Cosmic Diner breakfast

Fever for Jamie Farr

This ad is everywhere. I feel like I've seen the play.

Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden

Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden. We took a few other photos, check them out right here, yo.

Also, here's a review of the show from the NY Daily News.

Another quick review with some videos from StereoGum.com. Mostly from night two though. We were at the first show.

PJ @ MSG

Genie shoes

Empire State Building

Mr. Redlegs

Mr. Redlegs is all over the place! Here he is stuck on the men's room door at Foley's NY by Madison Square Garden. G and I ate here before the Pearl Jam show. This place was a lucky find. Were just wondering around trying to find anything, really, and we stumbled in here based on the "No Danny Boy" flag they were flying in front. Once we walked in, we realized it was a baseball mecca of sorts - there is memorabilia all over the walls and ceilings of this place. It's pretty kick ass.

Apparently, this place is pretty famous for Banning the Irish Song, "Danny Boy". You can read more here. Now, all the articles that I've seen have seen on this just say that they've banned the song during the month of March. According to our waitress they've gone on to ban it completely. Pretty funny stuff.

Pre-concert turkey burger

A turkey burger & fries never tasted so good

No Danny

We're apparently not allowed in this establishment.

G's Kid Robot Loot

My ice cream cone from Kid Robot.

Dunny Time!

Dan opening his Dunny.

Outside Uniqlo

Uniqlo

A rainbow of t-shirts at Uniqlo.

Kid Robot

The Kid Robot store in SoHo is pretty sweet. We picked up a few fun little things.

Late start today

We're headed down to SoHo today to do a little shopping. Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden is tonight.

At the Hershey's store

We came in here with the hopes of there being a penny smasher. The only thing that was smashed was our dreams.

*tear*

cheapBot

In front of a wall of Converse.

No Gretchen

They never have my name

Souvenir Crap Store

It was a like a mall of shit.

Sushi

Sushi by candlelight @ Haru

Typo @ Muji

MUJI!

Breakfast

With Mike & Julie.

Gettin' crazy with the wild mushrooms

Mushroom soup @ MoMa Cafe

Rothko

Dan & Rothko @ MoMA

MoMA

Love me some Miro

Florence, KY is so much like NYC

Omg this is for the women of seed. Sound familiar?

Olympic Diner

Challah french toast @ Olympic Diner

OMG - Celeb sighting

Just spotted on broadway & fiftieth- Meredith from the office.

Pinkberry

Pretty cool little frozen yogurt place - Pinkberry. Great interior design.

G = Pinkberry frozen yogurt with blueberries and raspberries.
Dan = Pinkebrry smoothie.

Breakin'

We stumbled upon a friendly break dancing battle at Union Square. These guys were hard core - no cardboard was used and they had a live drummer.

Ippudo

Delish japanese noodles at ippudo. This dish has some authentic Japanese name, but I can't remember what it was called. 

Rain delay in Yankee Stadium bleachers

...reminded me of steerage on the titanic

Rain delay

Rain delay should begin any minute now. Fortunately i took cover before it started coming down.

Dan & Mr. Redlegs

Game's about to start

Color me impressed

Restrooms are pink for the ladies

Jackpot

The baseball gods are smiling on us. Dan just found a fifty on the ground. We've been in the stadium for no more than a minute

Doh!

In the subway ready 4 the game. Dan realized he forgot the tickets. He's running back 2 the room 2 get them.

Reds fans = Fashionistas

Yes! White jeans!

I'll be posting photos from Yankee Stadium tomorrow over at the OMGreds.com photoblog. The Reds leads the series 2-0 right now... awesome! Let's hope for a sweep, cool?

The Temple of Dendur

It was pretty cool to see the Temple of Dendur. Partly because it had been featured in Project Runway and When Harry Met Sally, partly because it's synonymous with the Met. The Metropolitan Museum of Art blew my mind. It was mind-boggling to believe I was really there. Ever since I was a kid and read The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, I wanted to go there.

It's hard to explain, but I felt rather patriotic that this world-class museum is in the U.S. Dan and I were lucky enough to visit museums of this rank in London and Paris, but I questioned whether my own country had a comparable collection anywhere. I've been to the Getty in L.A., the Art Institute of Chicago and countless other museums around the country, but the Met is undoubtedly the preeminent museum in the U.S. 

The only problem is, when I visit a mega-museum like this, it always seems like there's just not enough time. We saw a LOT of stuff yesterday, and still barely scratched the surface. Plus, it gets exhausting to see just the galleries/artworks you want to see, let alone the unexpected treasures you kind of stumble upon. 

Yesterday, we visited 

• the Superheroes special exhibit (fashion from and inspired by superhero movies) - no photos allowed, unfortunately
• Modern Art galleries (where they had a great selection of Giacometti & Modigliani)
• 19th-century European painting galleries (van Gogh, Seurat, Matisse, Redon, Picasso)
• Medieval art & armor
• Egyptian art and the Temple of Dendur

We also made a point to check out the Koons exhibit on the roof. It doesn't sound like much, but it wiped us out for the day. As usual, I geeked out and took a bunch of photos of paintings & sculpture. Dan joined in, with detailed shots of various paintings - including Chuck Close. Some of our photos are posted on Flickr for those wishing to vicariously browse the Met galleries. 

