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Americans in NY

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On our last full day in NYC, we decided to split our time between Iceland and France--with a morning at MOMA's Bjork show , dinner at Daniel Boulud's db Bistro , and an evening at An American in Paris . We started with a quickie brekky at everyone's go-to NYC staple: Europa Cafe .  Where nothing is European but everything is brightly lit, fast, and fairly cheap. Why does she make these faces? Sigh. Then, Bjork at MOMA.  This show has been savaged by critics.  I get it--a lot of what's here wouldn't be out of place at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or the Experience Music Project; swan dress, I'm looking at you.  But, I would argue the criticism of the "songlines" poem that guides one through the exhibit is really off the mark.  The story may seem a bit twee, but it also captures the persona and context that Bjork has adopted and that has remained a clear through line in a varied career.  And, the pacing of the exhibit moves on