'Splorin the City

Today Mads decided she needed a break from all the rushing about to try and organise stuff for Europe. I probably did too, but I'm like a school girl with a serious crush on this city and when it beckons, I run out into the street to meet it. So, wanting to do something Carrie-esque, I arranged a date with New York City.

I wondered, if Mr. Big or other suitably attractive male asked me out in NYC, where would I want him to take me? We started with a pretzel in the Park. It wasn't too cold today, in fact, there was even a little sun, but there was still enough snow around from the last few days to make the park very romantic.

Next stop was the Museum of Modern Art, where they had an exibition of Tim Burton's work and five floors of uber-famous works. The highlight for me was Van Gogh's Starry Night. I have a love hate relationship with this work since 'help replicate Starry Night to 9x4m' turned up on my to-do list when I was working on the set for The Popular Mechanicals at Wildy a few years back. The result was a little like comparing my rendition of Catherine with Scarlett Johanssen's. But very exciting to see the original, and it's tiny! Also saw my frist original Dali (eep!), and I'm hoping to visit the Dali museum in Paris (it is in Paris, right?), 'cause I am a hu-uge fan.

Looking at all those paintings made me hungry, so next up NY and I stopped off at the Magnolia Bakery for cupcakes and took them and a Starbucks down to the Rockafella Centre to enjoy while we watched the iceskaters.

To me, it wouldn't be a perfect date without pandering to my innerbookworm, so full of cupcakey yumminess, we made our way up to the New York Public Library, which is hit-the-floor-with-your-jaw amazing. Everything's marble, and there's chandelliers and grand sweeping staircases and big desks to read at. Sigh.

But there was no time to read today. By the time I'd finished drooling over the library and we'd taken a stroll through the Fashion District (I even saw the apartment building where the Project Runway contestants stay), it was dinner time. NY took me to a lovely little Italian restaraunt where we enjoyed a fabulous meal of eggplant fagottini with a walnut cream sauce (seriously, it's p[ossibly the best meal I've ever eaten, and considering some of the stuff I've tasted over here, that's saying A LOT).

Of course, it wouldn't be a perfect date in New York if it didn't end with the bright lights of Broadway, so we finished up by seeing Mary Poppins. It's coming to Australia, and you've all definitely got to see it! I mean, it's worth it for the set alone, which is a mechanical wonder. Although, it's very different from the film, and they did change/leave out a lot of my favourite bits. But still awesome.

So that was my date in/with New York City, and the only thing missing was a good night kiss. but honestly, that doesn't seem like much of a let down. And what's more, I think I'm in love.

Margs
xo xo