didionville

holy cow! have i had one heckuva crazy adventure! i haven’t been posting the last couple of days because i have been whoopin’ it up in NEW YORK CITY!

mommy and daddy took me down there on easter sunday, and we stayed until today (tuesday). auntie loretta is in the city this week for spring break, and BONUS: auntie lisa was in town, too, for an education conference. we stayed at the w hotel at 39th and lexington. it was a pretty nice hotel. mommy was very happy with the service, and daddy really liked the king-size bed.

i travel really, really well. mommy and daddy asked quite a bit of me, and i came through like a superhero. a new feeding schedule … a new sleeping schedule … new environs all around … nothing fazes me. BRING IT ON!

we got into town on sunday afternoon. auntie loretta and her super-cool friend, michael, met us at our hotel. we all hung out for awhile, largely because i needed to take a nap. then we packed up and cruised down the street to an amazing kosher vegetarian indian restaurant (yes, THAT MANY adjectives). the restaurant, pongal, is on lex between 27th and 28th. it was really crowded, and i was still kinda tired, so i sorta had a meltdown. not to worry, though; we got the food to go and hoofed it back to the hotel where loretta and michael set up a buffet on the ironing board. apparently, the food was really good because mommy and daddy are still talking about it. the big hit was the masala cashew nut appetizer … super savory, spicy cashews … mommy also really loved the vegetable kurma. (that is going to be her next project on the indian-cooking front.) i definitely was a lot more comfortable rolling around on the bed than i was at the restaurant.

on monday, we met loretta, michael, and michael’s friend, zeb (visiting from london) at the american museum of natural history. (we took the subway, and since the trains are really loud, mommy and daddy made sure i wore my special noise-reduction earmuffs.)

what an amazing, glorious place the museum is! elephants, tigers, and dinosaurs! oh, my, indeed! we went everywhere in the museum. mommy and daddy told me about rain forests and evolution and the environment and biology. daddy took pictures of us looking at fossils and skeletons and dioramas. it was the coolest place ever!

we saw lots of dinosaurs …

and a tiger …

a dodo bird …

elephants …

an opa …

and a BLUE WHALE!!!

auntie loretta peppered me with kisses here and there …

and we visited where mommy and daddy’s adventure officially began …

then we went to rockefeller center and saw prometheus and the new sculpture (the electric fountain) …

actually, mommy and daddy and loretta saw this stuff. i checked out for awhile …

we parted company with loretta and headed back to the hotel because we were meeting auntie lisa and her boyfriend, valentin, for dinner at this tasty midtown restaurant, remi, on 53rd between 6th and 7th. mommy was really happy with the food, and she was ESPECIALLY happy with the service. they seated us in a large corner banquette just so i would have room to stretch out and sleep while everyone else ate. and, boy, did they eat! it was a long, lovely, relaxed dinner with some terrific company! auntie lisa is super-fabulous, of course, and val is, too! mommy and daddy couldn’t stop talking about how great dinner was and how awesome it was to see lisa!

but i was out for the count …

it was a really cool trip, but i am also super happy to be home. i think mommy and daddy are glad to be home, too, but, boy, did they have fun!