MoMA Day!

In the morning, we took a trip to Grant's tomb. It was big... really big. And marble. That's about it. More interesting than Grant's tomb was the much smaller and more depressing "Tomb of the Amiable Child" which is on the same site as Grant's tomb. Evidently a young area boy fell of the cliff by the river and died there. They buried him at the site and called him only "The Amiable Child".  But, enough of that boring stuff...let's talk about the Museum of Modern Art. It was magnificent! There was a Cindy Sherman exhibit that was absolutely fantastic and made my brain want to explode. I saw 'The Starry Night' and huge paintings by Monet as well as a painting by Mark Rothko. Everything I saw awed me. It was a great visit, though I could probably spend much more time and a TON of money in the gift shop. On the way back to the hotel, Nicole and I stopped to buy some prints from an artist outside (photo below). Tomorrow is our last day. :( I am excited to get home and see my family, but I will definitely miss the city.

The artist who spray painted Metro Maps and made them uber cool!

The tombs of Grant and his wife, complete with fake red, white and blue carnation wreaths.

From the bottom of the tomb looking up.  They put them low in the floor so that you had to "bow" to see them.