Street Fair

'If I see you again, I'm going to attack and harass you.'  Might be the best thing anyone has said to me since I moved here.  I was a little worried when I left Philly I was leaving all the kooky fun and random encounters with strange people behind.  Not so.  That gem of a line above came courtesy of a visiting construction worker from New York who insisted even though he said 'attack' and 'harass' instead of 'say hello' or 'ask you out', he meant me no harm and my ninja would not be necessary.  Per Ronnel, that's how they say it in New York and it does not mean I should get some pepper spray in anticipation of our next encounter.  Phew!  Glad he cleared that up for me.  How awkward would that have been?  He'd be trying to rock his attack and harass mac and I would be bear-macing him and screaming.  I know I was sending somewhat mixed signals because I was smiling so broadly during his awful alarming pickup attempt but I just couldn't help it.  It was that awfully good.  Even better, this was after I told him I had a boyfriend.   Thanks Ronnel.  You were even better than the white lady with a little white dog who commented when Baloo barked, 'Well you know, big black dog, little white dog...' and trailed off like I knew something about the race wars between (colorblind) white and black dogs.