Imagine Mardi Gras. Colorful beads, bottomless-alcoholic beverages, sunburned bare skin and nonstop bass-thumping music. Picture all of this and place it in the heart of San Francisco's Castro district.

The city celebrated it's 34th annual Castro Street Fair of which an estimated 80,000 people attended, said Jane Warner, a co-producer of the street fair and safety patrol officer.

"I've been apart of this event for the past 12 years and our turnout has always been really good," said Warner.

A total of 230 vendors participated in this year's fair, the usual amount for the annual street fair according to Warner. Back to back white tents lined the curbside and street mid-sections throughout the Castro neighborhood.

From priceless works of art to olive oil tasting, raffles, give-aways or even signing up for a bank account the Castro street fair provided accessible and up-front information for the LGBT community.

"Re.A.Playa," a stage name for an employee of Braindrops body jewelry and custom tattooing-a company owned by David Miller the president of the Castro street fair, celebrated her seventh year at the fair, but noticed that over time the crowd has slowly begun to change.

"Back then like seven years ago it was a lot more intimate," said Re.A.Playa. "Now it's like people come out, but don't understand what they are naturally celebrating. I guess it's time for a change and we gotta roll with it."

Between 18th and 19th Streets is the “Best of Show” area, where the finest handmade crafts can be seen and purchased. Inger Quesata, owner of Garden Art Jewelry, was awarded Best of Show 2007 and because of steep competition Quesata had no clue that she was going to win.

"I was so surprised when they approached me and told me that I won," said Quesata. "There are so many booths with so many beautiful things to sell and it's really shocking that they picked me."

Free testing for various Sexually Transmitted Diseases was available to fairgoers inside several mobile homes.

Heather Rodriguez, a program associate for the Stop AIDS Project and SF State alumna, noticed that this year's fair "moved at a slower pace."

"I don't think this year's fair was advertised much," said Rodriguez. "Usually we get flyers and posters about the event. They used to drop them off at our jobs, but I haven't seen one yet. Maybe that's why there isn't as many people this year."

At 6 p.m., the scheduled time for the fair to shut down, the number of attendees slowly decreased and the San Francisco Police Department stepped in to clear the streets of the Castro.

"As in any big outdoor function crowd control can be an issue," said an SFPD officer. "It's rare to come across any violent acts of crime."

"Now the ocassional drunk person, that's a different story."