Overpopulation Redux

One of the benefits of living in a region that is both old and overpopulated is that you can (if you are so inclined) throw up a "museum" sign over your garage and nail pictures of your Mayflower relatives on the wall, and soon hordes of people -- especially New Yorkers -- will queue up to pay you $5 to walk through.

Yesterday I went to the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers. It was an excellent museum and worth every penny of that $5. With a planetarium and an interactive "River-rama" room, the museum would stand out almost anywhere. But get this: all of the remaining exhibit space was devoted to art with a single theme...fall foliage. I kid you not!

In the museum's defense, the Hudson River School of painters (mid 19th century), who painted fall foliage to death, enjoyed great commercial, if not critical, success. And don't get me wrong, I *loved* the museum. I especially loved the bookstore tucked away in a corner off the main gallery. Check it out. (You should be able to click on the photos to make them larger.)