Skating and crashing

I just finished a nice game of skateboarding Simpson's style with George (I was Bart and whipped little Lisa's butt), after playing a bit of Rampage and Marble Madness. It's been a while since I've played video games, and it was quite a treat, sitting there like a couple of kids getting amped up on ice cream and ginger ale. Seriously, it was Ben and Jerry's new flavor, Marsha Marsha Marshmallow. Mmm. We were planning on going to Coney Island for the Siren Music Festival, but we needed some down time and I was especially not feeling the trip since I have a bad chest virus. So we opted for getting out late in the day and seeing Wedding Crashers in Union Square. Funny movie! Not especially innovative or too original, but Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are hilarious. There were some good cameos in it as well (Christopher Walken, Will Farrell, etc.). What else? Tomorrow is an extension of Bastille Day, and since I missed the races outside of Les Halles this year (kids, adults, cooks, and waiters each have their own race down the main strip by the restaurant with the street closed to traffic for a few hours), I want to go to the street fair tomorrow. I celebrated all the French holidays in High School, when I took the class. Madame Read was so good about really submerging us in the culture, having us make the food and experience something more than just learning verbs. She took a small group of us to France, too, over the summer after I graduated. What a learning experience for me, it was an amazing two weeks. I loved the cute garcons and the currant glaces et vins and the boutique des parfums and the leches vitrine....one day I'll go back. Until then I can just try chatting with Clement, the French boy in my class, and hope that I remember half as much as I used to know.