[Magdalen] Visiting New York

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

The cloisters is an amazing place.  It's sort of like Hearst Castle in the
city. There are a bunch of items brought back from Europe and installed in
very compatible settings. It is certainly worth a day, easily.

I have to chuckle at the ticket good for the same day at the Met. Who are
they kidding?

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:02 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

> I love the Cloisters,too, and highly recommend it. If you stay an extra
> day, Lynn can give you info on a very reasonable place to stay. I stayed
> there one night, but have forgotten the name.
>
> On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 4:54 PM Charles Wohlers <chadwohl at satucket.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I second the recommendation on the Cloisters. It's at the north end of
> > Manhattan, not near other attractions. IIRC, it takes a subway + bus, or
> > subway + walk up a steep hill to get there. That's why it's more of a day
> > trip.
> >
> > There are other museums, of course - the Metropolitan, MOMA, Guggenheim,
> > Museum of Natural History come to mind. There's also lots of music, etc.,
> > going on all the time. The New Yorker magazine (it's online) will have
> all
> > the info on that. Personally, I'd head for the Village Vanguard, but
> that's
> > just me.
> >
> > You really need to stay an extra day or so just to do tourist stuff.
> >
> > I know nothing much of parishes in New York, but I do know that St. Mary
> > the
> > Virgin has a reputation as a liberal Anglo-Catholic parish.
> >
> > Chad Wohlers
> > Woodbury, VT USA
> > chadwohl at satucket.com
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ME Michaud
> > Sent: Monday, February 05, 2018 10:12 AM
> > To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Visiting New York
> >
> > I think you would love The Cloisters (although it’s more of a day trip).
> >
> > St. Mary the Virgin (Times Square) is one A-C parish that doesn’t crap
> all
> > over women. Daily services, too.
> > -M
> >
> >
> > On Saturday, February 3, 2018, Claudine Chionh <anglican at claudinec.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello pub.
> > >
> > > I've been subscribed but haven’t had much spare energy for this list or
> > > much other communication for a while. Some of you have seen some of my
> > > trials on Facebook, which often ends up being the one place I can keep
> up
> > > with people when everything else feels too overwhelming.
> > >
> > > 2017 was a mixed year for me. My depression became barely manageable,
> my
> > > cat died, I ceased my IT consulting work, and went on unemployment
> > > benefits
> > > as a temporarily disabled person.
> > >
> > > Then I got a new cat, and got accepted into a PhD program at the
> > > University of Divinity (Australia's only specialist theological
> > > university,
> > > the former Melbourne College of Divinity). Like most Australian PhD
> > > programs, this is by dissertation only: a study of LGBTIQ Christian
> > > autobiography as a genre and as a form of practical theology.
> > >
> > > Now, ten years after my previous visit to North America, I am once
> again
> > > travelling with the World Student Christian Federation, as part of a
> > > delegation of faith-based organisations to the UN Commission on the
> > Status
> > > of Women, in March. I expect I will be in meetings/talks most of the
> > time,
> > > but will hopefully have a bit of time to look around New York again.
> If I
> > > had only one afternoon to myself, what do you recommend I do or see?
> And
> > > any recommendations for a relaxed Anglo-Catholic parish?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Claudine Chionh
> > > Melbourne, Australia
> > >
> >
> > --
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>