My favorite place

This weekend I get to go to my 2nd favorite place...twice.

The museum!

I love museums! Any museum. Err MOST museums (not that one hole in the wall that I stumbled into because it said museum on the sign but actually contained disturbing pieces art... think halloween, tim burton and voodoo dolls but not kid friendly).

After years of passing by the purple building with the giant yellow ducky on top and telling my mom "I want to go theeeeeeeere!", I am FINALLY going to the children's discovery museum. Did I mention I LOVE museums? I volunteered at a science museum geared towards kids when I was in high school. I love how hands-on everything was. You can touch and mess with anything. And it's actually encouraged. It's fun to see how entertained children can be by the simplest things. (Tip: If you have a group of rowdy kids, turn on a bubble machine. It's like magic!) I also love seeing the adults letting their inner-easily-mesmerized child out too.

So the plan is a touchy, go-crazy museum on Saturday. And an adult no-touching museum on Sunday. The De Young opened their Balenciaga exhibit last weekend. I'm a girl. Therefore, I too enjoy ogling over beautiful fashion that is way out of my price range.

I know it hasn't happened yet. I shouldn't get my hopes up too high. But I have twinkle toes right now and can't really wait.

My favorite place? Just FYI...

The Library 

(The one with lots of books. Not the bar conveniently named "The Library" so when your roommate's parents call and ask where Sue is you can say "Oh, she's going to be at the library until late tonight" and they say "Oh that's good I won't disturb her then." Every college town seems to have one.)

Did you know the New York Library (the one with lions in front, I loved this planner) is hosting an overnight scavenger hunt for 500 people? You hunt for objects like the copy of the Declaration of Independence written in Thomas Jefferson's hand, or Charles Dickens' letter opener and are prompted to write a love letter. Going to that would be like Willy Wonka's factory and winning a golden ticket. Kind of geeking out. It's May 20. You can follow participants online too.
http://game.nypl.org/