Happy Fathers day to all the dads out there and a special shout out to me padre. This year's Fathers Day was a little different for me. Being in New York all summer has it upsides but it also has it's downsides like missing Fathers Day and my sisters birthday. Not getting to partake in the traditional Fathers Day meal at home was a bit sad but a part of life. So instead of giving my dad his gift in person I called him and gave him my best, listening to him rub in all the scrumptious Southern food that Mom had made. So instead of spending this happy day with my father, I spent it at a bar-b-q with Joe's family. It was an interesting change (at which I ate much to much.)
This week was, by far, more eventful than than the past few weeks have been. Monday is the one day each week that the museum is officially closed to the public. So instead of doing the usual Monday ritual of mind-numbing research (just kidding about the mind-numbing bit) my supervisor, my co-intern, and I decided to take a trip over to Roosevelt Island where we would be taking the History Day campers later this summer. To get to Roosevelt Island you have to walk three blocks up to the tram on 59th, take a 15 minute tram ride across the East River, and then vuala! Roosevelt Island. For those of you who have never ventured over to Roosevelt Island (I'm assuming most of you haven't) it's well worth the trip. No there aren't any nightclubs (that I know of) and I didn't see a multitude of eateries but the view of Manhattan is GORGEOUS. The entire island is a little over four miles in circumference, I should know I walked the entire thing. Sadly, the trip to Roosevelt Island couldn't last the entire day. Around 2:00 we made the trek back to the museum to finish out the day researching.
Tuesday, I gave 3 full tours of the museum...by myself!! (Trust me, it's more exciting than it sounds.) After the first tour, which lasted about 45 minutes, I felt comfortable enough to be able to cut the next two tours down to around 30 minutes and focused more on the history of the Hotel over the objects in each room (which is becoming more of the objective of the museum.)
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