Garage Sale

Just east of Keele and Dundas, a Sunday flea market has started. On the second Sunday of every month, numerous vendors sell their wares, typically old and vintage bric-a-brac. This seems a natural fit for the Junction as it not only has gentrified in recent years but contains a fair number of stores peddling similar items.

The food vendors did the briskest trade on this sunny afternoon. To combat the heat, I got a mango-raspberry "gourmet" popsicle ($3.50). Too much raspberry, not enough mango. Let's not even talk about the price. I also got grilled corn with goat cheese, chopped basil, and aioli ($5) from The Kissing Booth. The salty cheese went well with the sweet kernels, but the aioli's sweetness didn't add much to the snack.

Looking at the vinyls, record players, typewriters, film cameras, 60s kitchenware, and old leather bags and belts on sale, with both vendors and sellers mostly younger than 30, I thought of this recent article about the IRL fetish as a reaction to being "online".