»In which it takes the (ice-cream) cake

Coup des glaces, the well-organised winter cycle sports event, sounds more daredevil than the X Games.

... I think I have ice-creams on the noggin because the weather in San Francisco these past few days has been anything but wintry. At nine o'clock th' other evening we found the inspiration to jaunt down to Mitchell's: Chocolate-dipped alpine whatnot, yum.