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This year’s Manhattan day trip

The past few years it seems like I only make it to New York City once or twice at best. I love going there, especially with the conveniently-priced NJ Transit option (which beats driving to New York by a nearly infinite margin).

Last week, in addition to satisfying my fixation on Central Park, I finally got around to visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Three hours spent exploring the museum on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, and I’m fairly sure I only saw 60 to 70% of the exhibits. Still a lot of fascination to be had. Click here for some photos.

Very cool trip…and the pix are great..I like the little sailboats in Central Park…beautiful time to go when the weather is nice.

I only get to NYC for special occasions, like concerts or shows. I’ve been to MOMA, but never the MET.
Nice pictures. Looks like you picked a perfect day.

I agree, the train is the deal of the century. I used to white-knuckle the whole trip, but the last couple of times I’ve used the train and the knuckles stayed pink the whole time.

Frank – the weather was spectacular (it was Saturday the 11th). We stopped and rested/napped on the bench right by the little boats. I wouldn’t want to live in Manhattan, but I would love to walk out my front door and be able to be in the midst of Central Park within a few blocks.

Anthony – I still have to see MoMA, and now that I’ve finally seen it, I can’t believe it took me this long to get to the Met.

And I’d probably never get to NYC if not for the $22 round trip fare. White knuckles are mostly reserved for those rare times I’ve had to drive there