I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night

T-Shirt Of The Week #9: Polska!

This is my weekly feature on a favorite t-shirt that I own, number nine. This one is my newest Tee- I bought it last Monday at The Broadway Market. Not too often can you by this type of quality tee- 2 for $10! Oh yeah.

I am showing my polish pride-- especially today, which is Dyngus Day-- with a white Polish falcon in a crest on a traditional red tee. The tee is screaming "Polska' in an old timey blackletter font. J. wanted to buy me this shirt after we saw polka-rock band, Those Idiots play last Summer at the Music is Art festival. We finally found it at the market last Monday, and now I am properly geared up for today's Dyngus Day festivities. Polska!

This Life Makes Me Wonder

Pussy willows, polish sausage, placek, hand painted Polish eggs, peeps and everything you can think of dipped in chocolate- The annual family trip to the famous Broadway Market in pictures!

Today the family and I took our annual Easter trip to the Famous Broadway Market. As a kid, I spend many a Saturday morning with my Grandpa at the Market and I have many fond memories. I have made sure my girls will know this experience and I have been taking them for all their years so far. It is not the same as when I was a kid, but in some ways it is a snapshot of a history captured in time.

This is the best time of the year to go as the stalls are filled with vendors and the place bustles with people. We actually go to the market often, but it isn't as exciting is it is this time of the year.

Below are some snapshots of out trip. A great way to beat the rainy (snow, wha?) blues of a Monday, plus it gets really busy at the market as the week progresses. Click for larger views!


Army of rabbits, and my Grandma's favorite treat, the chocolate cross.


Candies & more candies....


The guy at the end is wearing a 'Polish Mafia' T-shirt.


Peeps- some of the hundreds of 'things dipped in chocolate.'


Handcrafted Polish gifts.


Hand-painted wooden eggs.


More Polish gifts.


The ever-popular butter lambs (side facing and front facing).


Pussy willows ready for Dyngus Day, coming up the Monday after Easter.


Sausage fest.

Kick Out The Jams

Happy Holidays to U!

I wanted to post the photos the girls and I took at The Broadway Market on Christmas Eve day. The market was dead and Santa Claus paid us a lot of mind-- we had his utmost attention. He told us that Mrs. Claus didn't want him to eat too many cookies this year and he seemed a bit large! I think he was sober....

So it was a great holiday in retrospective. The family came over and I got a lot a great gifts. The girls had a good time and got pretty much everything on their lists. J. bought me a lot of cool PUNK gifts including the the new Cobain book, the new pink Clash book (which seems awesome) and the soundtrack to the Strummer bio The Future is Unwritten. I also got a cool PUNK illustrated encyclopedia of sorts full of photos and more! Oi! You would think she was really gearing me up for the Strummer Tribute event I am DJing tomorrow night, eh?

Anyway, I hope to see you all tomorrow at the Mohawk Place-- Happy Holidays to you all, faithful readers. All three girls are sleeping and I am going to enjoy my scotch & water and delve into the pink Clash book a bit. Rock on in 2009.


Fruits and such....


Breads and more!


Waiting for sausage.


Platzec (Polish spellcheck help me..)


More.


A bit of Crystal Beach memories.


Empty Deli.