"...his name was Matthew and he was an actor."
Actual Skype transcript from this afternoon between me and my friend in NY:
HIM: I made the first step as a father. I just learned how to ride a two wheel bike. Yes, prior to last week, I could not ride a bike
ME: I can see you not being able to drive, as a NYer. But you couldn't ride a bike? What happened there?
HIM: My dad wasn't the best teacher and in the end, we both gave up.
ME: I can see you not being able to drive, as a NYer. But you couldn't ride a bike? What happened there?
HIM: My dad wasn't the best teacher and in the end, we both gave up.
But thanks to our local bike shop and Matthew Modine, I can now ride the 400+ miles of bicycle paths that traverse this fine city.
ME: Do I even want to ask .... Matthew Modine? Does he now work at the local bike shop? I swear I've seen him acting recently, but I guess he might have some down time ... ;)
HIM: (HIM's wife) and I were walking through the West Village and we stopped by this local bike shop. This guy came up to me and started to talk to me as if he were a salesperson. I told him that I couldn't ride a bike and then he proceeded to teach me. We got to talking and he told me that his name was Matthew and he was a actor. We told him that we had just moved from San Francisco and he said "I shot a movie in San Francisco called Pacific Heights where I was married to Melanie Griffith."
ME: SHUT. UP. (I was kidding about the down time.)
HIM: Yeah. When (HIM's wife) told him that she was from London, he said "Yeah, I was there for months shooting Full Metal Jacket. " About ten minutes later, he introduces me to George, the bike shop owner, and I made plans to learn how to ride a bike from him. So cool and kinda surreal.
ME: So, seriously. Matthew Modine is working in a bike shop. Not some dude who looks like Matthew Modine and was totally fucking with you?
HIM: No, it was definitely him. When I asked the George the owner about it, he told me that Matthew is working a grass roots campaign called "Bicycle for a Day." (By the way, on the way to the Bike shop one day, I walked past Paul Rudd, but I looked down so I wouldn't be caught staring.) Here's a better site: http://bicycleforaday.com/
ME: Can I re-print this conversation, say, on a blog? 'Cause seriously? That story is awesome.
HIM: OK. Be sure to give a shout-out to "Bicycle for a Day"
ME: Do I even want to ask .... Matthew Modine? Does he now work at the local bike shop? I swear I've seen him acting recently, but I guess he might have some down time ... ;)
HIM: (HIM's wife) and I were walking through the West Village and we stopped by this local bike shop. This guy came up to me and started to talk to me as if he were a salesperson. I told him that I couldn't ride a bike and then he proceeded to teach me. We got to talking and he told me that his name was Matthew and he was a actor. We told him that we had just moved from San Francisco and he said "I shot a movie in San Francisco called Pacific Heights where I was married to Melanie Griffith."
ME: SHUT. UP. (I was kidding about the down time.)
HIM: Yeah. When (HIM's wife) told him that she was from London, he said "Yeah, I was there for months shooting Full Metal Jacket. " About ten minutes later, he introduces me to George, the bike shop owner, and I made plans to learn how to ride a bike from him. So cool and kinda surreal.
ME: So, seriously. Matthew Modine is working in a bike shop. Not some dude who looks like Matthew Modine and was totally fucking with you?
HIM: No, it was definitely him. When I asked the George the owner about it, he told me that Matthew is working a grass roots campaign called "Bicycle for a Day." (By the way, on the way to the Bike shop one day, I walked past Paul Rudd, but I looked down so I wouldn't be caught staring.) Here's a better site: http://bicycleforaday.com/
ME: Can I re-print this conversation, say, on a blog? 'Cause seriously? That story is awesome.
HIM: OK. Be sure to give a shout-out to "Bicycle for a Day"
posted by taylormcclish @ 12/09/2010
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NYC sounds magical.
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