We are so artsy

One of my goals for our time here in NYC and for 2013 is to try new things.  Jaime is sure to make that easy but I also mean things like going to interactive art exhibits.

I saw some chatter about an interactive installation that looked really cool - a big huge room with swings that move a big huge piece of floaty fabric.  I thought it would be interesting to check out so added it to our calendar... where it got pushed back several times until its last weekend.  So I was adamant that the we go on that first Saturday of 2013.

We headed to the Upper East Side and then my face fell when I saw the line wrapping around the building of people waiting to get in.  Of course I was not so interested to wait in that long of a line.  But as we passed by the front door chatting about what we should do instead I saw that some people were getting to go right in... basically if you needed to buy your ticket you waited forever but if you already bought your ticket online you could go right in.  Thank you smart phones.  We promptly went to their website and bought our tickets while standing in front of the building and then showed the person our e-ticket and walked it.  Suckers waiting in line!

The exhibit was cool.  Dan wasn't impressed.  But it is hard to not enjoy it when there were so many people having fun, laughing, smiling.  We had a good time.  Jaime woke up from his nap and wondered where the hell did he go from sleeping in the carrier to being surrounded by people on swings. 

We waited in a short line to do the swings, which was entertaining, but there was no way I was waiting for the people camped out under the fabric to let go of a spot.  So that was that.  Our first interactive art installation. "We are so artsy."

As we walked back across the park we decided to make a stop at the Museum of Natural History to check out the Dinosaur Hall.

It was also a good spot for an afternoon snack.

They have so many dinosaurs!  It was really cool and I can't wait to take Jaime when he is older.  Which made us start talking about how long we will live here... will it be long enough for Jaime to remember?  I don't know.

Our first weekend of 2013 was a nice start to the year.

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