autumn Saturday

Saturday was a perfect fall day. We thought we'd head to the Met for a few hours.

The day was sunny and cool.

Something exciting must be going on.

Ah, a parade! Nothing unusual for a Saturday, unfortunately.

Fifth Avenue is closed in preparation for the festivities.

Inside the Metropolitan Museum the flowers are abundant.

A quick visit to the rooftop sculpture garden.

Jeff Koons' work is on display at present.

This view is even better when the colors start to change.

This tiny Paul Klee watercolor reminds me a bit of one of Denyse Schmidt's new quilts.

Love the tile mosaics on the floor. Such tiny pieces. (Yellow shoes included for scale only. Not because my toes are manicured, by any means.)

The lighting in the south hall is so beautiful, soft and diffused.

Outside, everyone is having a terrific time.



I love national costumes. Too bad ours own country's costume is jeans and sneakers, apparently.

Time for lunch. It might as well be German/Austrian food, right? (One of my favorite lunch spots, by the way.)

Every room in the Neue Galerie is lovely. Even the gift shop.

Someone got hot chocolate. With whipped cream, no less.

I could easily spend an afternoon curled up with a book here, it's such a cozy spot.

Lots of "fancy hot dogs" on the menu. Tsia's favorite.

Oops. No photos from the subway ride home. I guess we were all too tired and sleepy from our lunch.