FASHION DISTRICT AND MAD

IWe meant to have an easy day today, and because neither of us felt very good, it was an incredibly easy day.  Question:  why is this woman wearing a hospital gown on the subway?  

We started our day by going to the fashion district to look at the fabric stores for interesting trim.  I finally decided  that what I was looking for simply didn't exist.  However, I found two stores that sold essentially nothing but zippers!  These pictures are just a small portion of all the zippers and zipper accessories! that are available in this one store.  (Accessories not pictured, use your imagination.)

I had planned to do this trip by myself because I usually get annoyed when John stands around looking bored, but I this case, he didn't want to leave my side.  One of the interesting things we ran into was some guys selling trim out of cartons on the street.  (After looking at this picture, I wonder what happened to my hair.  There was no breeze.  I think I was having a Woody Woodpecker moment.  

Our plan was to go to the fabric shops, then go to the Museum of Art and Design, MAD, one of my faves.   But we spent more time than expected at fabric shops, and then of course had to have lunch, one of those chores that in my opinion takes up a needless amount of time, and by the time we got to the museum it was about 3 pm.  The museum is across the circle from Trump Tower, so I had John take my picture wearing my "I'm with Her" pin.  

Not that you can't enjoy this museum in a short time, but we got lucky.  The sign on the door said that Thursday night was pay-what-you-want night at 6 p.m., so we decided to bag the concert we were going to go to tonight,went by the Farmers market near Lincoln Center,

then went up to Barnes and Noble and browsed for awhile, and then went back to the museum at 6.  It was an interesting exhibit about coral reefs, (they had crocheted coral) plus another exhibit of modern porcelain. 

But all in all,there were only about 200 objects to view, so I was kind of glad we didn't pay full price.  They had the other two floors of the museum closed.   Pictures:  four years of trash saved by one family.  Coral crocheted out of plastic bags.  Coral more natural colors, crocheted from wool and acrylic yarns.  

Here's the modern porcelain. 

 I'm really sorry we missed the Parthenia viols, but they were in the village which is often a difficult place for us not to get lost for some reason.  On the other hand, I had bought some nice salmon so we had dinner with Martha.