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Tomorrow is Mother's day, so I decided that today, while my mother was out getting her hair done, I'd clean the entire house. It was a lot more work than I had expected it to be...But in the end it was very worth it. The house looks great! Tomorrow, mom and dad will go out together and I'll stay home doing something or other. Mom wanted me to spend the day with her since I've been out of the country for the past few Mother's days, but I really want my parents to finally have a Mother's day on their own to go do couple-stuff.

I gave mom her present early. My mom loves Disney, so I've always made sure to give her different Disney items for Mother's day. Last year, I gave her a Minnie/Mickey mug set (Which she still hasn't used! She only puts them on her collection shelf!). This year, I got her a Lion King snow globe.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, MAMI~♥ ♥ ♥

I saw the globe when R and I went to see the Lion King Broadway musical while in New York, although I had thought it was perfect for my mom, I wasn't sure whether or not I wanted to actually buy it, since it was $30.00. In the end, R convinced me to buy it and he seemed pretty proud when I told him how happy mom was with it.

So. Broadway. R had been dying to see a show on Broadway and I had been dying to see the Lion King, so we got tickets as soon as we could. Each ticket was $145.00. R ended up paying for the tickets with his card, but I ended up giving him cash later. ~~He used the cash to then take me to dinner, so I guess I still owe him?~~The show, for the most part, was pretty enjoyable. I had been excited to get seats so close to the stage. However, the woman in front of me was wearing this hideously large hat that blocked quite a bit of my view of the left side of the stage. Grrr.....! R offered to switch seats with me, but I didn't want him to miss out. Anyway, it was still pretty great. The music was AMAZING.

Before going to Broadway, we went to Little Italy! By now, R was confident enough in his English to do all the ordering and such himself!

We were soooo hungry for some reason, and wanted to eat right away. Little Italy and Chinatown are right next to each other, so R wanted to eat both Italian and Chinese that morning. First, we went to Little Italy and stopped at "Pellegrino," which had received an A+ in the Michelin Guidebook. The restaurant, though small, was perfect. The atmosphere was so calm and classy. The service was beyond amazing, and the food? Dear God, the food was... I don't even have the words to describe how good it was.

We were full after sharing this three course meal, but we decided to put our second stomachs to the test. べつバラ！
R wanted to get desert at a Gelado shop we had seen on our way to Pellegrino. We ended up getting a three scoop, three flavored ice cream sundae, a hot chocolate and black coffee. Our ice cream was Cheesecake, Tiramisu and Berry.

To walk off all we had eaten, we headed to the Museum of Modern art. Since we were short on time until our show started, we split up so that each of us could see the galleries we wanted to see. I went to check out the Murakami and Picasso display, while he went to check out...I have no idea.

After the museum, we hit Broadway for the Lion King!! I wish I could have taken pictures or a short video of the actual show, but photography was prohibited. Up until the show started, attendants would pass every minute to remind people that they weren't allowed to take pictures.