so many bubbles

On the last day of Off-Broadway week, we went to see The Gazillion Bubble Show at New World Stages. They were running Rent in the other theater, where Taiyo posed for a photo in front of a cool mural. The theater at the Bubble show was full of little people, and although I purchased a seat for him, Taiyo wanted to sit on my lap. Artistically the set and music was so tacky and cheesy, but Deni Yang did some interesting things with bubbles that I've never seen. There were some really cute bits with kids pulled out from the audience, and overall it was quite enchanting and entertaining. It is something you'd never think of seeing without a small kid, and I'm happy to experience something like this because of Taiyo. He also really enjoyed the show; he behaved very well, mostly sitting on my lap. He wanted run up the isle at one point during the show, but I told him not to and he listened.

After the show, Taiyo was over-stimulated and tired, and insisted for gyoza as he often does when he's exhausted. We wondered around and stumbled upon Rio & You on 45th Street. It was a nice little authentic Japanese restaurant with an old Japanese chef at the sushi counter. There was another older man on the floor, perhaps the proprietor, along with a Japanese waitress. It was not busy for Sunday lunch, and a few other tables had mostly Japanese patrons. Taiyo immediately picked a small table in the middle, although the waitress suggested a larger table for four with more room. She probably wanted us a bit away from other customers, too. Taiyo stood on the bench, and started chanting for gyoza. They brought him a glass of water with a very long straw- it was too tall for him seated. I had to hold the glass every time he tried to sip from the straw. We had gyoza and sashimi lunch set, which had beautifully arranged plate of sashimi, fried fish, kinpira gobo, salad, rice and soup. It was a great deal for $18, and food was very nice. Taiyo ate all the gyoza skins, and some of the fish. He didn't care for any of sashimi, which was fine with me. However, the waitress seemed bothered by Taiyo's behavior. She kept telling him to sit down when he was standing on the bench, and also told him to stop running around the restaurant. He only ran to the back when I asked him to get our check, and to bring the money to her, then maybe one more time for no reason. It made me uncomfortable to stay there too long, so for the service I don't recommend it for dining with a child.