The City So Nice, They Named It Twice

Today a book arrived in the mail which I have been on the hunt for since my local library lost the only copy about two decades ago. It’s ABC – The Museum of Modern Art New York by Florence Cassen Mayers.

It was my favourite book as a child learning my ABCs, but I never knew the name or the author. The other day it occurred to me that the pictures I remembered from it were artworks in MoMA, so I emailed them for help. Their helpful products person Judy Gober helped me track down a copy on Amazon and now I have it!

My favourite pieces (which at the time my mother attributed to my love of food – although was probably an early sign of my love for pop art and branding) are K for Kitchen and S for Soup.

Flicking through the book again I am so excited about my trip to New York next year! After SXSW (which I am also really excited about) I’m planning to spend some time in San Fran, Boston and NYC.

I’ve wanted to visit NYC since I first played the computer game Hell Cab where the elevator in the Empire State Building takes you on an epic journey to Ancient Rome (I played a lot of classic history games as a kid). There seems to be SO MANY things to do and see, I feel like I need to start planning so I don’t forget anything.

Any advice for the Big Apple or useful travel planning sites would be mucho appreciated.