Village Tour

Took friends from Hawai'i to see some of the sights of Greenwich Village. One of them had worked with us in Truk and had heard my stories of attending NYU and living in the Silver Towers there. Wanted to show off my old neighborhood.

Bust of Sylvette

The bust of Sylvette by Picasso and constructed by Paul Nesjar started in 1968 and was not finished by the time I left for Guam in June of that year. We were able to watch the whole construction/installation during that year however.

We lived here on the 18th floor of the I.M. Pei building.

Then it was off to lunch at Jane Restaurant for a delicious early dinner. The review is on the Mofongoman blog.

Grafton Peace Pagoda

Visited the Grafton Peace Pagoda  last week for another entry to my prayer blog. Details to follow...

Pathway up to the Pagoda

First view of the Stupa

One of many explanatory signs

Statue on the grounds
My prayer card is tucked into apron

Stele

Altar in Temple

Ellis Island

Visited the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island on a sultry, sprinkly day. Took the ferry over and spent time at both places. Interesting to a point; my ancestors came from Ireland through Ellis Island. The most striking memory was of the luggage, packages and belongings brought over.

Metropolitan Museum

New look for the Met

hopefully coming soon...

bloginfo: taken from Design Boom Daily, www.info@designboom.com
blognote: 'spanning four blocks, a new public plaza and fountains will parallel the front facade of the landmark museum, introducing over 100 trees to shade new york city's hardscape'

Metropolitan Museum

lattice work in the Arab collection

Took a day trip to NYC and spent most of the time in the MET. The new Arab Culture section is quite overwhelming; needs a whole day to see everything.

DeMuth 'Number 5'

Another special exhibition was the Steiglitz Collection and this was one of my favorites. That is aside from favoites from Georgia O'Keeffe [Steiglitz' wife].

bloginfo: Also visited the Frick. Beautiful building and great collection. Caught a few Picasso drawings from the special exhibition.
blognote: Don't miss the video explaining the background of the building.