{"id":2812,"date":"2011-06-26T08:48:44","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T12:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/?p=2812"},"modified":"2013-09-02T22:09:25","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T02:09:25","slug":"summer_in_the_city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doubleperf.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/06\/26\/summer_in_the_city.html","title":{"rendered":"Summer in the City"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent a three-day weekend in New York City last week, which was a nice chance to see friends, catch some theater, explore the new High Line, and see a couple of movies. I was there to introduce a screening of Upstream<\/I><\/A> (which got a nice write-up on the New Yorker<\/I> blog<\/A>), and had some time to see the city as well. <\/p>\n

Lego lions at the New York Public Library:<\/p>\n

\"Lego<\/a><\/p>\n

Lunch at the Shake Shack, a must:<\/p>\n

\"Shake<\/a><\/p>\n

I went for a walk on the High Line south to north one day, to see the new section up to 30th St. that had just opened a week or so earlier, and then ran the length of it north to south on a weekday morning, which was a good deal quieter.<\/p>\n

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The new Elinor Bunin Monroe Film Center<\/A> at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, where I saw Page One<\/I>, the new documentary about the New York Times<\/I>.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_5927\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The nearby Upper West Side Apple Store, which is one great big massive room (note the vendor selling “I\u2022Touch”<\/A> accessories on the sidewalk:<\/p>\n

\"IMG_5934\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Frank Gehry’s 8 Spruce Street<\/A>:<\/p>\n

\"IMG_5968\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I walked across the Brooklyn Bridge on Monday morning to meet Paul for breakfast in Brooklyn. Seems the phenomenon of putting a lock with your name on it on a bridge<\/A> has made its way over from Paris\u2026<\/p>\n

\"IMG_5954\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"IMG_5958\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve apparently taken this picture before<\/A>.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_5964\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I did some research at the Municipal Archives in Lower Manhattan, and went by the massive construction site for the World Trade Center Memorial and Freedom Tower.<\/p>\n

\"Freedom<\/a><\/p>\n

I enjoyed seeing Bobby Cannavale and Chris Rock in The MF with the Hat<\/I>, and Brian and I had a bizarre, memorable time wandering through the rooms, halls, and passageways of Sleep No More<\/I><\/A>, a tough to describe but very enjoyable silent, interactive, film-noir-tinged re-telling of Macbeth<\/I>, in which masked audience members choose their own path through a massive building filled with cast members acting out the story. It sounds silly when put that way, but was an amazing experience. Think Shakespeare + Hitchcock + Eyes Wide Shut<\/I> + the Great American Songbook in a haunted version of The House on the Rock meets the original McSweeney’s Store. That’s about the size of it.<\/p>\n

I hadn’t been to New York since 2009; I know it’s been longer for Aimee, and Grace has never been. I can’t wait until we have a chance to bring her to New York; from Central Park to the High Line, I know she’ll love it.<\/p>\n

More photos here<\/A>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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