Museum Hopper

i tried to go to the whitney yesterday to see the new hopper exhibit .  i was quite disappointed to find out the whitney opens at 1 pm on fridays .  i did not even think to look given that i got to the whitney around 11.  i am not sure why given they had a guard at the door telling everyone that the whitney was not open yet.  just open the door!  while i was rethinking my plans for the late morning, at least 20 people went to the door trying to get in.  what a waste.  i was so disappointed.    times visited: 5.5 (i get 1/2 a visit since i showed up) time in museum: 2 hrs overall: A-

i visited the william l. clements library before my last final on thursday.  i had stopped by the library a few times before it was finally open.   before you go, definitely check the hours.  i stopped in.  there were literally 6 of us in the library.  they had two glass tables with the manuscripts about for the sugar in the atlantic world: trade and taste exhibit.  one of the tables had all the books, letters and manuscripts regarding the "trade" aspect of the exhibit.  i thought it was an interesting comparison to the exhibit i visited at the new york historical society regarding the cotton trade covering roughly the same time period.  the other table discussed how sugar started to appear in more recipes in america around that time.  the library had a number of cookbooks, full of sweets, candy, and cakes.   the library also had a set of cases regarding previous controversial books at some point in history.  they had some very old books in their collection!  i was a