So today I went to Brooklyn. My goal was to get to the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens before noon...there is no admission fee before noon. However, it took forever to get there on the train...and I was walking in the gates right at noon. But, they still were letting people in for free, woohoo! So I walked around the gardens there. It was nice, but I think I'm just really spoiled from spending so much time at MoBot....
I walked around there for awhile, and found this overlook walk with lots of shady benches. It was nice and breezy so I decided to sit down for awhile and knit and enjoy the day.
Next I walked right around the corner to the Brooklyn Museum. I didn't know anything about it except that it was a cool Beaux Arts building, but I figured what the hell. The Brooklyn Museum kicked the ass of the Queens Museum of Art....the main exhibit right now is some japanimation stuff that I didn't pay to see. An exhibit I did see was by Ghada Amer....very interesting embroidery on canvas contrasting images of Disney princess and porn. I've never seen art like it, that's for sure. The highlight was the decorative arts area. They had a beautiful Stickley desk, and of course my favorite, a pair of Tiffany glass windows.
I asked a guy at the museum if there was anywhere close with an area of interesting shopping, so he sent me to 7th Ave in Park Slope. I didn't wander a whole lot, but I found a knitting shop where I once again bought sock yarn. By this time it was getting later, and I decided to go ahead home, so I got on the train. By the time the train surface to cross whatever bridge I crossed back into Manhattan (maybe the Manhattan bridge?) it was absolutely pouring....to the extent that I could hardly see the Brooklyn Bridge right next to the bridge I was on. I was grateful to already be on the train.
There are still other things I'd like to do in Brooklyn, but they will require more planning...I want to tour the Brooklyn Brewery, and look around Prospect Park some more. But I intend to go see Beth Orton for free at the park in 2 weeks, so maybe that will be another Brooklyn Saturday.
Now I'm home, guess I'm going to make dinner and watch my Netflix dvd (27 dresses) and sock knitting.
The lily ponds and conservatory at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens.
Overlooking the gardens from the spot I sat to knit. There were people getting wedding pictures taken in the rose garden.
Brooklyn Museum. It was a pretty cool looking building, but they had built this crazy ugly modern entrance below the pretty Beaux Arts facade....what were they thinking?
Tiffany glass, part 1 of 2. I sat on the floor to take this, and people probably thought I was crazy. This was just beautiful...the way the glass was layered in the waterfall part actually made it look like running water. My blurry suppressed flash picture hardly does it justice.
Tiffany glass, part 2 of 2. Both of these windows were originally in some church in Brooklyn. I like how this one makes it actually seem like light is shining through the trees. Did I mention I like Tiffany glass?
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