{"id":1491,"date":"2017-02-25T11:03:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T15:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=1491"},"modified":"2017-02-25T11:03:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T15:03:20","slug":"new-york-city-blog-february-19-february-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=1491","title":{"rendered":"New York City Blog \u2014 February 19 – February 25"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What a busy week.
\nIt began with John Houston\u2019s Beat the Devil<\/em>. Made in the 50\u2019s, it\u2019s still a hoot. Humphrey Bogart, Robert Morley, Gina Lollabrigida, Peter Lorre, Jennifer Jones – what a mix.They are very evil and very funny crooks heading for African uranium mines on a leaky Italian boat with a drunk captain.
\nSunday was a Frick concert by Cuarteto Casals, a Spanish quartet that romped through Mozart, Bartok, Brahms. It was a rousing two hours.
\nStudio 5 presents programs that explore different aspects of the dance. On Monday, Tyler Angle moderated a program about how each dancer reacts differently to the same music. Angle, Sara Means, Unity Phelan, Indiana Woodward and Daniel Applebaum demonstrated their interpretations of different Balanchine, Peck and Ratmansky\u2019s pieces. Yummy.
\nWe finally, finally, made it to the Barnes in Philadelphia. Not the original site, alas, but the new building. It\u2019s a handsome structure in the northwest part of Philadelphia. The museum has been recreated almost exactly like the original building. Lots of hardware, lots of Renoirs, 180 to be exact. The Barnes has the largest Renoir collection in the world. We took a tour which was a great idea because the docent explained the Barnsian way. Each wall is an ensemble based on light, color, line and space.
\nWe had lunch in the Reading Terminal Market, a bustling world with 800 hundred vendors, many more customers and, best of all, Bassett\u2019s butterscotch ice cream. Dinner was at the Oyster House. The Barnes might have a lock on Renoirs but the Oyster House has, according to the Guiness World Record, the largest collection of oyster dishes in the world. It also has wonderful food.\u00a0Shad is in season – and a friendly, efficient atmosphere.<\/p>\n

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Reading Terminal Market<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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It’s Philadelphia not Florence, folks.
Reading Terminal Market<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Barnes ensemble<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Oyster House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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