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Here's an article about touring NYC with the advice of an 1899 Baedeker guidebook.
One of the things I found most interesting was that visiting Pimlico (horse-racing track) was $2 when a night in the Waldorf-Astoria was $2.50!
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
NYC -- Met -- random goodies
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Self-portrait with Cornell. At first I was thinking I wasn't all that fond of this Cornell, but it's growing on me...... (The back of the inside of the cabinet is a mirror, and you can sort of see me in the reflection, behind all the bottles.)
Klee.
Ann Ryan. *So* glad I got a pic of the card for this one -- Ann Ryan began making collages at the age of 58 after seeing a show of work by Kurt Schwitters.
You go, Ann.
Don't you love what the lights do with this frame?
More excellent lighting.... Tiffany.
In order to facilitate chronological traverse of these NYC posts, a link to the next one is here.
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Self-portrait with Cornell. At first I was thinking I wasn't all that fond of this Cornell, but it's growing on me...... (The back of the inside of the cabinet is a mirror, and you can sort of see me in the reflection, behind all the bottles.)
Klee.
Ann Ryan. *So* glad I got a pic of the card for this one -- Ann Ryan began making collages at the age of 58 after seeing a show of work by Kurt Schwitters.
You go, Ann.
Don't you love what the lights do with this frame?
More excellent lighting.... Tiffany.
In order to facilitate chronological traverse of these NYC posts, a link to the next one is here.
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NYC -- Met -- Vermeer
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I was a history of art minor, many years ago, and I love it when I encounter a familiar work.
Here are some old friends....
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I was a history of art minor, many years ago, and I love it when I encounter a familiar work.
Here are some old friends....
In order to facilitate chronological traverse of these NYC posts, a link to the next one is here.
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NYC -- Met -- carved portraits
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Julius Caesar.
Georgia O'Keefe.
One of O'Keefe's paintings.......
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Julius Caesar.
Georgia O'Keefe.
One of O'Keefe's paintings.......
In order to facilitate chronological traverse of these NYC posts, a link to the next one is here.
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NYC -- Met -- Greek/Mycenaean
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My recording of the info that accompanies the art is sporadic at best. I think all of this is Mycenaean, with the possible exception of the woman, who looks more Greek to me. An idealized woman, not a portrait...........
I'm glad no one can make me have a hair style like that, but I like looking at hers..... She looks like she has a headache -- maybe from having all those things done to her hair?
Those Greeks/Mycenaeans really knew how to shape a pot. LOVE the shape of the pitcher-thingy, and love the way the decoration waves up and down over the shape....
I did get a pic of the information for this piece. It is Mycenaean. Another gorgeous shape, and I love the decoration........
In order to facilitate chronological traverse of these NYC posts, a link to the next one is here.
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My recording of the info that accompanies the art is sporadic at best. I think all of this is Mycenaean, with the possible exception of the woman, who looks more Greek to me. An idealized woman, not a portrait...........
I'm glad no one can make me have a hair style like that, but I like looking at hers..... She looks like she has a headache -- maybe from having all those things done to her hair?
Those Greeks/Mycenaeans really knew how to shape a pot. LOVE the shape of the pitcher-thingy, and love the way the decoration waves up and down over the shape....
I did get a pic of the information for this piece. It is Mycenaean. Another gorgeous shape, and I love the decoration........
In order to facilitate chronological traverse of these NYC posts, a link to the next one is here.
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NYC -- Met -- painted portraits
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I didn't really think about how I was arranging these (other than to put the girl with the dog last), but I like how they turn from profile to facing us.....
In keeping with our canine theme:
I couldn't resist 'shopping this unfortunate girl's teeth....
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I didn't really think about how I was arranging these (other than to put the girl with the dog last), but I like how they turn from profile to facing us.....
In keeping with our canine theme:
I couldn't resist 'shopping this unfortunate girl's teeth....
In order to facilitate chronological traverse of these NYC posts, a link to the next one is here.
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NYC -- Met -- lunch
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NYC -- Met -- Egypt
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The Met has large collections of everything, it seemed, including Egyptian artifacts....
Can't forget we're in NYC because of dogs...........
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The Met has large collections of everything, it seemed, including Egyptian artifacts....
Can't forget we're in NYC because of dogs...........
In order to facilitate chronological traverse of these NYC posts, a link to the next one is here.
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NYC -- Metropolitan Museum of Art -- Temple of Dendur
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The Temple of Dendur -- not a very big temple, but isn't this an astonishing display?
