A Day in the Met

New York has enough to do to keep you busy for a life time, but when you only are trying to do a big weekend trip to the Big Apple, you've got to prioritize big time. The Met, was my number one priority. I hadn't been there since my twenties but every room was like walking through my college Art History textbooks. It wore me out pretty quickly so if I had to do it again, I'd start with the French Impressionists: there is so much good stuff there!  

I'd never done the historical American area before, but that's where you'll get gems like Madam X and Washington crossing the Delaware, both of which are bigger than I thought they'd be.

Luckily the Egyptian area is one of the easiest to access, which is wonderful! Be sure to watch "When Harry Met Sally" before you go so you can layer up on the historical value (cinematic history).

My husband and I skipped the armor from the Middle Ages, but that ended up being my son and his girlfriend's top stops. We ran through Oceanic and Greek, which was too bad because it deserves a deeper dive than we had time to devote to it. 

Other highlights of the trip included: Palm Sunday mass at Saint Patrick's Cathedral (I'm not Catholic, but it was special), Operation Mincemeat (amazing Broadway show), seeing the 100,000 people marching through Time Square for the No Kings rally, and walking through Central Park. We made sure to get bagels, pizza, a Ruben and a pistrami sandwich we'll we were there. There's no lack of tasty treats for the eyes and tummy in New York.