Its a litte blurry - but its the calm before the storm on Mulberry Street. The San Gennaro festival opens tomorrow - September 11 - and runs till September 21, 2008.

Once a festival to celebrate the immigrants from Naples, it has morphed into one of the largest street festivals in the nation.

I am also pleased that they chose to run the festival as it has for decades - starting the second Thursday of September. Despite the opening day falling on 9/11 the festival will start as always.