This enormous room, bringing a breath of Egypt to wintry February NYC....... The first pic is to the right of the second. And the columns really photographed as you see, in the snowy light from outside.
In order to facilitate chronological traverse of these NYC posts, a link to the next one is here.
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The Temple of Dendur -- not a very big temple, but isn't this an astonishing display?
This enormous room, bringing a breath of Egypt to wintry February NYC....... The first pic is to the right of the second. And the columns really photographed as you see, in the snowy light from outside.
In order to facilitate chronological traverse of these NYC posts, a link to the next one is here.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Feb 13 -- going home
Given the ground transportation difficulties of the 12th, I wondered if it would be a problem to get to the airport.
But when we walked out of the hotel, it was 40 and raining right down. Having someone get you a cab is a very Good Thing.
Can you read the sign?
On the way to Laguardia.
It doesn't look like there are any weather difficulties, does it? Wet, yes, but.....
And yet, my flight to DTW was cancelled. My traveling companion's flight to Madison was cancelled. They were cancelling flights right and left. Who knows.
This is what Detroit Metro used to look like, until Northwest built its mammoth new terminal.........
I didn't see any dogs on my way to NYC, but there were lots of dogs in the airport on the 13th. I think the little guy on the left, with his hair in blue papers, is a Maltese, and I'm sure the bigger one on the right is a Havanese.
My original flight was supposed to depart at 12:42. The flight they rescheduled me on was supposed to depart at 2:21.
The camera reports this pic was taken at 3:52........
Goodbye, New York! I look forward to visiting again!
Getting close to Detroit...........
But when we walked out of the hotel, it was 40 and raining right down. Having someone get you a cab is a very Good Thing.
Can you read the sign?
On the way to Laguardia.
It doesn't look like there are any weather difficulties, does it? Wet, yes, but.....
And yet, my flight to DTW was cancelled. My traveling companion's flight to Madison was cancelled. They were cancelling flights right and left. Who knows.
This is what Detroit Metro used to look like, until Northwest built its mammoth new terminal.........
I didn't see any dogs on my way to NYC, but there were lots of dogs in the airport on the 13th. I think the little guy on the left, with his hair in blue papers, is a Maltese, and I'm sure the bigger one on the right is a Havanese.
My original flight was supposed to depart at 12:42. The flight they rescheduled me on was supposed to depart at 2:21.
The camera reports this pic was taken at 3:52........
Goodbye, New York! I look forward to visiting again!
Getting close to Detroit...........
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Feb 12 -- Waldorf-Astoria, last night in the city
In retrospect, I wish I'd taken a bunch more "mise en scene" pics at the hotel.
Ah well. I'm good at capturing the bits and pieces that catch my eye, but really have to work at the story-telling, as I'm not thinking of that until later, most times.....
Fancy tile on the floor.
Fancy ceiling in the lobby, with verrrrrry fancy very large clock. I wish I had a pic of the whole thing, in place, but..........
The clock above was embellished with images of Famous Personages, including Queen Victoria.........
Our room was fancy, too. This first pic was taken with ambient light, which was very yellow indeed (incandescent....).
I hardly ever use the flash, but since I could tell these were going to be way too yellow, I opened it up and got some truer color.
These next two were the bed spread.
Our not-fancy-at-all view out the window......
Of course we watched the dog show! My story-telling deserted me almost entirely -- the Pekingese shown here is not the most clear specimen of "dog on tv" I could have chosen, and I am sorry I didn't get any pics of Uno, triumphant.
I think it is very sad that, after Westminster, there is a lot of demand for whichever breed has won the show. Dogs should NOT NOT *NOT* be chosen on the basis of looks! Temperament, energy level, ease of training, amount of grooming -- *any* of these is vastly (VASTLY!) more important than looks..................
Usually what happens is that the puppy mills crank up, people get breeds they should never have, and it's a rescue disaster.
I am SO grateful to Pedigree for pushing rescue so hard in all its ads, and for all its support for rescue.
There are beagles in every shelter in this country.
I SURELY hope that the combination of Pedigree pushing rescue, and Uno's Westminster win, will result in good homes for some of the thousands and thousands of charming adult beagles who *need* families.
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Ah well. I'm good at capturing the bits and pieces that catch my eye, but really have to work at the story-telling, as I'm not thinking of that until later, most times.....
Fancy tile on the floor.
