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Jun. 7th, 2009 06:42 pmFirst and foremost, I finally uploaded most of the east Coast photos to Photobucket. There are two sub-albums - RI and NYC. RI also includes shots from the Whaling Museum, which is in New Bedford, MA.
What I did not upload are the tags for the art. Therefore, if you're curious about anything - just link and ask and I'll see if I've got the info in the full set on Alia.
I did promise a run-down though, didn't I? Well - overall, the trip went very well. There wasn't nearly as much chaos in RI as I thought there would be, and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
domnall went over very well. (Then again, I ask you - how could he not? *grin*) Saw most of the people I wanted to, had a grand time, got Flo's Clam Cakes, and hit a mansion (The Breakers) and the Whaling Museum. Overall, pretty damned good.
NYC was a blast as well. In an odd way, I think Saturday was my favorite. We didn't really do anything besides brunch and wandering with my cousin Chris and his girlfriend (who, by the way, is *really* lovely) and then had dinner with an old friend of my mother's from college. She lives by Washington Square, so we watched the crowd gather/watch/etc the Obama's having dinner. Didn't have the foggiest idea what was going on for at least an hour, and when we did find out (thank you iPhone!), it was pretty much over.
Museum-wise, we hit the Rubin (Himalayan), the Natural History Museum, the Cloisters (homg!), and some of the Met (first floor minus American Wing). As part of the Met we also went to the Francis Bacon show. It was, in a single word: amazing. His Study after Velasquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X is one of my all-time favorite paintings, and I saw it. It's always a little different when you're standing in front of the painting (or work of art in general) as opposed to viewing it in a book or on a screen. It's so much better when you see the real thing. The show also had a number of his tritychs and other, later, works. So glad we went.
The Rubin's the only one where there were no photos taken. I did pick up a few books there though, so if anyone's interested... Book-wise, I didn't get into nearly as much trouble as I initially expected to. I almost bought Moda a Firenze at the Met, but talked myself out because I'm not particualry keen on doing late-period Italian costuming. I did end up picking up an interesting book at the Strand which seems to be early stuff on the Oseburg ship and similar digs. i passed on a copy of matthew barney's drawing restraint 4 and the catalogue for damian hirst's beautiful inside my head forever auction.
And now I realize I missed seeing The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living. Damn it. I rather wanted to.
Nonetheless, things were great. We saw Toxic Avenger The Musical, some vaguely-touristy things, and just kind of goofed off and relaxed for two weeks. A blast was had by both of us.
What I did not upload are the tags for the art. Therefore, if you're curious about anything - just link and ask and I'll see if I've got the info in the full set on Alia.
I did promise a run-down though, didn't I? Well - overall, the trip went very well. There wasn't nearly as much chaos in RI as I thought there would be, and
domnall went over very well. (Then again, I ask you - how could he not? *grin*) Saw most of the people I wanted to, had a grand time, got Flo's Clam Cakes, and hit a mansion (The Breakers) and the Whaling Museum. Overall, pretty damned good.NYC was a blast as well. In an odd way, I think Saturday was my favorite. We didn't really do anything besides brunch and wandering with my cousin Chris and his girlfriend (who, by the way, is *really* lovely) and then had dinner with an old friend of my mother's from college. She lives by Washington Square, so we watched the crowd gather/watch/etc the Obama's having dinner. Didn't have the foggiest idea what was going on for at least an hour, and when we did find out (thank you iPhone!), it was pretty much over.
Museum-wise, we hit the Rubin (Himalayan), the Natural History Museum, the Cloisters (homg!), and some of the Met (first floor minus American Wing). As part of the Met we also went to the Francis Bacon show. It was, in a single word: amazing. His Study after Velasquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X is one of my all-time favorite paintings, and I saw it. It's always a little different when you're standing in front of the painting (or work of art in general) as opposed to viewing it in a book or on a screen. It's so much better when you see the real thing. The show also had a number of his tritychs and other, later, works. So glad we went.
The Rubin's the only one where there were no photos taken. I did pick up a few books there though, so if anyone's interested... Book-wise, I didn't get into nearly as much trouble as I initially expected to. I almost bought Moda a Firenze at the Met, but talked myself out because I'm not particualry keen on doing late-period Italian costuming. I did end up picking up an interesting book at the Strand which seems to be early stuff on the Oseburg ship and similar digs. i passed on a copy of matthew barney's drawing restraint 4 and the catalogue for damian hirst's beautiful inside my head forever auction.
And now I realize I missed seeing The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living. Damn it. I rather wanted to.
Nonetheless, things were great. We saw Toxic Avenger The Musical, some vaguely-touristy things, and just kind of goofed off and relaxed for two weeks. A blast was had by both of us.
