Big trip to the Big Apple

Our little Fiona had a very exhausting weekend in New York.  I had to work at the New York Botanical Garden on Friday and Saturday, so we went to stay with Aunt Mary in Bronxville on Thursday night since it is just a 15-minute train ride from the Garden.  Of course, as would any social butterfly, she scheduled a pit stop on her way to Bronxville and started her weekend early with dinner and drinks with Tim's coworkers in Denville.  That tuckered her out enough to sleep through her trip across the Hudson. 

Fiona hung out with Aunt Mary and Winnie dog on Friday until Tim and I finished work.  She is so nosey that she just wouldn't take a nap.  Maybe she was spending her time trying to figure out the brown fuzzy thing who gives her slobbery kisses on her toes.  

On Saturday, the weather was a little spotty, but Tim and Aunt Mary were able to bring her on her first train ride out to the Bronx to visit me at the Botanical Garden.  I didn't get to spend much time with her at the Garden, but I did get to show her the wetlands in the Adventure Garden.  She spent the rest of the time strapped to Tim so that she could take everything in.  By the end of Saturday, our gal was pooped.

 

But Fiona is such a trooper that she rallied for a trip all the way into Manhattan for a visit to the Guggenheim.  I had the James Turrell exhibition marked on my to do list since the moment I found out about it.  He happened to be the artist that I gave my seminar on when I did my internship at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, so it was pretty cool that Fiona's first trip to the Guggenheim was to see his exhibition.  Fiona seemed to have an eye for Afrum I, one of his earlier works although Aten Reign blew me away.  My friend Emily met us there, which made the day all the better.  Fiona had an excellent tour guide, and she got some behind the scenes access to see how Aten Reign was constructed and mounted, plus she got a one-of-a-kind view of Manhattan from the top of the Museum.  It was an awesome day!  Thanks Emily!