Monday, April 28, 2014

Morgan Library, April 27, 2014

Today I went all out with cooking. I made stew peas, beef soup that really turned out to be pumpkin beef soup (slight fail), rice and peas, and curry chicken back. For money purposes I have decided to learn to cook a few items that I love to buy on the road as we say. I soaked the peas overnight and then pressured them and then split them into 3 portions and continued. 
Things to complain about-despite using some of the fat from the beef, the pumpkin overwhelmed the beef flavor in the soup. Upon further research it seems I should have used a piece of beef with bone in it. Oh well, next time.
Anywho, after this, I was dead beat but wanted to go see the Little Prince exhibit at the Morgan Library because my coworker' wife works there and she made costumes for the kids to act out the story. When we got there we saw the entrance fee was $18 but we were told that in 40 minutes it would be free to view Mr. Morgan's collection. We decided to walk around and come back at 4pm. 
Once inside we made our way to the Little Prince Exhibit by way of the section we were actually supposed to be in.
Very exciting exhibit. I'm not gonna lie, I never read the book but I sold hundreds over the 3 years I worked at Barnes and Noble. You don't expect booksellers to read every book they recommend, do you? I love seeing writer's work throughs. The stops and starts, and changes, and sometimes the huge differences between the original idea and the final boo. Loved, loved, loved it!