More New York!!!
May. 1st, 2006 01:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eumeliaI think I'm seeing a trend here, every weekend in NYC*.. 'tis awesome!
So this weekend I slept over at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
krazyhippie who has a fab new apartment in Washington Heights along with her roommate, who was in Albany on the weekend so I had a room to sleep in which was nice.
Plus they have the cuddliest cats I miss Wish
I went to MoMA, which is the best museum I have been to so far, throughout my time (the entire day) spent there I felt Mummy should be there with me, because she had been the one to teach me how to appreciate art and museums. I also wanted Shimrit there so that we could be all פלצניות in Hebrew together, since, except for our disagreement on Picasso and Matisse, we pretty much have the same taste in modern art. Almost all the sections had something I enjoyed, but the three that grabbed me the most were the The sculpture garden; it was such a beautiful day that I spent a really long time in the garden. There was one sculpture called "The River" by Aristide Mollial, that depicts a nude woman in motion, it's part of the garden's water feature and the woman was obviously drowning. I don't know why, but I was so moved by that sculpture that I just sat on one of the chairs just looking at it for almost half and hour. But then it got chilly and I went into the museum. , Design and Architecture; They had all the everyday things displayed in a museum. Functional art, there's nothing better. My fave was the Smart Car, which is probably considered a mater piece here in the land of petrol guzzling SUV's. And The Special Exhibition of Edvard Munch; If you don't know who this artist is, you know his most well known painting "Scream", this particular painting wasn't in the exhibit, but so many of the same collection and series were. Munch painting are so powerful and they convey so much emotion, there was one point where I had to leave the exhibit, because I started crying. It was absolutely mind searing, seeing all that pain in one place. Munch had seen much tragedy in his life and it is most evident in his work.
On Sunday I went withkrazyhippie to Spamalot, the Broadway Musical, since her roommate who had bought the other ticket was in Albany and was not feeling well so she wouldn't make it in time for the show, so I thought, oh I have to go!
And so I did.
It was amazing, so much Monty Python. It was basically the plot of the "Holy Grail" but with a Broadway twist since there were songs on Jews, Gays and much talking to the audience. I thoroughly enjoyed it, since I was quoting almost along with it, until Rachel told me to shut up.
They had "Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?"
And the Knights who say Ni, which was amazing, the whole thing was superb, I don't think I'll ever forget it.
They even sang "Always look on the bright side of life" which besides being from "The life of Brian" just fit with the whole thing. It was just so utterly ridiculous and surreal, you felt like you were actually in a Monty Python movie, ach, too good.
Robbie, you have got to go see it if you have the chance!
*Mummy, if you're reading this; I did tell you I was going to NYC, read my reply to your last email to you.
So this weekend I slept over at
krazyhippie who has a fab new apartment in Washington Heights along with her roommate, who was in Albany on the weekend so I had a room to sleep in which was nice.Plus they have the cuddliest cats I miss Wish
I went to MoMA, which is the best museum I have been to so far, throughout my time (the entire day) spent there I felt Mummy should be there with me, because she had been the one to teach me how to appreciate art and museums. I also wanted Shimrit there so that we could be all פלצניות in Hebrew together, since, except for our disagreement on Picasso and Matisse, we pretty much have the same taste in modern art. Almost all the sections had something I enjoyed, but the three that grabbed me the most were the The sculpture garden; it was such a beautiful day that I spent a really long time in the garden. There was one sculpture called "The River" by Aristide Mollial, that depicts a nude woman in motion, it's part of the garden's water feature and the woman was obviously drowning. I don't know why, but I was so moved by that sculpture that I just sat on one of the chairs just looking at it for almost half and hour. But then it got chilly and I went into the museum. , Design and Architecture; They had all the everyday things displayed in a museum. Functional art, there's nothing better. My fave was the Smart Car, which is probably considered a mater piece here in the land of petrol guzzling SUV's. And The Special Exhibition of Edvard Munch; If you don't know who this artist is, you know his most well known painting "Scream", this particular painting wasn't in the exhibit, but so many of the same collection and series were. Munch painting are so powerful and they convey so much emotion, there was one point where I had to leave the exhibit, because I started crying. It was absolutely mind searing, seeing all that pain in one place. Munch had seen much tragedy in his life and it is most evident in his work.
On Sunday I went with
krazyhippie to Spamalot, the Broadway Musical, since her roommate who had bought the other ticket was in Albany and was not feeling well so she wouldn't make it in time for the show, so I thought, oh I have to go!And so I did.
It was amazing, so much Monty Python. It was basically the plot of the "Holy Grail" but with a Broadway twist since there were songs on Jews, Gays and much talking to the audience. I thoroughly enjoyed it, since I was quoting almost along with it, until Rachel told me to shut up.
They had "Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?"
And the Knights who say Ni, which was amazing, the whole thing was superb, I don't think I'll ever forget it.
They even sang "Always look on the bright side of life" which besides being from "The life of Brian" just fit with the whole thing. It was just so utterly ridiculous and surreal, you felt like you were actually in a Monty Python movie, ach, too good.
Robbie, you have got to go see it if you have the chance!
*Mummy, if you're reading this; I did tell you I was going to NYC, read my reply to your last email to you.
