Nino's and Interwoven Globe & Julia Margaret Cameron at the Met in NYC.

There are two dazzling shows at the Met that are worth a prolongued visit - the blockbuster Interwoven Globe show of 134 piece of tapestry, fabric, clothes etc made in the 1500-1800 period that are awesome and a not-to-be missed exhibition of Julia Margaret Cameron beautiful/spooky/pre-Raphaelite photos/portraits. A bunch of wows here! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So after that cultural-fulfilling expeience, it's off for a stomach-filling one around my old haunt - Cornell/NYH with the next generation of super-docs.  "Petaluna at 1 PM" says he.  I arrive 20 minutes ahead - closed 'til who knows when. But next door is a nice looking Italian place too, one Nino's and they had room for three.  So in we went.  They have a 25$ prix-fixe lunch menu that says "restaurant week" which is long passed and they were still running it.  Superb.  I had meatballs and then spaghetti with shrimp, fresh tomato garlic and basil which is about as good Italian food as one sees in the US.  And my younger almost-relatives had a lettuce salad, a mozzarella etc starter, salmon with tomatoes and capers, etc and veal scallopini.   The bill with no bottled water, a bottle of nice Sangiovese, superb, utterly-superb bread and two coffees before tip, was $125.48. Go?  If #3341 (on Trip Advisor) Petaluna is closed, or even if not, go to #3065 Nino's.  Great service, great bread, or did I say that twice already?