Restaurant week

Usual Wednesday. We hang around at the laundromat early afternoon. Taiyo worked on his photography skill and carefully took a picture of his shoe, above. When I was younger, I wondered how some mothers can let their toddlers roll around the floor at the laundromat. Now I understand. Some would dare not let their kids roll around the floor like that, but I'm with the rest. Whatever. He's comfortable with it. So Taiyo enjoys his activities at the laundromat. Tap dancing, pushing carts back and forth, running under the table, and of course, getting comfortable on the floor. Wednesdays are best for all these because usually they are not so busy.

Then we went to have 'Restaurant Week' lunch at DBGB Kitchen and Bar at Bowery and Houston. Chi-chi restaurant like this is still a bit intimidating for us, but the Restaurant Week deal definitely seemed worth trying out some place like this that we may normally go for. They had spacious and bright bar dining area, which was pretty empty and perfect for us although the main dining room was almost full. We took a little table by the window, with a wooden bench Taiyo enjoyed walking along. We had butternut squash soup and parpadelle and short ribs bolognese. Taiyo didn't like the drops of balsamic reduction; "It's yacky, this one." But after I scooped up little dark dots, he ate most of it. In between he also enjoyed some pasta, although the sauce was a bit too salty in my opinion. Then of course he totally went for the dessert- orange vanilla sundae, with lots of whipped cream, ice dream, and even cookies! It wasn't too sweet, so I let him have a lot of it. Service was friendly, and fast, and food definitely kept him in his seat. Easy entry with a stroller with a ramp to the slightly lower floor from the street level. We had pretty nice lunch experience. Recommended.