Ode to Street Fairs

Bid farewell to the summer at the last of the street fairs in early October. Leisurely amble past block after block of modern gypsies offering to reveal your fortune for a meager $5, retired hippies selling cheap jewelry for prices that justify their creativity and hefty booth commissions, NYU students selling art and photographs in the hopes of getting discovered or at least making enough to pay for another week of over-priced beer, Chinese masseurs trying to make ends meet, sausage salesmen at Italian carnival stands hawking funnel cakes and ices, Thai chicken on a stick and spring rolls, $2 lemonade and fresh-fruit smoothie stalls.