House Shopping part two
Not that its going to happen any time soon, but where will we move once the we decide to sell this house? As I have said before I am not so enamored of the beach any more, and the prices have gone completely out of control any way.
Lately Kensington market has caught my eye. Great food shopping, great “kitsch”, but mostly a very gritty “real” feeling to the place. On Saturday we wandered to the market as a treat after slogging our an afternoon at the gym. We paused at a coffee shop and people watched. Artsy types and Goths wandered by. The air was filled with the sounds of Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, and other languages I could not identify. Across the street at “Planet Kensington” old grizzled punk rockers – Who have clearly been punks since punk was new- sat and drank beer on the patio. We observed a parade of the most astounding variety and creativity of body ink that I have seen out side of a tattoo parlor.
It’s a gritty rough place, there are bums and crazies who seem to have wandered away from CAMH up at Spadina and college, but these days you can encounter that at hoity toytie areas like Yonge and Eglinton. There is of course the lovely Lettuce Knit. (That might a dangerous store to have close by.) So the current runner up is the market and the surrounding area.
Lets see what happens.
Lately Kensington market has caught my eye. Great food shopping, great “kitsch”, but mostly a very gritty “real” feeling to the place. On Saturday we wandered to the market as a treat after slogging our an afternoon at the gym. We paused at a coffee shop and people watched. Artsy types and Goths wandered by. The air was filled with the sounds of Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, and other languages I could not identify. Across the street at “Planet Kensington” old grizzled punk rockers – Who have clearly been punks since punk was new- sat and drank beer on the patio. We observed a parade of the most astounding variety and creativity of body ink that I have seen out side of a tattoo parlor.
It’s a gritty rough place, there are bums and crazies who seem to have wandered away from CAMH up at Spadina and college, but these days you can encounter that at hoity toytie areas like Yonge and Eglinton. There is of course the lovely Lettuce Knit. (That might a dangerous store to have close by.) So the current runner up is the market and the surrounding area.
Lets see what happens.
posted by veronica at 12:56 PM
1 Comments:
There is a building for sale on Augusta, east side, between College and Baldwin. There is a store front (cottage industry shop? Coffee? B&B for wayward musicians?) that is currently a flower store or something, and I think the number is 293. Could be wrong, but it's definately for sale. Worth a look?
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