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2011, Haight Street Fair, San Francisco

Police Presence
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A police command vehicle was parked on Belvedere just above Haight Street just in case of trouble. The only trouble witnessed was one man with a can of beer in a paper sack. He was asked by police to put it into the trash and he cheerfully complied.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Belvedere between Walter and Haight, San Francisco   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:12:22 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5389
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Veggie Burgers
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One booth offered for sale veggie and other sorts of burgers, including the ever present garlic fries.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Haight Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:24:24 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5394
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Lemonade
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Strawberry Lemonade was for sale in another booth. The ingredients were combined in a yellow cocktail shaker and shaken, then poured into a chilled plastic glass. A thin slice of lemon and a thin slice of strawberry were then added.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Haight Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:25:01 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5396
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Bubble Guns
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Electric bubble guns were for sale. An unwrapped one was available to try. The guns were sold without batteries, but the booth also sold batteries.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Haight Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:25:33 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5395
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Sidewalk Dining
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As was typical of many street fairs, there were few places to sit to eat. Here, a family sat on the sidewalk to enjoy their fair-food meal.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Haight Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:27:41 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5397
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Listened To The Band
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A sequence of bands played on a stage set up at the Golden Gate Park end of Haight Street. Apartment residents leaned from second story windows to enjoy the music.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Haight Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:30:14 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5400
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Protest Sign
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Protest signs were the exception rather than the rule. Here was a sign that read, "Mind The Flowers Flower The Mind."


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Haight Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:30:50 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5402
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Bobble Heads
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Hand carved bobble head figures were for sale at a booth. In addition to those shown here, bobble headed birds and an octopus hung from strings overhead.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Haight Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:33:49 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5405
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Smoke
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Many food stalls offered grilled or barbecued food. This one featured sausages. Others featured corn on the cob, beef tri-tips, and chicken. Because of these booths, the air was filled with smoke at some intersections.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Haight Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:35:57 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5409
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Sugar Water
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A sugar cane pressing machine was used to create glasses of sugar water for sale. The sugar water was offered in a variety of flavors. Just below this machine and out of camera sight was a garbage can filled to overflowing with spent crushed cane.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Haight Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:36:55 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5411
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A Plate Of Food
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Plates of food were also for sale. Here was a booth that had just sold a rice and meat plate. The plates and food wrapping were mostly of paper so could be composted afterward.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Haight Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:46:23 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5416
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Fancy Skulls
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One clothing booth was decorated overhead with a sequence of fancy Styrofoam skulls on sticks.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Haight Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:46:51 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5418
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Hippy Dachshund
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A dachshund on a leash was walked through the fair wearing a hippie-style tie-dyed shirt and a bandana with marijuana leaves as the design.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Haight Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:49:56 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5421
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Scarf With Personality
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Another booth sold scarfs that featured a face at one end.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Haight Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:50:10 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5422
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Free Tea Parlor
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A booth that sold cups and pots of hot tea had set up an area rug and furniture so that tea could be enjoyed in comfort.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Haight Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:51:40 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5424
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Variety Of Food
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There was no shortage of varieties of food to enjoy. This one booth, for example, sold everything from a Chicken Teriyaki Rice Bowl to a Hot Link.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Haight Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:53:08 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5427
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Bubbles
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A couple in a second floor apartment created bubbles that floated down and among the crowds on the street. Here was a particularly successful run of bubbles.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Haight Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:54:18 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5434
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Wrestling Masks
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An unusual booth was one that sold wrestling masks and wrestling themed t-shirts.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Haight Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 12:54:44 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5437
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View From A Roof
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Several folk watched the fair from the roof of a store.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Haight Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 13:15:27 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5446
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A Street Band
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A sequence of bands performed acoustically on the sidewalk just around the corner from the fair, on Belvedere Street.


2011 Haight Street Fair   •  Belvedere between Walter and Haight, San Francisco   •  (Photo posted Monday 13 June 2011)   •  (Photo taken 13:23:27 Sunday 12 June 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B11_5451
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