New York - what to do?

[inulro]

We're off in a week. Yay! I'm pretty well planned for mainstream tourist stuff, but am open to suggestions for goth stuff etc. Is St Marks Place still the place to shop for funky weird stuff?

I can't believe I didn't know about the existence of the Cloisters part of the Met (which is no. 2 on my list of museums itself). It sounds so cool. The answer to why I want to see this when I live in Europe is that US museums often have more money to purchase the really good stuff so it ends up over there. Plus, the views of the Hudson are supposed to be quite stunning.

No. 1 on my list of museums is the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.

Other than that - much walking around and looking at architecture. Deli. Empire State Building. Deli. Tiffany's. Deli. Get picture taken under the "Joey Ramone Place" sign. Staten Island Ferry.

Realised some time ago that I'm finally going to be in north America in Halloween shopping season. Will attempt to exert self control because the house is already drowning in Stuff, and both museums on my list have an impressive list of publications that I want to purchase.

Distinctly remember that I had Stuff to do tonight, but as I'm feeling like poo again (including stuffed up head which is just plain Bad when I have to fly soon), I do hope that aside from cleaned & fed pets it can all wait till tomorrow.

Comments

[uberwensch.livejournal.com]

Hi, sorry to just get back to you.

I was going to say I would love to meet up and was going to suggest going up to the cloisters. I may even be able to get a pass to go up there for free through work. If you are interested I'll look into it.

How long will you be here?

[nachtisch.livejournal.com]

I have an old friend who does a lot of work at The Cloisters. She's One of Us and very lovely. If you want her e-mail, maybe you could meet her there for lunch if she's available. :)

Also don't forget the Morgan Library collection for manuscripts if that's your thing. They're renovating, so their greatest hits are on view at the Met proper for the time being.

http://www.morganlibrary.org/exhibitions/default.asp

http://www.morganlibrary.org/exhibitions/exhibCurrentThumbs.asp?id=MorganMet

The view of the Hudson from up there always reminds me of the Hudson River School of frederic church et al (http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/hudson-river-school.html). Fun to look at after having read up on them. :)

Have fun!

[inulro.livejournal.com]

I would totally be interested.

We'll only be around for 3 or 4 days. I don't want to wear out our welcome with the lovely people who are giving us a free place to sleep, and then we'll head up to Boston.

[missjanette.livejournal.com]

aw, poo. we're hard to wear out. ;>

st. marks is more trendy than funky/weird now and quite pricey, but we'll figure something out.

also, we could always go to Target & get you some good halloween poo.

[eciklb.livejournal.com]

If you're looking for dessert and Toulouse-Lautrec-esque decor, may I recommend my favorite cafe in the whole wide universe, Cafe Lalo, on W. 83rd just east of Broadway.

Also nearby, and wonderfully yummy but sometimes a bit slow, is Edgar's Cafe (as in Allen Poe), just west of Broadway on 84th St.

[mimmimmim.livejournal.com]

There's a crime novel based around the Cloisters. Called, startlingly, the Cloisters.

Sadly, it's only average.

[everild.livejournal.com]

The Cloisters has some very impressive stuff - particularly the architectural remains which millionaire Americans shipped back home.