8 posts tagged “nyc”
Tuesday night I surprised Anil with a night at the Guggenheim Museum to celebrate our third anniversary. A never before and perhaps never again event, guests can spend a night (now sold out) at the Guggenheim Museum as part of Carsten Höller's Revolving Hotel Room installation. To make the whole experience even more surreal, the BBC was there to film a piece about the installation when we checked in [watch the BBC video].
Needless to say, it was a night we won't soon forget. Accompanied by a gallery guide, we were able to explore all six floors of the rotunda and theanyspacewhatever exhibit as its only guests. We got a peek into two of the galleries which are currently home to Catherine Opie's work, including Ice Houses and Surfers. And when it was time to turn in for the night, at our guide dimmed the museum lights, turned off the art (there are a couple of installations in the rotunda with sound), and we fell asleep as we and our room slowly revolved.
In the morning, the lights came on at 7:15 a.m. (as we requested the night before) and a continental breakfast was delivered to our room. We ate breakfast, took a few more photos to remember this experience by. We checked out before museum opening hours, exiting the staff entrance, and slipping back into the real world and the stream of New Yorkers starting another day.
My photos from our stay on Flickr
Needless to say, it was a night we won't soon forget. Accompanied by a gallery guide, we were able to explore all six floors of the rotunda and theanyspacewhatever exhibit as its only guests. We got a peek into two of the galleries which are currently home to Catherine Opie's work, including Ice Houses and Surfers. And when it was time to turn in for the night, at our guide dimmed the museum lights, turned off the art (there are a couple of installations in the rotunda with sound), and we fell asleep as we and our room slowly revolved.
In the morning, the lights came on at 7:15 a.m. (as we requested the night before) and a continental breakfast was delivered to our room. We ate breakfast, took a few more photos to remember this experience by. We checked out before museum opening hours, exiting the staff entrance, and slipping back into the real world and the stream of New Yorkers starting another day.
My photos from our stay on Flickr
"Without one eccentric Jewish immigrant from Transylvania, the New York City Marathon simply wouldn't exist. Judd Ehrlich's fun, loving, and inspirational tribute to the late Fred Lebow shows how one man's imagination and determination created one of the world's most popular sporting events." - Tribeca Film Festival
Hope I can catch this screening at the Tribeca Film Festival!
A rich lunch of sides at Blue Smoke: collard greens (a little too much pork/sweetness for me, am I actually saying that?), mac n' cheese, and hush puppies.
