Berkeley Place’s annual block party celebrated a five-year-old neighbor who recently recovered from childhood leukemia. A big banner: Congratulation Aidan, signed by all the kids on the block, hung between two trees in front of Aidan’s brownstone. There was also a pizza and cake celebration in his honor.

Dan McMann, a local teenage circus sensation, who walks on stilts, juggles, and rides a unicycle, thrilled the kids with his entertaining antics.

A woman who travels with a  traveling reptile zoo introduced the kids to an alligator, a lizard and a host of other fascinating reptiles.

Back by popular demand, Hepcat and his photography-studio-in-a-box—a back drop, a strobe, and a digital camera—took group and individual portraits.  Many subjects from last year’s shoot came back for a brand new picture. Picture of OSFO and Teen Spirit from last year. My how they’ve grown. New pictures will be posted in the days to come.

Perfect weather made for an idyllic day on this particulary beautiful leafy brownstone street.