NYC, October 9-11, 2012

Highlights:

• The Cloisters, especially Campin's Annunciation Tryptich
• The Metropolitan Museum, especially de la Tour's The Penitent Magdelen
• Dinner at the Tavern on Jane -- Lillian's Cobb Salad: grilled chicken, gorgonzola, bacon, red peppers, bacon, tomato & egg 
• Dinner at L'Ecole -- Braised Octopus (sic) with herbed crispy polenta, tomato chutney, olives, squid ink (sic) foam; Mustard Crusted Lamb Loin with sautéed mushrooms, cabbage ragoût, pearl onions, garlic mashed potatoes; Warm donut with handmade espresso ice cream.

Low lights:

• A traffic jam on I-95 that turned our 4 1/2 hour trip north into a 7+ hour trip
• A.R. Gurney's new play, Heresy, at the Flea Theater.  A bad play, badly performed. 
• I had hoped to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge one morning and to visit the Tenement Museum at some point.  I wasn't able to do either.  Next time.