Sisters in the City

Last week while Jake was in Italy and I was lonely Alison hopped the bus from PA to NYC to spend the day with me, wander around The Metropolitan Museum of Art and take in the city's summer sights.

The moment I first arrived in New York I fell in love, hard. The kind of love that can't be defined. A devotional, passionate, irrational, loyal and sometimes unrequited love. I knew I had found home. I knew I could never leave. I knew I was in deep.

Alison, however, hasn't been as easy. New York has had to woo her. New York has had to work for her affection. And still, she strings my darling city along. Showing up for days at a time, smiling, wearing flirty dresses and then running off to Boston's quieter (and she claims, cleaner) streets.

I'm not offended. I'm not even defeated. Because I know little by little this city will make a New Yorker of her. It may take years, but just you wait one day she'll wake up with her heart in her throat and she'll know the only cure is to drive, bus or run her way back to this hustle and bustle. And an inexplicable calm will settle in her soul as cabs whiz by her and people push pass and buildings scrape the sky. Just you wait Alison Victoria, it will happen. How? you ask. Well, because New York City is magic.

^^The sculptures are always my favorite. Always^^

^^Museum feet^^

^^It started to drizzle while we were on the rooftop garden^^

^^Rooftop feet^^

^^We stumbled upon some wings of The Met I had never explored before that day^^

^^New Yorker: established - 2005^^

Jazz in the Himalayas

On Friday night Jake played at the Rubin Museum of Art with the Roy Assaf Trio in the museum's live music series: Jazz in the Himalayas. I had never been to the Rubin Museum before Friday night; neither had Jake. As I was running out the door, my phone lit up with a text from said husband that read "You're going to love this place!" He was right.

The gleaming cherrywood-lined performance space is acoustically and aesthetically glorious. The museum asks the musicians to visit the Rubin ahead of time, view the Himalayan art, become inspired and allow this inspiration to influence their musical performance.

I was left inspired. The Trio was fantastic. They are so connected while performing - they seem to finish each other's musical thoughts. A true collaboration... Now, I am not a jazz critic, but what strikes me most about Roy, Raviv and Jake, besides their innate talent as musicians, is their ability to embrace the complexity of their music and present it as one fluid comprehendible thought. I never felt lost. Each solo was clear, concise and creative. But don't take my word for it, listen here. 

Besides being a fantastic museum the museum is a self proclaimed serai, a stopping, shopping, eating place; a museum shop in motion. There is a restaurant, full bar and the food isn't the only thing drool worthy... the shop is incredible. I could have dropped a grand in ten minutes flat. But, instead I took pictures. For singles out there: this is an incredible first date location. For the lovers out there: this is an incredible 1000th date location. Hope you visit soon!

^^Late night, date night candle light and flower pickin'^^