Last day before going back to work

Already our last staycation report! The rain was stopping in the morning, but day ahead looked miserable. So our choice today was one of the best places to spend a not-a-great-day-to-play-outside day: Children's Museum in Brooklyn. It's actually one of the best place in New York for a little one, period.

This is a beautifully designed museum that provides hours of interactive and educational fun. From our first visit early this year when I immediately purchased a membership, we truly enjoyed coming here every time- on snowy day, rainy day, cold day, steaming hot day. Taiyo has many favorite activities- playing with sand, (but he doesn't have to step into the sand box!) answering the phone, (there's hundreds of phones in this place!) driving a bus, working at a cash register at a grocery store, making a pizza, riding a Vespa, and so on. Another thing I love about this museum is that they provide lots of culturally diverse elements of the city, and visitors totally reflect that. You always see a great mixture os people from different culture. Taiyo was over-stimulated and super tired by the time we finally fled between rain.

We stopped at Melanie's by the subway at Fulton and Nostrand.
Their catch on the sign is: For Healthy Eating Experience. They have smoothies and vegetarian options, but they serve plenty of meat. It's plain spacious ugly interior, but we're dining with kids! It serves the purpose. There were two mannequins in the window that looked like just dropped off from a trashy langerie shop. But for $7, they give you so much food that you cannot finish. Rice, two sides and choice of meat. Unfortunately being late for lunch, some of the veggies on the steam table seemed too dry, but that shows that they are following the health department code of temperature requirement. Taiyo basically only cared for rice with bits of beans, but I also enjoyed stewed chicken, cooked spinach and chick peas. Food is fair. Double doors, but easy entry with a stroller. Recommended.

Late Caribbean lunch was sitting heavy on my stomach. Taiyo wasn't even asking for gohan, but when I suggested, "Pizza?" of course he didn't object. We headed to Nonna's right behind us on Clinton. It's just another neighborhood pizza joint, but fancier pizza! Some people claim this is the best pizza in the city. Their recutangular Nonna slices come with various toppings- Taiyo's favorite is vegetarian, although he shakes off most of the topping, and I got one with grilled chicken, arugula, and balsamic reduction. Yummy! It's another easy quick dining option that's also easy on the wallet. $8 for these two slices is a great value. We've never been there with a stroller, but entry is probably ok. There's some room for a stroller in the small dining area. Recommended.