Egyptians versus Dinosaurs

It used to be sorta lovely and romantic and picturesque, but I've walked up and down Central Park West so often, it's grown rather tedious...

Just to switch it up, the other day I traversed the park and took a stroll down Central Park East...

Turns out the reports are true: the grass is indeed greener on the other side...

Maybe it's just coz I've walked past Tavern on the Green and the American Museum of Natural History so many times, they're completely dulled out...

But the sidewalks...

... the sidewalks seem to be wider along CPE...

At least around The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The East Side versus the West Side is THE MET versus the NATURAL HISTORY...

The Upper West Side has a big blue whale. And dino bones. And dated dioramas. What's most charming about the Museum of Natural History is that it feels frozen in time. The same lot of exhibits you remember from your 2nd Grade school trip.

Loads of laughs for the kid set. Kid-accessible. A choke of baby strollers.

The Upper East Side, by contrast, offers up the Temple of Dendur. And, you know, one of the world's largest and most important collections of art. (Read: Not quite as kid-friendly...)

But then, the East Side follows that up with the Central Park Zoo... hell, the Museum Mile... proximity to Serendipity, for the foodies... walk down CPE, you'll hit the Apple Store and The Plaza -- famously haunted by the ghost of a spoiled little girl who died in the 1950s. There is a lot of old money on the UES, which affects the landscape.

And I don't know if it's just because I've already SEEN everybody on the Upper West Side, but the women seem to be more attractive on the Upper East Side...

Maybe there's a quiet coffee shop on the Upper East Side I could start trolling...

Speaking bout DOs & DON'Ts, first Gavin does a round with Chloë Sevigny, then he does one with Sarah Silverman? How bout a round with WINONA RYDER next???
Hit all my celebrity crushes, why don't you, Gav?

+++ MISANTHROPY CENTRAL WEEKEND ROUNDUP +++

A follow-up to the entry I wrote about the Brazilian horror maestro a few days ago, here's an interview with José Mojica Marins, IN ENGLISH.

Prince humiliates Paris.

Tiny dog aims for big record.

Funny Tig(ger).