Who wants to bird watch in the rain? We didn't think so. And with the rain came the cold, damp air so it was hovering around 40 degrees and drizzly. Yuk.
Plan B.
We've been hoping to get to Fort Worth to the Kimbell Art Museum for the Caillebotte showing since it opened in November. What better to do than use a rainy Saturday to go to the museum?
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| This is a cool scene they've set up with a coat rack of hats and umbrellas for folks to use to have their photo taken in front of this huge Caillebotte image. She fits right in! |
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| Display outside the room with exhibit as photos may not be taken inside the gallery! |
Ellie loved the exhibits. Both the permanent collection of ancient sculptures and the visiting exhibits from Gustave Caillebotte (late 1800's) and Giovanni Castiglione (1600's). We had the audio tour for the Caillebotte paintings - and that was amazing. Ellie was fascinated. Here's what I learned. She's not very keen on the portrait type paintings, but loves the scenery - not just flowers or water. She loves buildings and architecture and street scenes.
We talked about art meaning something different to each person. It's like music, food or books. You're allowed to form your own opinion about what is right for you. And one point we moved from one room to the next in Caillebotte - from portraits to buildings and she said, "Mommy, thank you so much for bringing me here! I love it!" and she hugged me tight. So glad she enjoyed the exhibit as much as I did.
Next we moved outside to the grounds.
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| Pretty as a picture sitting outside |
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| Bronze sculpture |
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| Trees in neat little row between buildings outside the museum |
It was cold and damp but we walked from one building to another and along the way enjoyed the scenery. She's sitting on marble steps overlooking these amazing trees. Also scene in the 3rd photo without people. The second photo is a sculpture with a historic Fort Worth building in the background.
And then it was off to lunch.
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| Ellie's Sugar Burger |
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| My Oh Whitney burger |
On the drive into downtown Fort Worth I noticed a billboard that said, 'best burger not in Dallas is here in Fort Worth at the Rodeo Goat. It sounded vaguely familiar so once we were done with the museum I checked Yelp to see how far it was to get there. Less than half a mile away!
It was a small concrete block building with what appeared to be garage doors on several sides, a metal FAA agriculture sign, cute little bar with locally brewed beer on tap and an amazing menu of burgers.
We decided immediately we'd try to different burgers and split them. She is SO easy to travel with. "Mommy, why don't we split fries - then we can share those too." She decided on the Sugar Burger (candied bacon, grilled peaches, cartelized onions, arugula and jalepeno jam.) WOW! I chose the Oh Whitney (garlic roasted cremini mushrooms, pickled onions, gruyere and caramel glaze.)
Don't worry we ate it all. And the fries were awesome too. It is a funny little place, with all the things Ellie and I require - excellent burgers, sturdy roll, Coke (fountain), good fixin's and good music! We couldn't have been happier. Now we'll look for the one in Dallas too!
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| Ellie with her bottle of Root Beer |
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