It is the American May Day, a workers holiday which celebrates the labor movement and the strength of labor organisations. Labor Day was celebrated for the first time in 1882 in NYC. Forms of celebration include parades, art events, picnics or barbecues. It is the symbolic end of the summer and the last weekend before children return to school.
We had a nice weekend... first on Saturday morning we went to the beach in Coney Island then in the evening we met with Corina and Kevin and went to a movie (we've seen "Taking Woodstock" - warning: it's not a total waste of time, but it's not a lost if you don't see it!) and afterwords we stopped at a bar for desert and a couple of drinks.
On Sunday we were invited to a christening, Arthur and Dacia were the god parents. It was a big party around 120 people, very nice organised and we enjoyed ourselves very much.
The DJ played very nice music, including one of my all time favorite song, "Je t'aime... moi non plus".
Another note : plenty of people at the party were smoking hookah, I found out that is it legal and better than cigarettes. I didn't try nor I'm interested to!!!
Today, Monday there is a street fair right by our house, on Lexington Ave and maybe we'll go there for a while; the afternoon it's all reserved to tennis - I'm glad that Nadal is doing good....
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