{"id":169,"date":"2012-01-09T23:38:25","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T23:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedowntownproject.com\/?p=169"},"modified":"2012-01-09T23:38:25","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T23:38:25","slug":"featured-project-night-at-the-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/featured-project-night-at-the-museum","title":{"rendered":"Night at the Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-129 size-medium\" title=\"Linda_Francis_Lee\" src=\"https:\/\/thedowntownproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/linda_francis_lee-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For a night that is both romantic and magical, I love the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/metmuseum.org\/\"><strong>Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/strong><\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1. \u00a0To start, I love walking through the endless halls lined with everything from Knight&#8217;s armor to Egyptian Art, even charcoal drawings by my cousin\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Suzi Davidoff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.suzidavidoff.com\/home.html\">Suzi Davidoff<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2. \u00a0Then, since art is best absorbed in sips rather than gulps, I head upstairs for a different kind of sip &#8212; either a glass of champagne at the<strong>\u00a0<a title=\"Garden roof cafe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/visit\/plan-your-visit\/dining-at-the-museum\/roof-garden-cafe-and-martini-bar\">Garden Caf\u00e9<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on the roof as the sun sets over Central Park, or stay inside for a Cosmo at the <strong><a title=\"Great Hall Balcony Bar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/visit\/plan-your-visit\/dining-at-the-museum\/great-hall-balcony-bar\">Great Hall Balcony Bar<\/a>,<\/strong> where music swells against the old museum walls.<\/p>\n<p>3. \u00a0After the sun goes down there is a light dinner in the\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Petrie Court Cafe and Wine Bar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/visit\/plan-your-visit\/dining-at-the-museum\/petrie-court-cafe-and-wine-bar\">Petrie Court Cafe and Wine Bar<\/a><\/strong>. Or even more magical is to have dinner in the\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Members Dining Room\" href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/visit\/plan-your-visit\/dining-at-the-museum\/members-dining-room\">Members Dining Room<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0looking out over treetops in the park.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-204\" title=\"attachment\" src=\"https:\/\/thedowntownproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/attachment1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>But the\u00a0best part of the evening is saved for last when you leave through the empty museum, the lights slightly lowered &#8211; just you, your date, a few guards . . . and centuries worth of art. \u00a0 \u00a0For more on Linda,\u00a0<strong><a title=\"click here\" href=\"https:\/\/thedowntownproject.com\/?page_id=138\">click here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Metropolitan Museum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\">The Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[map address=&#8221;1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028 USA&#8221; width=100% height=200px]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a night that is both romantic and magical, I love the\u00a0Metropolitan Museum of Art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[3,5],"class_list":["post-169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destination","category-nyc","tag-museums","tag-ues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanasanko.com\/downtown-project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}