Summer Arts Challenge 1: MOMA (and a celebrity sighting!!)

My first museum of the challenge was MOMA, for two reasons. First, Ricky's office is right by there so I can pick him up after work. Second, MOMA is the only museum that is open so late on a Friday, because it has Target free Friday nights. Since I got to the city at around 4PM I didn't have too many choices.

The Celebrity Sighting
I decided to take the 33r St. line, and change for the V train at 23rd St, which would take me to 53 and 5th, just half a block from MOMA. The sky was clouding up as I went into the PATH, and I knew it was going to rain, but museums are indoors, what better entertainment destination during a storm? Sure enough, as I waited on the platform for the V train, fellow passengers stumbled in with wet umbrellas, it had started to pour outside! After two F trains passed, I finally got onto the V train.

The train was pretty empty...I found a seat and sat and it was then that I noticed, sitting diagonally across from me (facing my direction) was Kiefer Sutherland! Kiefer Sutherland on the V train! I was pretty excited... and started debating many options of action in my head.

Choice 1: Go talk to the guy and ask for a photo. I had my camera in my bag, ready for use, but did I have the courage to walk up to Jack Bauer in a subway train? How would he react?

Choice 2: Sneak a photo of him with my camera phone. So, being somewhat chicken, I thought, maybe...I can pretend to be playing a game on my phone! But then, I know celebrities hate that stuff, and if he catches me, what if he gets pissed and berates me on the train? Hmmm...

Choice 3: Do nothing, and just sneak glances at him while pretending to read a book. Keep the excitment to myself with the camera in my head.

As I pondered my choices and wondered why Kiefer Sutherland would be riding the subway in the first place, we arrived at 42nd St, Bryant Park, which apparently was Kiefer Sutherland's stop. With his back turned to me, waiting to get off, I stared at the man's back, no longer needing to sneak glances...oh well, maybe next time.

I called Ricky as soon as I got off my stop at 53rd to tell him that I saw Jack Bauer on the subway. Of course he asked whether I talked to the guy and I said...of course not, that would be weird. But all the time, it was my second celebrity sighting in NYC and although all the action took place inside my head, it was fun. :)

MOMA

So the Museum of Modern Art is a pretty amazing place. I was just there about 3 weeks ago, but there was still so much I hadn't seen because I just got too tired from walking. The same happened this time, after 2 hours or so of modern art appreciation, my feet were tired and I was ready to meet Ricky for dinner.

This time, I enjoyed works by such famous artists: Andy Warhol, Frank Gehry, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Vincent Van Gogh, and many others...

As I snapped pictures of the artwork, I started to make a game of capturing myself reflected in the various "reflective" works of art, here are some photos I took. For more, go to my Flickr page.