Lunch at the Met cafeteria

Cafeteria-style dining doesn't exactly scream upscale NYC, but the Met's cafeteria was pretty impressive. Plus, as usual, we were starving. Everything was fresh, so that's a bonus. I created the above from a salad bar and was restored for more museum-wandering. 

G enjoying her sangria

On the roof of The Met. Way cool. There is an awesome view of the city up here. They have a little booth up there with food and drinks... adult drinks. Nothing like a little sangria to get you loosened up for some museum-going.

Koons on the Met roof

The view from the roof of the met

Us @ the Met

Coffee & subway

Times Square, Friday night

After the MJ show, we walked around for a little bit, taking in Times Square and the surrounding area. It's all hustle & bustle all day long. Amazing. It was starting to rain a little bit, and we've been up over 20 hours today... so we are pooped. More tomorrow.

That just happened!

As Jim James prowled the side stages of RCMH, a drunk fan climbed up to greet him and was skillfully whisked away by security. I got a photo...will post. It is PRICELESS. Security disappeared with him behind a curtain in a matter of seconds; it was like something out of Goodfellas. 

At right - Jim James running back down to the stage. At left, security ushering a fan behind "the magic curtain."

FAIL

Meh... not a great photo here. Oh well. The rotunda of Radio City was lighting up in a fun way and I tried to capture it. FAIL.

Jim!

Not that you can really tell, but the spotlight is on Jim James as he runs up the side of the balcony at Radio City. If you are on the stage, you are able to run to set of stairs and platforms to the first mezzanine. James took the trip a couple of times on both side. Pretty fun.

Our photos from the show are right here.

Here's the setlist, if you're interested:

Evil Urges
Off The Record
I'm Amazed
Highly Suspicious
What a Wonderful Man
Touch Me Part 1
Sec Walkin
Golden
Thank You Too
The Way That He Sings
Two Halves
Phone Went West
Aluminum Park
Steam Engine->
Smokin From Shootin->
Touch Me Part 2

ENCORE:
Bermuda Highway
Librarian
Wordless Chorus
It Beats 4 U
Dondante
The Bear
Lay Low
Run Thru
Anytime
One Big Holiday

OMG MMJ

Awesome!

About 10 minutes before the show started. We just sat there and tried to take in all that is Radio City. The place is amazing.

I can't even believe radio city! This has to be a high point of our whole vacation.

MMJ poster

By Guy Burwell. It's an absolutely top notch silkscreen. Ther'es a layer of gold sparkle screened on. Looks great. This one is getting framed. Signed and numbered 146 of 280.

Wreck it!

Dan's gin & tonic @ RCMH

Radio City. Awesome

Pre-MMJ concert

I'll take down this salad with a quickness

Couldn't handle the shrimp & kalamatas - very filling.

Pre game meal

Was ist Neue?

The Neue Galerie was our first stop today to see the Klimt exhibit. It didn't take us long to get through the exhibit of about 7 paintings and many drawings / personal effects. I was a little disappointed that there weren't more paintings (and that the Neue didn't permit photos in the galleries), but the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer (postcard shown in picture) was worth the price of admission. Unbelievable. The Neue paid $135 million for this painting, which may still hold the record. Plus, the subject and provenance of the painting are pretty fascinating. 

Anyway, we're back at the hotel now...gearing up for the My Morning Jacket concert tonight. Auf Wiedersehen.

Fancy

I remember seeing a TV advertisement featuring this new hand dryer a few times, but I was never sure if they were actually in production or not. Looks cool. Don't ask me how it works... I still grabbed some paper towels. Sorry environment.

For Jhill

We didn't head into the Met today, but we'll be back before we head home.

The wrap that saved the day

For the love of all that is holy, you have got to eat! Especially when you're traveling. Strangely enough, our eating routine gets all mixed up when we're away from home, resulting in grouchiness, the shakes, short tempers and general indecisiveness. This fresh mozzarella and sun-dried tomato wrap saved the day for me. Dan's pesto chicken panini should be credited, as well. Thank you, panini and wrap, for restoring our pluck.

Lunch at the Met

Need food!

And we got it here. I didn't catch the name of the place... but it hit the spot. G has more about what we chowed down on.

Represent

@ the MTV store on Times Square. I felt old in there.

Dan in times square

Cab TV

Seems handy.

Hi

Wud up NJ?

Out!

Feeling the Love for TSA

Ugh, make me puke. Like if I kiss their aces, they'll let me slide by with a gallon bag of 3-oz. toiletries & cosmetics. I don't think so. Bite it, TSA. You are the heart of my discontent.

New York City