Aboard the Staten Island Ferry

This is why I love tourists. They want something. They are not cool. They are enjoying themselves in all their tourist splendour, right in front and right out loud.

Opening Day of the Seasonal Farmer's Market at the Hattie Carthan Community Gardens

Okay. Most of these photos are of the bicycle-powered smoothie blender. This young lady is making me a watermelon-pear-honey-mint smoothie. A bargain, full of Vit. C, for $3.

The altar at the Garden. This is where the majik happens, literally.

The clay and brick bread oven. More magic.

And the long table full of veggies and home preparations. The farmer's market is open every Saturday. It's on Clifton Place at Marcy Ave., right near Lafayette Ave. Easy to get to via the G-Train or the B38.

The G-Train over Gowanus

Fire Last Night at the Throop Food Market - too bad! I like this deli! The people who run it are Yemeni.

The next morning

Was it the air conditioner? 

Was it the wiring?

Last year the deli looked like this --
http://fourlegsgood.blogspot.com/2012/10/foggy-morning-in-park.html
Check the last two photos on this posting.