Oh, I've Done That: October 2011

Hello friends! I know, I know, we are the worst. It has been FOREVER since our last post. But it's not because we don't love you, it's not you, it's us. But we're hoping to make it up to you with a BRAND NEW POST! Let's go!

72. Go Museum Hopping in NYC
A few weeks ago Jamie, Becky and I traveled to New York City to check out a few of the museums. Jamie has been to pretty much every museum in the tristate area, but Becky and I had never been to the Museum of Modern Art and Becky had never seen The Met. So we figured we would check it out and make a post out of it!

So we hopped on a train from Jersey and headed to the city so nice, they named it twice!

When we reached the city we headed right to MoMA. Now the three of us have extensive artistic backgrounds, Jamie went to an all girls' art school, Becky majored in Art Conservation and now works at two galleries, and I minored in Art History at school, so we're kind of nerds when it comes to museums. Seeing the famous pieces that you learned about up close and personal is a surreal experience. When you study a painting you're told the dimensions, but they're just numbers until you actually see how huge some of these canvases are.

Exhibit A

What I'm trying to say is, you don't have to be an art nerd to appreciate a museum! And a trip to a museum doesn't have to be boring! Especially at MoMA, most pieces are anything but boring. (Fun Fact: If you go to/went to a SUNY school and have your school I.D. you can get into the MoMA for free!)

The MoMA also had a piece you could interact with. Carlito Carvalhosa's "Sum of Days" is a labyrinth of soft, translucent material that visitors walk through. Above their heads are several microphones that record the ambient noise, and then the following day the recordings from previous days are played quietly from speakers around the room. We got to walk through and touch the exhibit and essentially become part of the piece.

Jamie wanted to sing so the people the following day could hear
our wonderful voices. We didn't go along with it.

The Go Getters looking ponderous.

And for good measure I'm adding this to the list because come on, this is pretty freaking cool.

73. See Starry Night by Van Gogh

Fun Fact: Becky's laptop has a Starry Night sticker on it.

After the MoMA we had some time before The Met closed and Becky had to experience it. But first Jamie had to eat a genuine NYC dirty water dog.

When we got to The Met we sort of had to run through it to reach our ultimate goal: to see the Anthony Caro sculptures on the roof. But Becky was able to snap some pictures and at least experience a little bit.

Then it was up to the roof! Luckily we had a beautiful day, if not a little windy.

This is how Jamie explains art.

Becky looks like a regular NYC native here.

We were sad to have to leave, but we'll be back in NYC soon doing even more fun things! More to come on that, so keep your eyes peeled! Annnddd we have REALLY exciting news that should be finalized before the end of this week. I won't spoil the surprise but another post about it should be coming up soon.

In other news: Oh, I've Done That is one year old! Thank you to everyone who has been there from the beginning and welcome to the new people we seem to get every day! We hope you've enjoyed our posts, because we REALLY enjoy doing all of these cool things! And don't forget, we take suggestions and would even love to help you cross things off of your bucket list!

This is the Go Getters signing off...