Belated pictures from my trip to New York over Memorial Day weekend. Kendra and I rode a bus up to visit Andy, who made the leap to the Big City to work for the Gray Lady. No, we are not jealous.
A clearer view of "Balloon Dog (Yellow)" by Jeff Koons, one of his three pieces on the Roof Garden of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Andy got us in free with his New York Times ID. No, we are not jealous.
"Sacred Heart (Red/Gold)": I liked it cuz it was red. That's Central Park in the background.
This one was just whack. From the Met's Web site:A page from a Winnie the Pooh coloring book featuring Pooh’s companion Piglet was the genesis of "Coloring Book." Koons took a magic marker to the page and colored in various zones; in the fabrication of the sculpture, he removed Piglet from the composition, which resulted in this abstraction rendered in cheerful pastel colors.
Lobby of the new New York Times building. This is an installation titled "Movable Type," which consists of little screens that show words that have appeared in the Times or on its Web site. This story has way better pictures, plus a video! No, we are not jealous.
Of course, no Wu travelogue would be complete without some food porn. Giant Chinese chicken salad about to crush my head! Just down the street from Andy's apartment in Hell's Kitchen. No, we are no jealous.
French toast the size of your head! Courtesy of Landmarc in Tribeca. They call it "pain perdu," literally "lost bread." Soaked overnight in eggy goodness. No, we are not hungry anymore.In all seriousness, I'm perfectly happy not living in New York and working at the Times. I would have loved it in my wanton 20s, but Washington has treated me pretty well. And it's not like I'm working at a rag. Yet.
