Lovely cool and sunny weather yesterday, until it started raining moderately, which was fine with me, having worn my new raincoat just in case. We went to the Cloisters, but didn't leave until noon because Molli wasn't ready. The cloisters was lovely, especially the walk through fort tryon park to get there from the end of the subway. But it was a little smaller than I expected and I was starting to get hungry. There was a modest cafe there, but Amelia was planning to leave work to have lunch with us. We grabbed on sandwich and a couple drinks and hopped a bus downtown. The iphone is really handy in ny and other cities. There are apps that tell you the best way to get somewhere from where you are now. I used to have to walk out of my way a lot, just to figure out where I was. And of course, you can read about restaurants and find the one you want in a convenient neighborhood.

In this case, Amelia chose a Thai restaurant for us. We changed to an express train subway and beat her there. After lunch, we all headed back uptown to the rest of the Metropolitan museum of art. It was 4:30 when we got there, but we had already paid at the cloisters. There was an exhibit on guitar-mskign, which especially interessted Adrian, since he did that for a couple years before going to college. Then he wanted to see famous paintings by Picasso and Dali, so we found our way to modern art. He was having his picture taken with all the famous paintings. As Molli said, they must do a better job of teaching about culture in other countries. Sadly, they began closing that section of the museum before we were done there. We wandered past roman statues, and Adrian had his picture taken with some of his favorite philosophers.

We were pretty tired, especially amelia, who is burning her candle at both ends, staying up late and doing dishes, being a good host, and getting up early and going to work. As we were leaving the museum, after a brief visit to the gift shop, people were streaming in. It was a special event, the museum mile, where a dozen museums along fifth avenue were open from 6-9--free! Too bad we did not know and plan. However, the Met was not reopening the modern art section. And Adrian really wanted to buy shoes, especially sneakers.

So, we walked along in the rain and went into a shoe store, great selection, good prices. He bought boots and dress shoes, but didn't find sneakers he liked. Another shoe store was down the street, but Ray and I chose to go back to the apartment. They came much later, but mostly because they stopped at the grocery store.

For supper, we had crackers and cheese and chips and guacamole, and more birthday cake and ice cream. And veggies and dip. I had gone light at lunch, so ate quite a bit. We played some Mille bornes, although 3 teams is pretty slow going, and left at midnight.