I mentioned before that one of the reasons that we came to New York was for Josh to go to a conference for work. That was going to happen the 4th day in of the trip. I was dying to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and I am SO slow at art museums (love art) it is best for me to go alone. Josh helped me figure out how I was going to get to the Met from our hotel, but I have to admit, I was so nervous about taking the subway alone and then walking through Central Park alone (The Met was on the other side of the park).
Luckily I was nervous for nothing. It wasn't a big deal (I used to take the Metro in D.C. every day to work and never thought anything of it...) and I got there fine and loved my walk through the park.
The last time I went to NY, I wanted to go to the Met so badly, but it just didn't end up happening so I was so excited this time.
In my nervousness to get on my way, I forgot to bring my camera, so I took some crummy pics with my phone. These are a few of the things I loved.
They had some really neat rooms that were decorated in different periods.
I loved all of the pieces that were everywhere. As I mentioned, I am so slow in art museums, I just want to take in every detail, so by the time I left I didn't even scratch the surface of The Met. It was SO HUGE and so fun to go through.
This was my favorite piece of art that I saw that day. This grainy, dark picture can't even do it justice. Just standing in front of it totally brought me into it. Maybe a print one day... The French paintings were definitely my favorite of the day.
There were so many of these gorgeous porcelain pieces and I was in love with the creamy whites and the bold colors, not to mention the elephant heads :)
That afternoon my parents flew in to meet us for the rest of the trip. I was so lucky that they could come and explore the city with me while Josh was in meetings.
That night we took them to try out The Shake Shack, this time the one close to our hotel :) It really was that good and Josh and I were dying to go back.
That night we went to a Yankees game. The first MLB baseball game I ever went to was a Yankees game the last time I went to NY. My dad grew up a big Yankees fan and it rubbed off on me. Josh and I adopted them as one of our two family baseball teams (Diamondbacks being the other...we had to have one for both leagues, and the D-back are easy to go see...)
The last time I went to a game, they didn't have this gorgeous stadium. We were so excited to see it.
It did not disappoint!
It really was such a good game. The Yankees ended up winning in a nail biter at the end. We had such a blast!
And you HAVE to have some popcorn, peanuts or Cracker Jack...its a must.
All in all Day 4 was another amazing day!
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