Hey, Must be the Monet
Posted on Saturday, November 5th, 2005 at 23:05.
Arthur and I are visiting Stephanie‘s family in New Jersey this weekend. Steph’s family is super nice. They are wonderful mid-westerners stuck in stuck-up northeast. New Jersey is an interesting place. It has a large backyard, a hot tub, and coated garage floor that will help its resale value.
This morning, we awoke, waited for Stephanie to make her hair pretty, enjoyed the fine offerings of Bagel Barn, and “went into the city” (this is New Jersey speak for New York City) via train. This was my first experience on a commuter train. Nice to know that all rail systems aren’t like the MBTA.
MoMA and the Apple Store SoHo were on our hit list. I wanted to visit Nick Rhodes‘ gallery too, but time did not allow.
MoMA is a different type of art museum, but they have the same witchy guards that will yell at your mere thought of moving within a foot of any piece of art. Most of the art was… kinda lame. Simple geometric shapes, near solid color canvases, and flicks of paint over and over and over and over again are lame. However, there was a 40-speaker 40-channel sound installation of choral music that was one of the most amazing pieces of art I have ever experienced. I can appreciate art aesthetically, intellectually, but this piece touched me spiritually. There was also a red light wall that had a similar effect.
The Apple Store SoHo looked like MoMA, only with functional and somewhat affordable art. (Then again, there was an iBook and iPod on display in MoMA.) I played with the new iPod with video. The touchpad is… awkward? The squished white bevel with the original chrome back bevel looks awkward. The screen, however, is gorgeous and video playback is smooth. Maybe it was the display headphones, but the audio seemed more pronounced as well.
Every time I visit New York City, I feel that Boston should be ashamed. Its subway is nicer. The city is more exciting. The people are more beautiful. The culture is richer.
Anyhoo, I am so glad to have escaped Boston for the weekend with such wonderful people!
You do know that New Jersey is not part of New England????
Didn’t know that. But now I do. Thanks.
The graphics and layout of your blog are great. Good job.
I don’t know, I like New York and all…used to live 15 minutes over the border in Jersey, in fact. But I remember a point in time when Boston was good enough. Maybe its just the fact that you’re visiting New York, and not actually living there. I think you’ll come to find there are just as many issues with the subway in New York as there are on the T. (o: