In the last year or so, of all my trips to NYC, I haven’t had the time to do some fun things non-work related. You know things like going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (aka, the Met). Wendy told me about this bamboo structure on the roof garden we had to check out, so yesterday we headed out to the grand museum. It wasn’t the first time I’ve visited, yet every time it’s like the first time. The grand rooms with beautiful sculptures. One of them the Temple of Dendur, an imported Egyptian temple housed in this grand atrium, it’s the stuff recurring dreams are made of.
There’s Wendy, she just bought this epic jigsaw puzzle we’re working on. 
I love the beautiful marble sculptures in the American Wing… here is a blind girl listening.
Watching artists draw from the Masters. Here is one particularly well-dressed artist, doing a very good job…
…of drawing this:
Here I am amongst bamboo, wearing a under.ligne dress given to me by Doo.ri last week. I’ve worn this dress three times in one week. It’s kind of crazy, but I love it that much.
On the roof garden!
Randomly awesome crown of deers heads. I’d call it ‘crown of horns’ but they’re technically antlers.
And of course we had to stop by the Cake & Shake truck outside. I had a salted caramel shake, Wendy had huckleberry. What is huckleberry?
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Now that we’ve had shakes, we need to go back and get cakes. And climb around the bamboo on that special tour.
Wow! I’ve been to the Met a million and one times, and I don’t think I”ve ever seen that bamboo structure on the roof. Definitely checking that out next time I’m there.
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Lol does salted caramel mean that the caramel is… salty? Never heard of it before.
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That dress is adorable! And so is that dapper artist man.
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How cute - you look great in these images. Always fun to check out the sculptures at the Met.
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you both look amazing!! i love that you photographed the well-dressed artist as well as the work he was drawing. how are people so talented?! p.s. the marble sculpture - the photo alone could bring me to tears!
p.p.s. huckleberry is like wolfberries or bearberries - they’re like fake berries, right? like the flavor “blue raspberry.” (actually, the huckleberry is the state berry of idaho.)
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The first time I went to New York, I went to the MET. It’s a beautiful place and inspiring. Museums are so much fun. I need to visit one in my hometown soon
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We went for 6 hours while I was there. I still need to go through all of my shots! The Bambu exhibit was very cool, but we didn’t get to do the special tour either.
It looks like you had a fabulous time! I wish I’d been along - I spent a lot of time at the MMA while working on my degree and it’s one of my favorite places in New York. I’ve found some awesome hidden treasures tucked away in its far reaches.
Huckleberries are related to blueberries, if I’m not mistaken.
I just had fresh huckleberries when I went to Idaho, and they are not fake (although they may use fake flavoring in shakes, I don’t know). They are a small purplish berry, more tart than a blueberry. They make great pies, sauces, toppings, and growing up (like in the 60’s and 70’s) my parents made a liquer and wine out of them. They are a delicacy in some place; I had a sprinkling of them once on something at Chanterelle in NYC. Even these days its a treat to get fresh-picked in Idaho. And now about YOU - you look so cute in these pictures!!
great photos! im so jealous, ive always wanted to go to the Met! you look great too, i love that dress, so summery and chic!
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Yes! I want that crown, then I can be ruler of the Bambis
looks like you had an amazing time!
I’ve been to the Met a couple of times and it’s always a magical and awe-inspiring place to visit. It’s one of those museums I could spend several days taking in. I love your dress too-I can totally see why you’ve worn it multiple times (I totally would too!
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great photos. and ooohhh cake truck!
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Your Hair looks fantastic in these shots! did you change it? I love the look on you.
you look amazing. love, love the dress!
Wow, I didn’t even know the MET had a rooftop garden! The pictures are beautiful, esp the one of the artist drawing the sculpture. I’m in awe that you got a dress from doo.ri, I was so impressed with her in the documentary about the CFDA contest. It’s so flattering and looks great on you
That under.ligne dress is such a perfect aesthetic pairing with the bamboo structure — like, they should have the dress modeled there and do a photo shoot! The pattern, the colors…
I’m glad you got out with a friend for a little fun you-time in NYC.
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I always feel sad when I see monuments or other ancient artifacts in museums outside their home country. I mean, even putting them in a museum is dislocating a cultural heritage from its surroundings and locking it up in a building - imagine shipping it! I am not saying this regarding Dendur, which is apparently a thank-you gift to USA from Egpt (which I still don’t understand, but anyways. giving a whole temple as a gift?!).
There are so many antiquities in western museums that belong to the eastern and southern cultures, I think visitors should always question how on earth these pieces are in that museum and even, ask the museums to return them back. why do western museums always have egyptian or greek sections? If these cultures have influenced them, isn’t it the same for the original host country? many developing countries have put these museums & countries on international court, asking them to return their cultural heritage home, which have been stolen mostly in the colonial era.
I know the counter-argument is “oh but now it belongs to humanity and it is well-preserved here”, but this means nothing, really. one small example. Every one knows Helen of Troy, right? Troy is in modern Turkey. Where is Helen’s treasure? in Moscow. why? the archeologist was russian and he gave it as a gift to his wife. she has pictures taken with it. Thousands of people go to Moscow museum to see it. This is not any way “normal” or there is no history-preservation concern. If a Da Vinci or Monet piece was stolen, interpol would be chasing the thieves, right? Do we say “but it belongs to humanity?” no, we don’t. Ancient history should not be any less valuable.
I know this might be a little too political for a fashion blog, but I am living in a country where museums are filled with small photos of temples and a sign which reads “original is in berlin/ london/ paris/ new york”. and supposedly we are in a region called “the cradle of civilization” - hımm, apprently the cradle is shipped, distributed, re-packed and re-marketed like a retail commodity - and sold!
so yes, it gives me blues. just wanted to remind that well, actually, these goodies belong to some other people’s culture and they are possibly longing for it. I’m not talking about political borders but peoples. one last thing - western culture sure has its own marvels to fill museums with, no need to import history or art.
The Met is wonderful. So glad you got to experience it. Excellent photos and… I want that dress!
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I love your dress so much it hurts!
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Those are such beautiful photographs, and you look really happy!
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Oh yay! I love this! The photos are amazing. You look gorgeous. And the dress is perfection!
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I adore the scale on these - nothing better than huge statues! It reminds me of the Carnegie Museum of Art here in Pittsburgh, where one of their ongoing exhibits is the Hall of Sculpture. They have tons of statues and a massive replica of the Greek Parthenon - unreal!
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LOVE your blog. Beautiful choices. I am swooning over the dress in the first picture!
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Beautiful pictures! Love the dress, the colors are amazing :]
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The Met is such a blast. Looks like you and Wendy enjoyed yourselves!
Two lovely ladies at the Met! What a fun afternoon that must have been! LOVE your hair and that antler crown!
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I love that roof top! It is amazing - i went up there when there was a huge gold balloon dog!
I went to NY about 3 years ago and tried to get into the Met but it cost $20 so i didn’t. (I was on a very tight budget). Now looking at your gorgeous photos, I wish I had. I’ll have to go for sure the next time I’m in NY.
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i had the pleasure of visiting the met myself this summer, and i agree, the egyptian exhibit was phenomenal! did you get to see the picassos?
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yey! what beautiful light and a lovely outing. and yey the Louche is still with you!
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oh this pictures are so uplifting and sunny!
I love them.
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You both look fantastic and looks like you both had a great time at the MET. I wish I had visited there when I went to NYC a few years ago. Loving your shoes too!
I like those shoots!! You are so nice and you show us what you see
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