Although Dany Mandlebaum delivered a camera to me on June 4th 2006, sent along with peanut butter, pictures and jasmine tea from home, it could not possibly capture Sunday afternoon, no matter how many mega-pixels. After a brisk fall stroll from home to Belgrano's (our neighborhood’s) main plaza, we visited the afternoon fair. Artists stood smiling behind their creations, toques, painted rocks, incense sticks, wooden carvings, leather belts, glass masterpieces, etc. Children ran around like wild geese laughing at the street performers tricks, chasing filthy pigeons with grand determination and grabbing on to people's legs, terrified to realize it wasn't the leg of their dad when their eyes glanced upwards. Old women and men holding hands on benches watching the world wander by, young couples kissing on the museum's steps with confidence and passion, best of
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