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[wshaffer]

Well, I arrived back from New York on Sunday night. I find that when I come back from a big trip, I feel like I shouldn't post anything until I've written a giant huge trip summary. Which I rarely have time to do in the hustle and bustle of returning from a trip. So, here's an abbreviated trip summary, which is probably better anyway.

Spent a lot of time just hanging out with my sister and my niece. Niece is 9 months old now, getting ready to walk imminently, and is the cutest thing ever. She loves books, and my iPod, which should prove, if there was any doubt, that she is my niece.

Got together for dinner and chat with brewsternorth, which was fun. I think I've convinced my family that I'm part of an organized international cabal of Doctor Who fans, and that in any major city in the world, there's someone I can call on for a cup of tea and a bit of gossip about when the next special is airing. This is actually not too far from true, except that I'm not quite so energetic a networker as to have every major city covered.

Visited three musuems: The Frick Collection, the Morgan Library, and the Natural History Museum. The Frick is really wonderful for portrait painting and 18th century French stuff. It also features an unintentionally (?) hilarious audio commentary on the paintings - I just about lost it when the commentator said that Holbein's painting of the drapery of Thomas More's velvet sleeves "makes one go weak in the knees". It was nice drapery, but my knees were solid. Art historian kink, I guess?

The Morgan Library has an amazing collection of illuminated manuscripts, and other interesting oddities like copies of letters from T.S. Eliot to old school friends. But really, I think the illuminated manuscripts are the draw.

The Natural History Museum is too big a place to see all of in one visit. The dinosaurs and early mammals were my favorite of the stuff we saw.

Visited a lot of bookstores - Books of Wonder was my new discovery this trip. A selection of children's books that will satisfy the kid in everyone. Plus cupcakes.

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[mrissa.livejournal.com]

We have a lovely kids' bookstore you could visit, but it has no cupcakes. On the other hand, it has awesome Vietnamese fusion food two doors down and fabulous ice cream and sorbet up the block. And you know I am to be trusted on the subject of frozen goodness.

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

Yay! *waves* Also, happy belated birthday.

And yes, I need to revisit the Morgan Library. I've not been there since they virtually rebuilt it, and I'd like to. *plots*

[wshaffer.livejournal.com]

Since I don't actually eat cupcakes myself, Vietnamese fusion food and ice cream sound like good trades to me.

Daniel and I have agreed that a trip to your neck of the woods is something we need to make happen on the sooner side of sooner or later. Possibly for next year's Fourth Street convention, if there is one, but if that doesn't work out, we'll contrive another reason.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

There will be 4th St. next year. We have dates (June 25-27), and we have a concom.