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Steph & Tony Investigate! » Blog Archive » New York City — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:13:10 +0000

[...] all of this Steph spent time with her friend and visited the Jane Austen exhibit at the Morgan Library, which she quite enjoyed. Once my conference time was up (Friday afternoon) [...]

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:06:07 +0000

@ Amy: I had no idea the Morgan had been closed for so long, but clearly the renovations were well worth it! I hope you do get a chance to check out this fantastic exhibition!

@ Dorothy: Sigh. If only I were just 90 minutes outside of NYC… that would be like heaven. I’m glad you will be able to make the trip in to see this one!

By: zibilee

zibilee — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:59:13 +0000

It is so cool that you got a chance to see this! I don’t know if I am ever going to get a chance to see this exhibit, but thanks for posting some links to some of the online content. I love Austen and so wish that I could take a brief trip to NY and see this. Also, I am glad that you had such a nice time on your trip!

By: Dorothy W.

Dorothy W. — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:01:16 +0000

I am SO going to see that exhibit! I’m about 1 1/2 hours outside the city, so it won’t be a problem at all. I can’t wait!

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:24:06 +0000

The Austen Exhibit sounds wonderful! I’m very excited to see it. The Morgan Library is beautiful. It was closed for almost 2 years pretty recently for extensive renovations which expanded the room for exhibits. yay!

By: Steph

Steph — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:07:59 +0000

@ softdrink: I strongly urge you to check out the Morgan, even if they don’t have a big exhibition in May (though I’m sure they will). The space was just so gorgeous and serene – a real literary haven!

@ Rebecca: So excited to hear you might get to visit NY in a few weeks! If so, I do hope you get a chance to check this out – it was a wonderful highlight!

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:47:01 +0000

Yeay! I might make it to New York in a few weeks. Thanks for the heads up. This sounds great!

By: softdrink

softdrink — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:33:52 +0000

Now I’m wondering what the Morgan might have when I’m there in May. Thanks for the introduction.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:29:25 +0000

I have heard and read about this exhibition and I was so hoping that one of us bloggers would get to it so that I could visit vicariously so thank you for your review! Unfortunately I don’t think I am going to make it to New York to see this one myself (the trip from Sydney would take a while!).

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:59:55 +0000

@ Jackie: Note to self – get another Laura friend!
And yes, the exhibit was great, though seeing as you are in England, it seems like there are always Austen-related things for you to seek out there (like Chawton, myriad things in Bath, her grave in Winchester… why yes, Awesome Laura and I did visit all those places while in England a few summers back! ).

@ rhapsody: So long as you get the BBC version of P&P and not the offensive Kiera Knightly version, I can’t see how your husband could not be enthralled by Jane! I don’t think I’ve made Tony sit through it yet, but he did read the book last year, and even said he liked it and wants to read more of her in the future! Did I snag myself a winner or what?

@Awesome Laura: Heee, yes, I definitely had flashbacks to our Bath trip, as well as our crazy trip to Chawton & Winchester (said in that high-pitch cockney voice, naturally)… And they totally should have been playing the P&P soundtrack at the exhibit!

@Kathleen: One of my favorite parts of the film that they were showing in the exhibit (which is up on the website), is that they ask the various people involved who they would invite to dinner if Jane Austen was coming along. One woman matter-of-factly declares that she would want no one but Jane herself there! Amazing.

@ J.S.: Seriously, with all the stuff going on in your city at any time of day, I completely see how it would be hard to keep track of it all. But now you don’t have to worry about missing this exhibit, which is really all that matters!