MET Museum

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Sept 5th, 2009


Trip to MET - We wanted to visit museums and spend some unplanned time in NYC for sometime. Came across this Museums on Us by Bank of America, which included free admission to some museums on the first weekend of every month. It worked out well for this labor day weekend and we decided to got to MET along with Raji's friends from Philly.

Parked our car in Journal Sq and took the PATH and Metro to reach 86th street and walked couple of blocks to reach MET. Headed straight to Cafetaria :) Had good pricey food. Controlled our temptation to have a nap (!?) in the nearby Central Park and strolled through the museum.. Of all the pieces, we have to mention our appreciation of the Modern Art section! Man, do they put thoughts in modern art in the name of art! I will leave it at that...

Real highlight was a supposedly first painting of Michelangelo.

We were really tired after more than 3 hours in MET. Decided to call it a day, headed back to Jersey City, had good food at the Dosa Hut, did some shopping in Patel's and drove back home..

Food at Dosa Hut was really good, especially the Pav Bhaji Dosa. Reminded us of the one from Balaji Bhavan in Houston, but much better and less oily. Bhatura was oily, but the samosa chat and masala idlis were really good too. Price was very reasonable too..

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