Two nights at our timeshare in NYC
April 28-30, 2015
Tuesday
We were early for check-in so we took advantage of the
beautiful day for a walk in Central Park. Then
at 7:00 pm we attended the show "The Book of Mormon".
It was excellent, but probably not if you're really religious. We thoroughly
enjoyed it. And we weren't alone. The audience
gave them a standing ovation at the end. The dancing
was superb.
Wednesday
At 11:00 am the Rockettes put on their "Spectacular Spring Show"
and it was truly spectacular. We attended with a group from
the Manhattan Club timeshare, and enjoyed conversations
with other owners.
Afternoon in MOMA. There we joined a group discussion in the
Futurists section. They were reading from writers of a
hundred years ago who explained the thinking of the artists
at the time. It clarified the meaning of some pictures
for
sure, but also (to me) talked of today's issues. One
reading was from Valentine De Saint-Point, "Manifesto
of the Futurist Woman" of March, 1912. "It's
absurd to divide humanity into women and men; it is composed
only of femininity and masculinity". Realizing that the writings
were a hundred years ago and the Supreme Court is just now
ruling on same sex marriage, it sure takes a long time for
ideas to evolve and propagate.
7:30
pm NY City Ballet at Lincoln Center. Although
beautiful, it probably was not a good idea to experience
this on the same day as the Rockettes. The Ballet is
excellent, but except for dancing on their toes the
Rockettes do all the same athletics, plus they do it in
unison and precision with their entire corps.
About 10:30 pm we were watching TV in our condo when we
heard shouting in the background. We muted the TV and
still heard it. So I went to the window and witnessed
marchers on the sidewalk below. MSNBC reported
demonstrators in Union Square, but this was 7th Ave at 56 th
St. Maybe these marchers had disbanded from Union
Square and were headed for Central Park (a long walk).
We saw no mention of it on TV.
Thursday
Breakfast at Brooklyn Diner
Beautiful flower arrangement exhibit at the Nippon Club on
57th St. I've never seen so many original and
beautiful arrangements in one place
before. And this was only a one week-long exhibit, so
we were really lucky to find it.
Then the 1:43 pm train home