Chillin’ at the Met

July 15th, 2012 by ninja



Just before the moms (and babes) leave to their respective homelands for Summer Break, we got together with team Lee-Alto for a play date. Newly rising temperatures and humidity drove us inside … the Met. We briefly visited Cloud City on the roof, but no kids under 10 years of age (and no leather shoes) were permitted on the installation. Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations exceeded our expectations – especially the simulated conversations (directed by Baz Luhrmann). Tobin’s favorite were the knights, and all children loved chilling at the wishing fountain near the ever-popular Temple of Dendur.

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4 Comments

  1. euge responded on July 18th, 2012 at 8:30 pm


    we were there on saturday afternoon! but that was the nara-prime-defiance day.


  2. ninja responded on July 19th, 2012 at 10:03 am


    The heat got to all of us – lots of cranky moments in the past week. So glad we’re back in the ’80s for now.


  3. wendy responded on July 23rd, 2012 at 12:20 pm


    no leather shoes?


  4. Ninja responded on July 23rd, 2012 at 12:46 pm


    … or heels. The installation has some “invisible” glass or plexi levels to walk on. They were probably worried about scratches messing with the optical illusion of stepping out into thin air. Last year, they even required women to wear pants when climbing the bamboo structure so nobody could peek at their undies from the ground (…)