The Met at night...

This evening after work I met up with, Julie, sales manager for John Derian, and we caught the #6 local subway to 86th Street and walked over to The Met. I keep forgetting that the best time to visit The Met is Friday and Saturday evenings as it is open until 8:45pm. The galleries are empty and it is quiet which is so nice after being surrounded by customers, or lack of, all day.

The Met has a table set up just inside the entrance where they check bags. I opened my bag and was let through, though Julie was stopped because she had a plastic bag of apples and pretzels from the Union Square Farmer's Market. No food or drink allowed, not even apples or pretzels in a bag! We didn't know what to do... I started to think of all our friends who live within walking distance of the museum that we could leave the bag with the doorman. A few people came to mind but it was so cold out that we decided to try and figure something else out... Julie ended up stashing her bag in a planter opposite the museum.

We walked back into the museum, had our bags checked again and were allowed to enter. We checked out the African textiles, Calder's jewelry exhibition (which I loved) and we took a half -hour spin through the Philippe de Montebello exhibition which was cool. We have to go back and spend more time there.