So now back to the US!
When I say New York City, I mean Manhattan. The other boroughs are practically other cities to me. Going to Queens is a day trip. Going to Brooklyn as well. As for the Bronx, I haven't thought of a reason to go there (I went once to the zoo), and I've never been to Staten Island (no reason to go either). This year however, one of my best friends moved to Brooklyn, so I've visited more often.
I went to the Brooklyn Museum, which has 5 floors and some interesting exhibits. Some paintings were just stupid, like a painting of a bathroom sign (the female figure that marks women's restrooms). One painting was enormous, perhaps 8 feet tall, and it was just a yellow dot on a red background (or maybe a red dot on a yellow background). I guess I'm not a professional artist, but isn't that a waste of such a big canvas? I mean, couldn't that be demonstrated on something smaller? There were some really amazing pieces as well--my favorite was of Niagara falls. There were also some beautiful pieces of stained glass.
Unlike a lot of the other art museums I've been to, this museum had some quirky exhibits, like a bunch of skateboards, or rooms from different time periods, or collections of weirdly designed furniture. That was pretty cool. The first floor has a lot of ancient artwork from Egypt, China, India, Cambodia and Thailand. They had some Islamic art too, and a room with mummies. There was a special room devoted to "feminist art," which had artistic depictions of the vaginas of famous women, such as Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, and Hillary Clinton, etc.
Apparently once a month there are also parties in the museum, so perhaps I will go check that out.
Aside from the museum, there is a nice farmer's market (where most things are vegan and organic). I bought a walnut pudding bread--it was just okay.
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