March 26th--Cloistered in the beauty

Met Hillary and Ken at The Cloisters, a beautiful museum that is part of the Met.    As we got off the subway, we were thrilled by the beautiful area we were in.   We had to hike up to the museum, through a beautiful park.   Across the Hudson River were the New Jersey Palisades, which are cliffs.  (I never knew this)   The museum itself is a work of art;  it is built to copy a monastary, and is beautiful!   The exhibits are all medieval, from 1100-1400, divided by the different time periods.   We had recently read "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett, which we both loved, and takes place during medieval times, so we've become interested in this time period.   This is a lovely museum!   (  The Cloisters)  I really suggest you look it up to get the full story of this museum.

Later, Hillary and Ken went to see a play, "Arcadia", by Tom Stoppard.  (Their assessment the next day was, "We're still thinking about it."  )    Dan and I met my cousin, Rick, his girlfriend, Nancy, his son, Jesse, wife Jamie, and new baby, Kingston, and Adam, for dinner at Los Cominos.   We really had a nice time. Very good restaurant, the guacamole was homemade and DELICIOUS.!     This was a combined birthday celebration for Rick and I, as his birthday is March 27th.    Nancy is so sweet,  I really like her, and Rick is one of my favorite cousins.   She bought me a gift, and arranged a surprise dessert.   It felt festive, and so nice to have family around.  I am very rarely with family on my birthday, so when I am, I treasure it.

, Hillary and Ken went to see a play, "Arcadia", by Tom Stoppard.  (Their assessment the next day was, "We're still thinking about it."  )    Dan and I met my cousin, Rick, his girlfriend, Nancy, his son, Jesse, wife Jamie, and new baby, Kingston, and Adam, for dinner at Los Cominos.   We really had a nice time. Very good restaurant, the guacamole was homemade and DELICIOUS.!     This was a combined birthday celebration for Rick and I, as his birthday is March 27th.    Nancy is so sweet,  I really like her, and Rick is one of my favorite cousins.   She bought me a gift, and arranged a surprise dessert.   It felt festive, and so nice to have family around.  I am very rarely with family on my birthday, so when I am, I treasure it.