Summer Guide 2008 - The Look Book Goes Tanning in the Sheep Meadow -- New York Magazine

Look Book Gets a Tan

(Photo: Alyson Aliano)

Jay Choi, Student
What are you doing in the park?
I’m here from Holland with my friends Leroy and Benito. I went to some hat stores yesterday. You know, baseball hats? Now we’re playing a little soccer in the park.

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