Fancy ceiling in the lobby, with verrrrrry fancy very large clock. I wish I had a pic of the whole thing, in place, but..........
The clock above was embellished with images of Famous Personages, including Queen Victoria.........
Our room was fancy, too. This first pic was taken with ambient light, which was very yellow indeed (incandescent....).
I hardly ever use the flash, but since I could tell these were going to be way too yellow, I opened it up and got some truer color.
These next two were the bed spread.
Our not-fancy-at-all view out the window......
Of course we watched the dog show! My story-telling deserted me almost entirely -- the Pekingese shown here is not the most clear specimen of "dog on tv" I could have chosen, and I am sorry I didn't get any pics of Uno, triumphant.
I think it is very sad that, after Westminster, there is a lot of demand for whichever breed has won the show. Dogs should NOT NOT *NOT* be chosen on the basis of looks! Temperament, energy level, ease of training, amount of grooming -- *any* of these is vastly (VASTLY!) more important than looks..................
Usually what happens is that the puppy mills crank up, people get breeds they should never have, and it's a rescue disaster.
I am SO grateful to Pedigree for pushing rescue so hard in all its ads, and for all its support for rescue.
There are beagles in every shelter in this country.
I SURELY hope that the combination of Pedigree pushing rescue, and Uno's Westminster win, will result in good homes for some of the thousands and thousands of charming adult beagles who *need* families.
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Feb 12 -- getting back to the Waldorf-Astoria
We left the Met before 5:00. It was snowing, but not very much.
Fancy house, between two plainer ones.
Everybody wants to go home.
I don't know what it was about this particular "winter event" -- it doesn't look like much, and it didn't seem like much, to us seasoned mid-westerners (the sidewalks were fine; not slippery) -- but the buses could barely run, the taxis were skidding, things were a mess.
We got on one south-bound bus that took 45 minutes to go three blocks. (The Met is at 79th, and the Waldorf-Astoria is at 50th.) The driver told us, finally, "I'm skidding! I'm skidding! If I make it through the next intersection, that's it! I'm getting out!"
Well.
All righty then.
He made it through, he got out. The New Yorkers said that the electric buses are lighter than the diesel buses (no fuel on board, for one thing), and so sometimes the diesel buses can go when the electric ones can't.
They had another bus for us, but it was only going as far south as 59th.
When the first driver announced he was through, the people on the bus immediately began to brainstorm about subway stops and other buses. Everyone pooled their how-to-get-around knowledge, helping everyone figure out how to get home.
We decided to walk from 59th to the Waldorf-Astoria.
It wasn't bad walking at all; I don't know why the streets were so slippery (but I saw tires spinning, so I know they were.....).
We stopped at a take-out soup/sandwich place. My last dinner in New York was soup and cheesecake!
It took us until almost quarter to seven to get back to the hotel from the museum. The second set of groups at Westminster was judged at 8:00. Given the weather and the difficulty we anticipated, getting from the hotel to Madison Square Garden, we decided to forgo attending the end of the dog show.
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Fancy house, between two plainer ones.
Everybody wants to go home.
I don't know what it was about this particular "winter event" -- it doesn't look like much, and it didn't seem like much, to us seasoned mid-westerners (the sidewalks were fine; not slippery) -- but the buses could barely run, the taxis were skidding, things were a mess.
We got on one south-bound bus that took 45 minutes to go three blocks. (The Met is at 79th, and the Waldorf-Astoria is at 50th.) The driver told us, finally, "I'm skidding! I'm skidding! If I make it through the next intersection, that's it! I'm getting out!"
Well.
All righty then.
He made it through, he got out. The New Yorkers said that the electric buses are lighter than the diesel buses (no fuel on board, for one thing), and so sometimes the diesel buses can go when the electric ones can't.
They had another bus for us, but it was only going as far south as 59th.
When the first driver announced he was through, the people on the bus immediately began to brainstorm about subway stops and other buses. Everyone pooled their how-to-get-around knowledge, helping everyone figure out how to get home.
We decided to walk from 59th to the Waldorf-Astoria.
It wasn't bad walking at all; I don't know why the streets were so slippery (but I saw tires spinning, so I know they were.....).
We stopped at a take-out soup/sandwich place. My last dinner in New York was soup and cheesecake!
It took us until almost quarter to seven to get back to the hotel from the museum. The second set of groups at Westminster was judged at 8:00. Given the weather and the difficulty we anticipated, getting from the hotel to Madison Square Garden, we decided to forgo attending the end of the dog show.
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