Evil monkeys and ghosts and evil Amish, oh my!

Man, there was a lot of stuff going on this weekend! The City Paper trunk show, the Italian Market Festival, the Kensington Sculpture Derby, the Piazza opening, a big flea at 22nd and Chestnut… it was one of those delightful summer weekends where you can buy funnel cake on every corner and open-container laws are put aside. I only made it to the sculpture derby and Italian Market (and got one of those awesome sunburns where you can see where your necklace was), but I took some pictures in case you missed the derby for one of the myriad things competing for your attention Saturday.

Firstly: I got these yellow owl earrings for $9 at the Trenton Arts Festival from Gretchen Diehl of Birdqueen Designs, and already I’ve gotten more compliments on them from random store clerks and church ladies than every other pair of earrings I own combined. She makes some really nice stuff with a very distinctive look, and it’s extremely affordable. She had this amazing, huge stag necklace with the antlers reaching up to your collarbone that I didn’t end up getting it as I don’t usually have any occasion (or the wardrobe) to wear something that dramatic. But if you like drama, keep checking out her store to see if she posts it.

And now, start your human-powered engines:

Woop woop: that's the sound of the police

This guy looked so dignified on such a silly bike

There were a bunch of small circus-themed entries

My personal favorite: the evil Amish buggy

a Dad-powered limo

The Neighborhood Bike Works entry was all ghosts and ghouls...

...like this straggler

Really, the candidates for D.A. should have gotten in on this with a Dan McElhatton for D.A. float instead of annoying me with their megaphone cars and robocalls

Steampunk!

Yesssssss children dressed as evil monkeys was a great idea

On the Kenzinger truck, three guys pedaled sideways to go forward...

...and one guy steered

The anti-casino people made a sparkly appearance

No WAY could I rollerblade and film at the same time. BTW, we were trying to figure out if the float in the background is an anime reference or something, anybody know?