Colorful Kensington Market

 It was Sunday ... 

my day of walking around Toronto with my camera.

Several blocks south of my home is the

famous Kensington Market.  My son

shares a house in this area with a group of

friends and they love their neighborhood.

Kensington Market is in the midst of the Jewish Garment District 

which is also a part of Toronto's Chinatown.  It's several blocks

from the Financial District,  Toronto's Soho and the fashionable

Mink Mile.  It's like the hub of Toronto.

 Kensington is the oldest outdoor food market in Toronto but

now it is also mecca for those people who are looking for

vintage clothing and furniture.  

And above all else, it's a very colorful area.  The colors

are vibrant, and the smells pungent from all the international

restaurants. Sounds of the Caribbean, Mexican and

International street bands fill the airwaves.  Visitors
walk the area with interesting street food in their hands
as they look through the outside racks of vintage clothing.

 I loved this colorful collection of hipster hats.

 And the colorful vintage phones.  They are like little pieces of art.

 As I peered into a bookstore window, there was a new

book by the Canadian gardening guru, Marjorie Harris,  

who lives in my neighborhood. Visit her blog
for some great gardening tips.

 Graffiti is everywhere and some of the art is

absolutely beautiful.  What is not so beautiful in Toronto

is our present mayor Rob Ford.  This man along with

his councillor brother is trying to send our

wonderful city back to the Dark Ages.  The

people are uniting against this narrow-minded

leader and are taking our city back. 

Toronto is one of the most cosmopolitan and internationally
diverse cities in the world.  Magazines are calling Toronto

the new New York.

Kensington Market reminds me of the Haight Ashbury 

area in San Francisco.  Flower power is alive

in the market.  

If you live in Toronto or plan to visit,

make sure you take a couple of hours

to explore this most colorful neighborhood.

pictures by Meg Mitchell.