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Columbus Avenue street fair

I stepped outside my door onto Columbus Avenue this warm September morning to find the Columbus Avenue street fair in full swing. Yes, the familiar smell of sausage and peppers, funnel cakes and crêpes. I didn’t mind so much, though; as Top Chef’s gentle giant Chris “CJ” Jacobson will tell you: all women love crêpes. (Ah, I will miss you, CJ. Though perhaps not quite as much as I missed Sam from Season 2.)

And in front of the Danskin: a performance artist confounded those gathered as she twirled and preened barefoot in a white slip. Not entirely sure that this was a fair-sanctioned performance, as I and a several others hastily dispersed once she launched into a round of maniacal laughter.

Another of the live entertainment acts consisted of a trio of youngsters, who commanded the stage set up at Columbus and 66th Street. As I passed through on my way to the subway, the band was in the middle of a cover of “Wild Thing.” The Troggs version, that is, not the Tone Lōc rap (co-written by fellow HCHS alum, Young M.C.) But still: there’s something a little disconcerting about a pre-pubescent boy growling out, “Wild thing… I think I looooooove you.”

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