Small Talk: March 2010

Transportation: $40
MoMA tix: $40
Lunch at MoMA Cafe on 5: $53.27
MoMA bookstore: $101.54
Dinner at Maxie's: $52.64
A day out with Nathan in NYC: PRICELESS!

Seriously....how overdone is that phraseology? LOL But it definitely applied yesterday.

We took the LIRR from Babylon to Penn Station yesterday morning, along with 1000's of St. Pat's revelers on their way to the parade. I'd said that the only day I didn't want to go into the city was St. Pat's, but that was the best day for the Tim Burton exhibit at MoMA (Museum of Modern Art). As soon as we got to Penn Station, we saw a couple of guys puking their guts out! Remember, it's not even 11 am yet! There were lots of people with beer on the train.

The museum itself hadn't changed much since last time we were there, but the special exhibit itself was pretty crowded. We really enjoyed seeing his sketches and several items from the Disney archives and various movies-costumes, Jack Skellington heads (which we'd seen at DisneyWorld), maquettes, etc.

Lunch at MoMA consisted of a small thai noodle salad, three 1/2 hard boiled eggs with American caviar and prosciutto ham, flatbread with ricotta, a coke, and iced tea....all for the princely sum of $53.27! Welcome to New York City! LOL. Needless to say, we were still hungry!

After shopping the bookstore and picking up the exhibit catalog and some postcards, we walked back towards the station. We had eaten at Maxie's Deli (7th Ave and 48th St) before, so thought we'd stop there again. Two pastrami sandwiches, fries, coffee drink, and a "local" beer-Brooklyn Lager!-was pretty pricey. Not surprising since we'd done the city several times before.

We had an eventful ride home, except for the woman sitting next to me and the dimbulb girl across the aisle. The woman next to me picked her nose the whole trip!! Ewwww-what are you? 3? And the girl across the aisle yammered on her cell the entire time. I was reminded of Cybil Faulty and her "oh I know" on the phone.

Like I said, it was a great day with Nathan, and worth the blister on my heel! :D