Street Bracelets

A selection of colorful woven cloth bracelets for sale at one of those awful 6th Avenue (who calls it Avenue of the Americas?) street fairs at 7pm on Saturday.

Fairly Tired

After a very long day at the street fair, just about any random place will do for a quick mid-block nap even if it's in the middle of the street.

I'm really liking the new Kasabian album, "West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum." You can listen to the whole thing at their MySpace page. It comes out on Tuesday. You should listen to it now.

Tangled Traffic Balloons

Don't you hate it when this happens?

A mess of white, blue and pink balloons on 3rd Avenue on Sunday afternoon.

I Wanna Be Sedated

I just don't think it's possible for her to carry any more stuff while walking down the avenue at a New York City street fair. The handbag, the drink, the fork, the plate of street food, and a couple of shopping bags are plenty to handle. What I especially love is the Dylan's Candy Bar bag, but her blue sunglasses are great too. Of course, what makes this whole look stand out is obviously the Ramones t-shirt. Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee, and Marky would be proud.

Gabba, gabba, hey!

Power to the People

A perfect Sunday afternoon can be interrupted with a traffic snarling street fair. I have never heard anyone say anything complimentary about these frequent events. This fair stretched through the Upper West Side.

A scourge on the good people of Manhattan, these rain or shine, make-shift bazaars can run for blocks and blocks and are typically filled with inexpensive sock vendors, tourist t-shirt specials, greasy food and dozens of booths selling a host of miscellaneous non-native items. However, power shakes are good.

Even though there is something remarkably unsanitary about the scene pictured above, how can you not love a florescent lime green "I ♥ NY" t-shirt wearing man with a huge watermelon-chopping cleaver in his hand?

Rincon Latino (Spanish Food)

Oscar's Arepas, best in New York City. "Can you please hold a second while I flip these damn things?"

Extra points for most sanitary cell phone usage in the city.