Whitney
With an hour to spare before my flight i just had time to take a look around the Whitney.
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{ Monthly Archives }
May 2004
Guggenheim at Last
After two attempts, i finally made it to the Guggenheim museum.
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SOHO Sunday
A sunny Sunday afternoon, so i took a stroll around “The Village” and Washington Square Park.
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Empire State
Over to the Empire State Building to see the worlds longest queues. I mean New York’s best views.
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Jazz Club
Off to the Iridium Jazz Club to hear Monty Alexander, Nice! He’s a Jamacian pianist who fuses Jazz favourites with a calipso or reggie feel, Super!. They were recording the evening for his next CD, Grrreat! I enjoyed this very much except for the cost for a 50 minute performance - they cram three sets into one evening, Hmmm! This seems to be the norm for NYC Jazz clubs, Ripoff!
Statue of Liberty
Tourist is as tourist does, so it was off to Battery Park to catch the ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
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American Museum of Natural History
A morning jaunt out to the American Museum of Natural History with Allen. We fronted up too early, so took a stroll around The Ramble in Central Park.
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New York Subway
i did like the NYC Subway system, cheap, fast, efficient and took you most everywhere you wanted to go.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Another attempt at finding some modern art in NYC - after the meeting Jonathan and i hacked off to the MOMA only to realise the collection had been moved to Queens during the refurbishment, so then took a cab to the Guggenheim, again, only to discover it was closed thanks to a water leak. So we were due some good karma, which we found in abundance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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