NYC day TWO

Day two, the morning of our 20th anniversary, I woke with hopes that we would not be taking our luggage into the city again! We ate breakfast and then hopped the Holiday Inn shuttle to our real hotel, in hopes that they would let us check in early and we could still have a full, fun day in the city. Well, the concierge at our hotel was amazing. He checked us in, told us all the best ways to get around and what was available when. So, we dumped our luggage and jumped on a bus headed to New York City. From the Port Authority Bus Terminal, we walked to the Museum of Modern Art. It was a really fun morning. I love all the bright, colorful stuff and it is fun to laugh at the crazy stuff. I loved the Picasso's. I am amazed at how much art work he produced, paintings, sculpture, pottery. They had an entire exhibit on Picasso Guitars...paintings, drawings, dimensional art work (not really sure what to call them) like guitars made of cardboard or metal.

I was surprised at the size of some of the art work that I have seen pictures of all my life. Some were tiny, some were huge and we could get so close to all of it.

Monet is another artist who painted a lot of paintings, I love his waterlilies and other well known work, but it was cool to see lesser known (at least to me) work and unusual colors.

Dave was not impressed with the wall of Campbell's soup cans but I thought it was fun.

He liked to pose with the artwork, like this statue of an "athlete".

There were alot of great Van Gogh paintings including "Starry Night". But, for some reason I really liked this one...the colors, the texture, I don't know, but I like it.

This on the other hand....art??? I guess it takes all kinds. Maybe I am not a deep enough thinker to appreciate this or blinds on the floor or a pile of candy in a corner.

Dave was amused by this painting. Again, not sure about the deeper meaning and I am not sure what makes it special.

Dave posing again in the sculpture garden. We had lunch at the museum and spent most of the day there. We went to a couple of other museums, but this was my favorite.

We had dinner at Ellen's Stardust Cafe, where the waiters sing. We sat right at the spot where they would climb up behind Dave and walk along the back of the seats. I tried to include our singing waiter, Dave, and the harmonica player, but never got any really good pictures. Dave had them sing "Sea of Love" in honor of our anniversary. We did some wandering before and after dinner. We walked through St. Patrick Cathedral and Time Square. We had treats at Magnolia Bakery and wandered through some shops like M&M World.

The highlight of the day and maybe the trip was going to see "Wicked" that night. I loved it. The songs, the story, the characters... Let's just say day two was a major success. Forecast for day 3...rain!