love married couples that have been together a long time.


I also spent some time near the wet rock I like in the Asian section.

It is a nice place to sit.


Eventually the other caught up.


Since palusbuteo was with us, we went off to see the woodcuts.


From that section, you get a nice view of the statue place

It’s funny, I had thought it was later than it was and getting dark when we were deep in the museum, but then I could see the sunlight at the end of the hall.

And, when we headed down the main stairs it was clearly still sunny out.


Of course, we went to the gift shop.


Then, we set off for dinner.


We wanted to find the place that 64tbird had taken us to when we were in NYC with he 2 1/2 years ago.

Unlike that time when we took the subway, this time we decided to drive.


We went the way that you’ve got to drive through the building.


I don’t normally drive through NYC in the middle of the day. It’s pretty crowded, and this was a Saturday.


palusbuteo used my iPad to help us navigate.


We did eventually find a place to park.

It wasn’t cheap, but if we had continued to pay Met parking and taken a cab each way, I doubt it would have been less.

I made sure to take a picture of where we parked so I could find it again.


We did find the place, which is a vegetarian dumpling place.


The dumplings are very good. But, the imitation chicken was not so good. So, we gave it a decent burial with a banana leaf.


Then, back out on the streets of Chinatown to find the car.


With more iPad navigation we managed to visit three other boroughs of NYC and spend almost an hour in traffic.
But, we got home eventually.

It was a very nice trip and we had a good time.
But, it was a long day.

Comments

[brickhousewench.livejournal.com]

I love married couples that have been together a long time.

<3

Thanks again for driving! It was much appreciated. =D

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

No worries, i was going there anyhow.

[brickhousewench.livejournal.com]

Hee! That's what I always say when folks thank me for driving. But it's polite to say thank you, so Thank You!

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

It is very nice of you to thank us for it.
You are most welcome.

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

Yup, thanks again for letting me tag along, and for driving fearlessly in NYC. I don't think I could have done as well.

I'm sorry I sort of got us turned the wrong way trying to get out, but thankfully we weren't stuck for -very- long.

I'm sure there could have been an [easier] way out of the city, as Google Maps offered 3 different routes, but having to take
the time to sort through them, it was probably just as well to go with the first choice and just go.

[evrgreen.livejournal.com]

You guys always have such interesting photo-journal entries of your NYC trips - it is almost like going along for the trip with you!

thanks for sharing - some very interesting museum exhibits on this trip!