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We were exhausted by this point & collapsed for a while to watch a group of guys play baseball.

This picture below is exactly what I think of when I think of Central Park. I almost broke out in How Does She Know from Enchanted!

It’s probably a good thing we only spent an hour & a half in the Met. I would have ended up with WAY too many photos. I tried narrowing these down for you, but I kind of failed.

Look who I found right away!!

Amy had fun finding modern day footwear in the paintings. She found some Toms (left) & flip flops on Jesus (right)!

“What’s up with this guy?”

I was very excited about the MoMA & it didn’t disappoint. While I have to admit that half of it doesn’t make sense to me, it’s still great to see the art that I have studied for years. I was thrilled to see some pieces by artists like Jackson Pollock & van Gogh that I wasn’t expecting. (I didn’t do my homework to know what would be there…oops.)

Amy, however, did not feel the same way. My favorite moment was when I turned around to see her staring at a canvas. She turns to me with an are-you-kidding-me look & says, “Really?…This?…How does this get to be in a museum? Let alone the MoMA??” I tried not to dilly dally too long.

We skipped the first few floors to focus on the paintings, then hurried up to the top floor for the special exhibit featuring an entire floor of Cindy Sherman work. Hooray! Unfortunately I wasn’t allowed to take photos. Sad face.

I had started a new book right before my trip & didn’t finish it until after I returned. The book  was a rather strange novel about artists in the 1800s. Ish. The book actually spanned pretty much the entire history of the world but it ended in October of 2012 standing in front of this painting. (Just for the record, I am not recommending this book because it had a lot of vulgar language & a scenarios.) It did however make me reconsider my entire knowledge of art history. Kind of hurt my brain.

I plan on being this mom (below) when I have kids. We are going to the art museums to draw from the masters!

I think Amy was confused by this one too. Can’t imagine why.

I just got back from a fabulous weekend in New York City visiting two friends both named Amy. While I am dead tired & my feet refuse to talk to me, my trip was incredible & packed with so many fun things! I wrote down every touristy thing I had to do while I was there, despite the fact that I hate looking like a tourist, & managed to do almost everything! (I am a traveler, not a tourist.) I only took about 700 photos, but I graciously narrowed them down. Just because I’m worn out doesn’t mean I need to wear you out too.

ON OUR WAY TO SEE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA!!!!!!! Oh my goodness, I was so excited! I had never seen the play, but I knew all the songs, could act out the entire movie & I’ve read the book. Here’s a little story for you: My grandmother taped (yes, taped like on a VHS) a circus show that came on TV when I was really little. It became one of two movies my siblings & I had to watch when we went to visit them. The Circus Tape & Mary Poppins. All three of us loved a certain act in that circus called Statues Come to Life. It consisted of two guys & a girl painted gold doing these amazing lifts & stunts in slow motion on a little rotating platform. It wowed us all & my sister & I even tried doing part of one of the lift, which we somewhat succeeded! I had always loved the song they performed to, but never knew what it was. I was 17 when the movie The Phantom of the Opera came out, & when Gerard Butler started singing Music of the Night, I couldn’t help but start crying because that was the same song the circus people did their act to! I had no idea!!! To this day it is my favorite song.

Getting ready for the opening act!

Time for Act two!!