A Sunday visit to the Metropolitan Museum

Nardi, Mary and I wanted to see the Rooms with a View exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum, so we met for an enjoyable Sunday afternoon.  The exhibit focuses on the open window as a romantic theme during the first half of the 19th century.  Artists included in the show are lesser known, but the exhibit is charming and very well curated.  No photos were allowed so you'll have to visit the Met's website for a tour. 

Nardi & Penny

Our favorite German couple

The museum was getting crowded so we nipped up to the roof garden.  It's such a wonderful setting overlooking Central Park and lower Manhattan.  The view is as much of an attraction as the art and the people watching is fantastic.

Nardi went off to buy some lemonade at the little rooftop cafe and came back with that plus a mojito!

Dakpogan "Kitchen"

Down from the roof we walked through a hallway exhibit "Reconfiguring an African Icon: Odes to the Mask by Modern and Contemporary Artists from Three Continents."  We really enjoyed works by Calixte Dakpogan from Benin and I took some pictures before the guard told me I couldn't. 

It's hard to know what can or can't be photographed.  Perhaps no current exhibitions?

Willie Cole (bike parts)

Enough!  Early afternoon and some parts of the museum were already gridlocked, so off we went to find a restaurant for a belated celebration for Nardi's birthday.  We were in search of Sarabeth's, but when we finally found it, the wait was 45 minutes, so we went next door to Island which was very, very good! 

 Happy Birthday, Nardi!