Adventure Day Thursday

So part of our Coe adventures include not working at our internships on Thursdays so we are able to explore the city, especially the art. And let me tell you, it's everywhere in the city.

Kathy is our instructor on Thursdays, opening our eyes to the beautiful art in museums across the city. Today was the Frick Collection aka Henry Clay Frick's private, personal art collection. Frick made his fortune mining coal in Pittsburgh (he also worked closely with Andrew Carnegie). After a labor dispute, Frick moved to NYC with his wife and children. The house was built and finished by 1914 and Frick was able to enjoy it for five years until his death.

Regardless, the collection is fantastic. It's a combination of every type of art such as paintings and  sculptures and they span almost every century imaginable. Visitors are only allowed on the first floor but you could probably spend all day in there.

The house very much reminded me of Versaille in France or the National Gallery in London. It was beautiful to walk through and a nice way to spend my Thursday morning/afternoon.

To get back to our hotel, Ashley, Whitney, Amy, and I decided to stroll through Central Park.

Good choice. 

We got back to our hotel, ate lunch, and then decided to get some writing done about all the neat things we've been doing. We took the subway up to Columbia, camped out in a coffee shop to write, and then joined up with two Coe (and NYC Term) alums, Brian and Joe for some coffeeshop conversation and then dinner.

One of Columbia's many libraries

Now, back to writing. Hard to believe it's Friday tomorrow. I'll be headed to the Paley Center to start my second internship. A bit nervous but excited as well.