It's summer, which means street festivals in Brooklyn. Yesterday, I stumbled into the 5th Avenue Festival in Bay Ridge. Local vendors and store owners came out and displayed their wares. They were selling everything: jewelry, handbags, clothes, plastic swords -- I even saw a guy taking a nap in a Thor helmet. Since it's a street festival, it's free to wander around and the prices on everything were so reasonable. The most expensive vendor I saw was the perfume stand (at $20+). I picked up a mini poster for $4 and noticed the stand was selling prints I've seen at big chain stores, but for 75% less than the "big names". I'm down with saving money.Anyway, I specifically wandered through to check out the food situation. There were a lot of sausage trucks, fried calamari, and corn on the cob (which was sadly one of the healthiest thing I saw at the festival). Rocco's Pizzeria was hosting a pizza eating contest, the thought of which makes my lunch want to come back for an encore.
I was intrigued when I saw fruit sitting on this stand. This is a crepe station and the fruit was for fresh smoothies. I so wish I hadn't eaten before heading out to do chores.
There were also multiple bands playing on different sections and some stands talking about health. I saw a chiropractic station, a group raising money for diabetes awareness, and this band that, apparently, had something to do with Pancreatic Cancer. I didn't hear the introduction, but they did a mean rendition of "Downtown", which made me happy.
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