Last weekend my roommate's dad came into town and we all had a really fun weekend. Saturday night was spent in the West Village. A few of us went out to dinner at Sushi Samba...if you're into sushi even the slightest bit you HAVE to check it out (there's one a little bit north of Union Square too). They have such a wide variety of unique sushi--ingredients you wouldn't ordinarily think to put together but that taste incredible! We tried some really interesting things.
We then went to Rocco's Pastry Shop for dessert...WOW! I had been there multiple times freshman year when I lived at Hayden because for each person's birthday on my floor we bought a cake and celebrated all together and Rocco's supplied the cakes. My roommate had a peanut butter mousse cake/pie with Reeces Pieces on top that was absolutely delicious. I'm a big peanut butter fan but regardless, this was a must! I ordered a cheesecake that had Reeces Pieces around the outside and a layer of peanut butter on top. If you want a heavy but great dessert, definitely try this one--it was really good!
Sunday we took a trip to Broadway. For one of my education classes (Integrated Arts in Childhood Education) we have to see a show that we could take our elementary-aged students to see so I decided to go see The Lion King with my roommate and her dad. I would recommend this show to ANYONE! The puppeteering was phenomenal and the fact that actors could do that while singing and dancing blew us away. It was really fun to go back to my elementary school days when I saw The Lion King in movie theaters!
So basically, check out Sushi Samba, endulge at Rocco's and have fun at The Lion King--it makes for a great weekend combination!