YO!

Saturday

We woke up to the steady patter of rain on the window Saturday morning.  Luckily, the weather cleared by the time I went out to catch the London Pride parade.  Kirsten, Amy and I thought we had a prime spot at Piccadilly Circus, but when the parade rolled down Regent Street we realized it wasn't going past us. :(  We scrambled to find another spot and were able to see at least some of the parade - there were no "floats," but many groups rode by on double decker buses and truck beds.  There were TONS of people out and about, and it was weird to see the streets closed to traffic!

We stumbled upon YO! Sushi in our search for ice cream and decided to try it.  No ice cream - but they did have a conveyor belt with little dishes riding along for the taking!  The color of the plate denoted the price of the dish.  The soy sauce and wasabi were recessed into the counter, and there were fizzy and still water dispensers every few seats.  They tally up your empty plates at the end.  The sushi was pretty good, but a bit expensive... I guess you are paying for the experience as well as the food.

In the evening, a group of us went to see Avenue Q.  We got our tickets at the tkts booth in Leicester Square - a good move as the theatre wasn't selling discounted tickets an hour before the show. :(  This was by far the best show I've seen so far.  I was surprised to see in the program that all of the actors were British - they all had fantastic American accents!  All of the actors were great, and the show itself was outrageously funny.  I'm still laughing just thinking about it!