Just when we thought Jess's dad, Lyle Estill, couldn't get any cooler (he runs a bio-diesel plant and inspires us all with his "put in your order with the cosmic waiter" approach to life's trials), he goes and brings out a life-size Aliens vs Angels chess set that he crafted from scrap metal and later sold to the American Visionary Art Museum. Actually, it was technically Bergdorf's who brought it out, as part of their current store window installation featuring the AVAM permanent collection.
This called for a Friday afternoon field trip, so we put on our finest summer duds, grabbed our umbrellas (a must-have this June in NYC) and headed uptown to the land of Louis Vuitton and lapdogs to have a gander. We even had a parental chaperone; Erika's mom, in town for the weekend, made sure we looked both ways and didn't touch anything over $100—which was pretty much everything. The chess set blew our minds, as did the awesomely goth Alexander McQueen sweater dress on display with it.
If you have time, go check it out at the corner of 58th Street and Fifth Avenue. Your move.
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