The Cooper Hewitt

The biggest discovery in the New York part of this trip was the Cooper Hewitt Museum (thank you Dorothy).

The museum is in Carnegie's house on the Upper East Side (which was not the usual fashionable spot at the time):

Here's a video of a super cool clock they have:

Clip6 from sajorenna on Vimeo.

It's a delightfully fun design museum.

There's a coffee shop and seating too; perfect for an after visit break.

I love New York ... there's always something to see that I've never been to in previous visits.

The Train

I took the train to New York when I was done in D.C.  I figure what with security and getting from LaGuardia to the city it took about the same amount of time as a flight would have.

The station is nice.   Well, was once nice.  It's pretty chopped up now but there were some old style grand station bits still visible.

There was good people watching too.  I'm not sure how these stockings work, but they were impressive.

There was tagging along the way :)

More than anything else I was impressed by the number of states you cross on such a short train ride.  

D.C. (Kind of)

I was in Alexandria, Virginia for work last week.

Old Town is an interesting place.  I found this along King Street.  Non-sequitur does not even begin to describe it, I think:

I got to see Boy-child and meet his girlfriend.  (Yes, I like her very much!):

It was peak cherry blossom time but since I wasn't actually in D.C. and I was working, I had to make do with the available blossoms:

One thing I did discover that I want to go back to check out (I found it 1/2 hour before closing) is the Torpedo Factory:

The work part went well and I was glad I got to explore a bit.  Also, need I mention I went to my favorite Alexandria yarn shop?  They didn't have the Miss Babs I was looking for but I managed to find a few thinks I liked:

Colorful Stop

Spotted this while driving down the parkway yesterday :)

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