On Thursday I went up to The Cloisters which are: ""Located on four acres overlooking the Hudson River in northern Manhattan's Fort Tryon Park, the building incorporates elements from five medieval French cloisters--quadrangles enclosed by a roofed or vaulted passageway, or arcade--and from other monastic sites in southern France. Three of the cloisters reconstructed at the branch museum feature gardens planted according to horticultural information found in medieval treatises and poetry, garden documents and herbals, and medieval works of art, such as tapestries, stained-glass windows, and column capitals. Approximately five thousand works of art from medieval Europe, dating from about A.D. 800 with particular emphasis on the twelfth through fifteenth century, are exhibited in this unique and sympathetic context."

Rosie running around the Thomkins Dog Park on the Lower East Side.

The C train.

Hanging on Dave's stoop on Thursday night on West 87th.

On Friday I went to ROAM3 at The Met. ROAM is run by Phil Terry and is for alo the folks in his Reading Odyssey group. It was a great evening.

Pat, the co-founder of the Reading Odyssey welcoming everyone.

Phil giving his introductory talk.

The Spiderman section of the Superheroes Exhibit. Cool stuff.

A sketch of "Ugolino and his sons" by Jean Baptiste Carpeaux 1860-1862.

Elizabeth and I.

It was then on to cocktails.

Then we had a nice dinner in the Members Dining Room.

Richard Talbert speaking to the group on why the "classics" matter to us today and what we can learn from them. Great stuff.

Andre speaking to the group on the same topic.

After dinner we walked out of the Museum when it was empty. It was very cool.

On Saturday Dave and I took the subway to Brooklyn then walked across the Brooklyn bridge.

The Statue of Liberty.

Lunch at Ellen's Stardust Dinner was alot of fun with the singing waitresses.

The Big Apple Circus the day after Thanksgiving.

A crowd at a corner the day after Christmas.

St. Patrick's cathedral

Rockefeller Center

Margot hanging at Swarvoski