Hello all - Tamara's mention of a hospitality house near the Metropolitan Museum for those who want to go soak up the goods of the Ratti Center (yes, catching up on digests here), prompts me to relate an experience. I arrived at the doors of the Met last week hoping to spend a good part of the afternoon just wandering about. But I didn't get in the doors at all since they no longer allow any luggage in the building. (Someone could do quite a business opening a luggage check room in a nearby building -- the hotel across the street wouldn't accept it either.)
Mind you I had just come from the Asia Society Museum and went on to the Natural History Museum with an overnight bag on wheels in tow. >From now on, I will just call before visiting a museum to see if I can check a suitcase along with a coat. (The terrorists have won another round, IMHO.) If I had been closer to my hotel I would have left it there for the day, but it wasn't convenient to go back there before getting the train. On a brighter note, for those in the NYC region, I highly recommend a visit to the Asia Society Museum - don't miss the orientation area which one can mistake for a simple seating area near the cafe. The current exhibit on Asian games is absolutely wonderful on many levels: evolution of games, cross cultural comparisons and the objects themselves. There were several examples of textile game boards for the game which became Parcheesi (in the US). Seen out of context, they would simply look like embroidered cloth, but seen in the exhibit they were certainly a "map" for game pieces. And, while I'm at it, I'll also recommend the museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) at 27th and Broadway -- free and open late several evenings during the week (to 8:00 pm). There may not be lace on display but there's always something interesting. regards! Lorraine (in Albany, NY, where we had surprising Thanksgiving thunderstorms yesterday) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
