AMANDA'S BASKETS: WALKING AROUND LINCOLN CENTER

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

WALKING AROUND LINCOLN CENTER

As promised, here's a brief Lincoln Center tour. The American Folk Art Museum is across the street from the Lincoln Center Complex...

If you look, you can see the Alice Tully Hall at the top of the diagram. Here's what it looks like from across the street in front of the museum...

It's quite an impressive building...

Walking into the large open area where the fountain is located, the building in front of you is the Metropolitan Opera House...

The building you see to the right of the Opera House is the David Geffen Hall which used to be the Philharmonic Hall, then named the Avery Fisher Hall and now renamed the David Geffen Hall

The fountain in the center of the area is quite dramatic.,,

Facing the front of the Opera House, to the left is the David H. Koch Theater...

Walking between the Opera House and the Geffen Hall, you come upon the terrace with an area for seating and enjoying the day, studying, eating lunch, etc. This is what it looks like as you enter the area...

You are also facing the Juilliard School of Music...

Walking to the back of the area you pass the Opera House Store and in the back left corner you will find the New York Public Library of Music.

Looking back towards the Geffen Hall, this is what the green area looks like close-up. And let me tell you, those chairs are very comfortable...

I love the art work in the reflecting pool next to this terrace. It's Henry Moore's sculpture called "Reclining Figure'...

Walking back out to the center area and looking across in front of the Opera House, this is what you see...

You will notice the umbrella covered tables and another area for sitting under the trees.

Whether you visit and attend one of the many offerings at Lincoln Center or simple walk around the area, it's a treat to enjoy and savor.

Today has been cold, damp and dark. Not a day to go walking. It took a while for me to warm up yesterday after walking from the subway home in the cold rain.

Tomorrow is another cloudy day but Friday promises the best day of the week. Unfortunately, the weekend forecast is for rain!!! Oh well, into each life a little rain must fall.

Thanks for stopping by...

Talk to you later...

CRAFTING IDEAS

I am always looking for a small piece of paper to write down something which will later be disposed of. I decided to use some of the scrap paper of which I have a ton. I mostly use the paper for glueing projects. I decided to cut the paper into a small size. (Six pieces from a piece of copy paper.). But just having them sitting on my desk would get messy without a container. So, using a cardboard box, I cut it down to size and using a hot glue gun I glued the ends together. Using a picture from a magazine cut into pieces and stick craft glue, I glued the pieces to the box inside and out. I also used some decorative tape for the outside edges. And to finish the top corners which were not covered, I used straight pins with colorful tops. Looks nice and works well.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

So in looking over your habits what did you find? Some popular good habits folks have are: Meditation, exercise, journal writing, flossing, reading and walking up early. Some not so great habits included smoking, saying yes, swearing, tolerating folks, not sleeping enough, always complaining and constantly making excuses. Do you have more good habits or more bad habits? Is it time to change? If so, start with the easiest bad habit to change, not the hardest. This will give the best chance of success. Decide on the best way for you to change your habit. Worry too much? Set a time to worry and then stop. You may have to stop yourself several times at the beginning but keep it up and you will worry less. Or, alternatively, write the worry down as well as options to stop the problem. Just figure out which way to stop is best for you.