Coney Island and the MoMA

Yesterday I made my way out to Coney Island. I couldn't leave the city without seeing it. It was great! It was both crappy and fantastic, and I think that's why people love the place. I can only imagine what it was like visiting it in the early 1900s...The subway ride took like 45 minutes to get out there, and once there you are greeted with a main avenue with tacky shops and boarded up buildings. Well, mostly boarded up except for Nathan's famous hot dogs! And yes I did have a chili dog with fries and a lemonade. The boardwalk was actually quite large, with many rides at different areas, and the beach was actually pretty nice. (Granted the sand was pretty trashy, but the water was fairly clear.) I didn't ride any rides, I really didn't feel like it, but I had a great time none the less.

Today I decided to check out the MoMA. It was really great! I wish that Roy and I had gone there when he was here because he would have liked it so much more than the MET. There wer so many famous pieces of art there, I really couldn't believe it. I think I liked it more than the MET becuase it just had art, not artifacts. And while I was walking there this morning there were all these people grouped outside of these movie trailers waiting to catch a glimpse of one of the girls filming the Sex and the City movie. Well I didn't pay this any mind, because while I love watching celebrity exploiting shows like E! and Entertainment Tonight, I'm not going to waste my time waiting around to maybe see someone. So, I went in and spent like 2 hours walking through the museum, and then when I was done, I got some delicious falafel from a cart and sat down across the street to eat it (since there were benches and trees and cool breezes) So, I'm sitting there eating my falafel with no crowds to bother me, and who comes walking by? none other than Charlotte York, aka Kristin Davis, and Miranda Hobbes, aka Cynthia Nixon. There were dressed in their movie finery and were escorted by bodyguards. There were a couple of people who tried to say hello, but they were whisked away and that was the extent of my celebrity siting of the day. Pretty exciting! I'll have to do a count of all the celebs I've encountered before I leave, but I've got 2 more days, so we'll see who I can scrounge up!