Wet, cold Friday

Ok catching up on some entries. Friday looked a little overcast and damp from the 10D Gramercy loft but I headed off for food and to the Jewish Museum. As they are all tall buildings there are no awnings so I was drenched before I hit the corner... Anyhow with brolly in tow I dashed between subways, streets, and spent the day indoors. First stop was the Jewish Museum on the upper east side (which was the location for exploring today). It had a wonderful history of Judaism with artefacts back to about 2000BC. Overall very modern and informative displays throughout - really fresh and not at all dull and dry. The Barbara Bloom exhibition was great use of the wonderful rooms of this splendid old home http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/barbara-bloom - the rooms were decorated with displays in the shapes of furniture for the room and some of the museum's thousands of pieces were inside these displays making beautiful shapes and colours for example dozens of the same religious artefact etc. The film displays also were very modern and exciting. I guess their principle is that lots of people are 'jews' but they still contribute to the arts in many ways - Gershwin, Barbara Streisand, of course the list goes on and on and on!

I walked past the Guggenheim to get there - just the most amazing building and didnt go in as I had been there before. The Cooper Hewitt which really is my favourite museum is still under renovation until 2014. These are all opposite the park - the stark leafless trees were a beautiful background to a soft dreary day so beautiful in their own right. Afternoon spent in the warmth and dry of Bloomingdales and home on the subway...