Today we went to the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and what a beautiful museum it is! A very well designed elegant labyrinth of suspended polished walkways and endless pure white walls. There are exhibitions filled with the original works of the modernist masters like Mies Van Der Rohe, Le Corb, Louis Kahn- it is absolutely inspirational to see the real life pencil scratchings of the Architecture greats on paper in front of my eyes. The real stand out however, was the visual art. We walked through halls of Picasso, Cezzane, Kandinsky (Bec's Favourite), Van Gough, Monet and the rest. It is absolutely surreal to see the structured brush strokes and thick swabs of paint on the canvas, it is mind blowing.After about 10 minutes walking the halls of the museum engaging in the endless wisdom of the modern era- the girls got hungry, sleepy and dehydrated so we left to get something to eat. We went to the famous eatery called SERENDIPITY3. We decided it would be worth the 1.5hr wait to dine at such an iconic place. After burning some time at Bloomingdale's- yes even more shopping- we returned to our reservation at SEREDIPITY3. The restaurant is about 4m wide and 30m long- a tiny little nook in the city and incredibly busy- you can barely squeeze past the front door to get to your seat. The setting itself is really beautiful, there are coloured lights and intricate hand made chandeliers all over the store. the food, however, has much less to be excited about.
I ordered a Chicken with creamy brandy sauce, i got a chicken and chocolate schnitzel. Bec ordered a chicken salad sandwich, she got a bland boiled chicken on sweet bread. Daisy ordered a lemon chicken and got lemon with eggs. Dessert was much better, we ordered a 'no regret sundae' which was supposed to come with a pie and hot chocolate fudge. It would have been perfect if the pie was a much anticipated 'apple pie' and not a coogee bay hotel style peanut butter (and shit) pie. New Yorkers have a crazy obsession with peanut butter and not the sweet dessert kind- the straight packaged peanut butter that tastes like someone smothered butter all over their armpits before doing the dabke for 2 straight hours. The ice cream and chocolate fudge was really nice, but the peanut butter pie was a shock to the taste-buds not easily overcome. After eating as much as we could we got up and left....the half chewed chunks of peanut butter and shit pie all over the table next to us was definitely not our fault.
wow! love the paintings, can we please see more of those pictures and less food ones. how much do you eat guys? I guess u need to be on rice crackers diet for few years after you come back to sydney.
ReplyDeleteMathew you comments on your trip pictures are extremely funny. as always, brings a smile to my face everytime.
Daisy you look very happy, don't be the last trip your taking without me. miss you dealy.
bec, i show miss you around here. can't wait to have you all back home.
Aloha Mat (& Bec and Daisy! ) You might like the to check out the Guggenheim: you could wander Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece while Bec could see twenty Kandinksy's. It's a small museum by NYC standards so you may be able to squeeze it into a day of other plans.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you're enjoying NYC. I'm also glad that we'll all be able to see you again in 3D in a few days - can't wait to hear you regale us with the some of the stories that didn't make the blog!!