Having recovered from the 8 hours in Met, we decide to tackle the Museum of Modern Art today.
First thing first, breakfast from a nearby bakery in Chinatown. Everything we had is very good and cheap.
The perfect coconut tart with really flaky crust and Hong Kong milk tea.
Museum of Modern Art (Moma)
Moma is an interesting art museum. It's much smaller than MET and almost too crowded.
It's not designed to be wide and spatial, but more tall and modern. Not the best combination for crowds.
Great Picasso pieces and i like the girl in the mirror
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| Picasso (More fun) |
They have one of the biggest Monet water lily canvass that I ever seen, too big for a good picture.
Van Gogh starry night and olive tree is on display, on top of Andy Warhof art pieces.
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| Van Gogh Starry night and Olive tree |
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| Calf kicking a ball, with energy |
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| Lunch at Moma |
Leaving Moma, we found this artist who did a Brooklyn Bridge painting that we really like. She painted one on the spot for us.
Jazz standard
For the last night, we met up with Peter and Faranak at Jazz Standard for dinner that night.
I really like the music and the ambience. It is pretty cool watching a good jazz bands playing in a basement. The band is extremely relaxed and the trombone player/vocal singer has a beer on stage =)
They are also discussing what pieces to play and how to play it, through the performances. Every player has top notch technical skills though. Impressive solo playing.
Dessert: hookah bar
My first experience with Hookah. It's fun. A cool way to finish the last night in New York with a new experience
Day 8
The next morning, we only had a few hours before heading to the airport on the last day. We walked around little Italy and find Parisi bakery, Lombardi pizza, the public theater and the shopping area on Broadway.
I find Lombardi pizza over rated though. Joes pizza is still better although Lombardi pizza sauce is more complex. Another new York joint that only takes cash.
We packed the chicken cutlet sandwich at Parisi bakery for the flight. For $10, it's enough to feed both of us for 2 meals again.
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| Half a chicken cutlet sandwich. Now THAT'S a sandwich! |
Coming to the end of the trip, my impression of NY has changed.
It's still dirty, messy and chaotic in some places. But a lot of gentrification is going on.
What i internalized is the city is still growing and still under going changes. NY only start developing into a financial hub ~ 30 years ago and it's impressive for what they achieved in that relatively short amount of time.
Walking away from the city, i learned a little more about it, and a little more about America.
But i still wished they don't leave trash out on the streets =)
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