{"id":26542,"date":"2015-11-24T12:21:01","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T17:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=26542"},"modified":"2015-11-24T12:21:56","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T17:21:56","slug":"market-marvels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2015\/11\/24\/market-marvels\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Marvels"},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the end of November approaches us, the holiday season is in the air. Christmas music is being played in the grocery store, coffee cups have seasonal doodles splattered across them (although some of them are<span class=\"_Tgc\"> \u2014 <\/span>GASP <\/span><b><span class=\"_Tgc\">\u2014<\/span> just<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> red), storefronts are decorated with beautiful gold, silver and red themes and every so often I get the overwhelming urge to decorate a Christmas tree. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The onset of holiday season in the city comes with so many festive and wonderful events happening throughout Toronto. So...<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Put down your heavy textbook! Forget about your seven page essay! \u00a0Postpone the study groups and get out there and get your early holiday season party animal on, cause people, it\u2019s <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">C \u00a0H \u00a0R \u00a0I \u00a0S \u00a0T \u00a0M \u00a0A \u00a0S \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0M \u00a0A \u00a0R \u00a0K \u00a0E \u00a0T \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0S \u00a0E \u00a0A \u00a0S \u00a0O \u00a0N \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&lt; \u00a03 \u00a0\u00a0! ! !<\/span>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toronto has got a huge art\/craft scene and this year I\u2019m trying to boycott the mall (yes, I mean you, Eaton Centre) and get the majority of my Christmas shopping done at various markets around the city. The best part about shopping at markets is that your hard earned money goes towards supporting local artists and businesses in your own city! <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This weekend I checked out the Trinity Bellwoods \u201cNovember Edition\u201d Market. The market took place at StudioBar (824 Dundas St. West) and had lot of vendors to check out, as well as tasty dumplings, hot apple cider and $5 mimosas to get you in the holiday spirit. Some of the vendors I really enjoyed included: <\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Heather Bird Design <span class=\"_Tgc\">\u2014<\/span> handcrafted leather handbags, coin purses and other delights!<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rowan: homespun market apothecary <span class=\"_Tgc\">\u2014<\/span> small batch skin and wellness products, natural soaps and organic oils.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FoldIt Creations <span class=\"_Tgc\">\u2014<\/span> delicate, wearable paper art made by Gavin Canning (he makes mini origami swans and makes them into earrings and necklaces!)<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Citchen Candle Co. <span class=\"_Tgc\">\u2014<\/span> handcrafted scented soy candles that burn for up to 100 hours! Plus, they are great for people with curious pets\/children because the soy wax isn\u2019t toxic.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_26543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26543\" style=\"width: 289px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2015\/11\/IMG_1378.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-26543\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2015\/11\/IMG_1378.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of chocolate treats. \" width=\"289\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cutest tasty little chocolate treats from Chocollata Gourmet!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_26544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26544\" style=\"width: 384px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2015\/11\/IMG_1383.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26544\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2015\/11\/IMG_1383.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of a beautiful candle vendor. \" width=\"384\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meet Felicia Laplume, the owner and creator of Citchen Candle Co.!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_26545\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26545\" style=\"width: 382px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2015\/11\/IMG_1391.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-26545\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/files\/2015\/11\/IMG_1391.jpg\" alt=\"A photograph of Madeline's market purchases, an ornament, some jewelry and two candles.\" width=\"382\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here's hoping my mother, nana and little sister don't read Life at U of T, because this is my market haul ... and also their Christmas presents!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Trinity Bellwoods market takes place every third Saturday, and if you are interested in some holiday market shopping this season, you can stop by on December 19th <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 20th to visit some of the 75 different vendors that will be displaying their talents over the two day Christmas market extravaganza! <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other upcoming market dates: <\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/torontochristmasmarket.com\/\">Toronto Christmas Market<\/a> in the Distillery District: November 20th - December 20th\r\n<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/leslievilleflea.com\/\">Leslieville Flea Holiday Market<\/a>: S. H. Armstrong Community Centre, 56 Woodfield Rd. - November 29th\r\n<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get out there and explore the beautiful city of Toronto and all the market festivities this holiday season, U of T!\u00a0<\/span><\/em>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the end of November approaches us, the holiday season is in the air. Christmas music is being played in the grocery store, coffee cups have seasonal doodles splattered across them (although some of them are<span class=\"_Tgc\"> \u2014 <\/span>GASP <\/span><b><span class=\"_Tgc\">\u2014<\/span> just<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> red), storefronts are decorated with beautiful gold, silver and red themes and every so often I get the overwhelming urge to decorate a Christmas tree. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The onset of holiday season in the city comes with so many festive and wonderful events happening throughout Toronto. So...<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Put down your heavy textbook! Forget about your seven page essay! \u00a0Postpone the study groups and get out there and get your early holiday season party animal on, cause people, it\u2019s <\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">C \u00a0H \u00a0R \u00a0I \u00a0S \u00a0T \u00a0M \u00a0A \u00a0S \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0M \u00a0A \u00a0R \u00a0K \u00a0E \u00a0T \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0S \u00a0E \u00a0A \u00a0S \u00a0O \u00a0N \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&lt; \u00a03 \u00a0\u00a0! ! !<\/span>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2015\/11\/24\/market-marvels\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Market Marvels&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":267,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,65,1,82],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26542"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26542"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26592,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26542\/revisions\/26592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}