Getting Some Culture

Recently, I thought that I need to add more culture to my life. So one lazy Saturday afternoon after a quick bite at Shake Shack (will save for another article soon) and a stroll through the Patagonia store (again, soon) Josh and I decided to check out the Natural History Museum. Located on the Upper West Side, literally across the street from Shake Shack, we kind of had to pop in and see if we could get some education in our lives. This is where the story gets good.

Once we enter the museum we figure we will just start to walk around and pretend we know what were looking at. Wrong! Security guard stops us immediately. "Need to pay for a wristband at the admission table off to the right", the burly bouncer guy tells us.  Then I see a sign $20 for admission. Now I'm starting to seriously consider this whole "culture" thing. I could get twenty oysters at Mermaid Oyster Bar for that price. But Josh, having eyes like a hawk, notices the fine print which states that $20 is a "suggested donation". Bingo! I "suggest" they give ME money for walking through this museum. Anyways, we walk up to the counter and ask about this whole "suggested" donation. The teller rolls his eyes, like he has heard this question a million times a day, and explains that yes it is a suggested donation. I guess he started to notice that we were actually serious about this "suggested" donation, and he tells us that people always give the twenty dollars or more. Did he actually think we were going to give more! Ha ha. Thats actually pretty hilarious. The next thing I remember; it's all so blurry to me now as it was one of the most amazing things I have ever witnessed; Josh pulls out a five spot and hands it to the teller and asks for two wristbands. This hippie looking teller is speechless but gives us the two wristbands. Amazing! I know this makes us look like cheap guys but we really aren't. Honestly. But any deal, or let me say, any "suggested" deal out there, I'm gonna hop on because, (shirt pull), "Hey, I'm retired at 28!"