05.20.06
Un Bel Casino
Tonight Chloe’s class had a party at a local restaurant. I spoke with the class representative, who said she had booked a room for 50. There were at least 60 people there, and it was very crowded with only 50. After about 15 minutes of back and forth (why can’t we sit outside? that’s what we did last year!) someone had the idea to put all the kids on one side, and the parents on the other side of the room.
And that’s when chaos broke out. The kids were having a great time. They all whipped out their PSPs and GameBoy DSs. Kids were shooting at each other with toy guns. A game of tag broke out for a little while. It was CRAZY. I was nearly shouting as I spoke with the parents around me, and a noisy room makes it really hard for us foreigners to understand what’s going on!
I would describe it with an Italian phrase I’ve picked up - un bel casino - beautiful chaos (but don’t ask what the literal definition is!). It’s crazy. It’s noisy. But it’s definitely beautiful.