STREET FAIR

Three things on the agenda today.  1.  Street faire.  2.  Irish event at Lincoln Center.  3.  Bach cantata at Trinity Lutheran.

Street Faire:  Fun, noisy, a bit crowded.  Lots of the same things over and over, cheap goods, African fabrics, Egyptian cotton sheets, Chinese glass masquerading as Venetian, and various ethnic foods. 

We started our experience with a Nutella crepe, and called it France.  I bought a CD of Ladysmith Black Mombazo, and called it African.  I didn't buy any of the cool Indonesian stuff that's made out of T-shirt material, or any of the fake Venetian glass beads, but I did buy something at Real Imposters, which is similar to a high end shop called Travel Jewelry for those who don't want to take their Bulgari jewels on a trip but would still like to be seen in something similar.  It was quite amusing that Real Imposters was situated right in front of Travel Jewelry. 
I'm just randomly putting in a few other pictures from the street fair. Things to look for: bakery table which had what was supposed to be the world's best brownie, but which didn't quite make it; falafel with dragonfly, red leather leaves sewn onto very thin cloth to make a shirt, Indonesian colorful bags and stuff. Next pictures are a couple of things we saw on the way over to Lincoln Center. I want this floor lamp. The polka dot building is the Dolce and Gabana store, I think, or some other fancy designer, and the ever popular Ku Klux Klan tour of New York by double decker bus. The Lincoln Center Irish program was okay, but we didn't get there at the right time for music. Strangely enough, I knew this harp group was playing, because I read it on the harplist, and as we were leaving I saw a woman carrying a harp. I asked her if she was in the harp group, and then I asked her if she was Mia (the leader of the group, whom I have never met) and she was. She said, "Do you play the harp?" I said "yes" and she said, "Come play with us. I brought an extra harp." Unfortunately, we had to be home to go to the Bach tonight. So I didn't get to add playing at Lincoln Center to my credits which include playing on Broadway and dancing in the New York theater. Oh, well. The Bach Cantata at Vespers was really nicely done, but it was VERY short, and I wasn't expecting that I was going to a church service. Too much religion, too little music. We went to Tulio afterwards and had a wonderful Greek meal, then had a tiramisu from the Europan. I'm totally sick because I'm so full. Doesn't mean I won't start pigging out all over again tomorrow, though.