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.All Trips / Central USA / Colorado
A visit to Minturn Market, Colorado
Among the pleasures of summer across the northern hemisphere is that farmers markets spring to life for a few months, serving a bounty of fresh produce along with other items people buy at a market, like handicrafts, baked goods, snacks, jewelry and the like. I’ve grown increasingly fond of these markets over the years, visit them frequently — especially when I’m traveling — and like to share them with my fellow travel lovers!
Minturn is a small sleepy town of just over a thousand residents a few miles west of Vail and a few miles east of Beaver Creek, Colorado. It’s built along the Eagle River, a popular mountain river with fly-fishermen. Each Saturday from 9 am to …
Tagged food, Market, Minturn, Rocky Mountains
“Pic of the Week”, August 1, 2015: Artists in Montmartre
Known as one of Paris’ most charming neighborhoods, Montmartre sits on a hill overlooking the city’s downtown to the south. It’s a great place in which to wander, with curvy lanes that take you up and down hills, charming markets, inviting cafes and bakeries, and the crown jewel of the neighborhood, beautiful Sacré Coeur cathedral.
Montmartre has been home to artists for well over a century. Great impressionist painters like Van Gogh and Renoir frequented these very streets and lived nearby. You can still find artists struggling to make a living when you explore Montmartre today.
During our visit to Montmartre, one square in particular was lined by local artists and their work. We ended up chatting and buying a painting from …
Aug 1, 2015
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.All Trips / Europe / Italy
Mercato di Ballaro, Palermo, Sicily
There are four big street markets in Palermo, one in each of the 4 historic quarters of the city. We had chance to visit two of these during our visit to Sicily and the Mercato di Ballaro was the one we liked most.
While I’d read about the market in my trip preparation, we stumbled on it by accident as we were heading back to our hotel from a visit to the Capella Palatina. The market winds down a small street for a number of blocks, with wall-to-wall vendors on both sides of the road. The market caters to the workers and families who live in the area; while it runs all day, it’s busiest in the morning, slows …
.All Trips / British Columbia / North America / Western Canada
Granville Island Public Market, Vancouver, B.C.
One of my favorite markets anywhere is the Granville Island Public Market in Vancouver. Situated on a piece of reclaimed land, it’s become a peninsula and is an island in name only. It adjoins False Creek and Burrard Inlet south of downtown Vancouver and is one of those places everyone visiting Vancouver for a few days should see. It’s not the prettiest setting, not the fanciest facility, but is a colorful venue with a wonderful assortment of food and eateries, and personable vendors (you’d expect no less from Canadians, eh?)
In the early 1900s, Granville Island was an industrial setting and not at all gentrified. The island was home to factories, plants and sawmills. After the second World …
Tagged farmer's market, Granville Island, Market, Vancouver
.All Trips / Central USA / Colorado / North America
Boulder County Farmers Market
One of the best Farmers Markets I’ve ever been to is Boulder’s, the largest in Colorado. The Market focuses on locally grown vegetables, fruit, meats, flowers and wines, sold by the farmers that actually produce them. There’s also great selection of prepared and cooked food you can enjoy right at the market from local bakers and restaurateurs. Very few crafts for are for sale, a noteable difference from many of the Farmers Markets I patronized while visiting Colorado.
The Boulder Market began in 1987 and has expanded over the years to include a second site (Longmont), and has over 150 participants. The Market is held Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings.
The following photos reflect what was available in Boulder the first Saturday in September.
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Tagged Boulder, Colorado, farmer's market, Market
.All Trips / Eastern Canada / North America / Ontario
St. Lawrence Market, Toronto
I’ve a fondness for visiting Farmers’ Markets in my travels. One of the finest markets I’ve ever been to is the St. Lawrence Market in Toronto. This market was recognized by National Geographic as the “world’s best food market” in 2012. It’s one of two main markets in Toronto, the other being the Kensington Market.
The quality of the food in the market is superb. Extremely fresh produce, meat, seafood and a wonderful assortment of cheeses and baked goods. Much of the food is locally grown, often in farms north of Toronto but also the Niagara peninsula, and it’s supplemented with seafood from the maritime provinces and St. Lawrence seaway. Many of the cheeses are made in Quebec but there are …
Tagged farmer's market, Market, Ontario, peameal bacon, St. Lawrence market, Toronto
.All Trips / Central Canada / Manitoba / North America
A Day at the Forks Market, Winnipeg
Experiencing local food is an essential part of being in a new destination — the mortar that binds the many pieces of the travel experience. For this and other reasons, I love to visiting markets around the world. This is, however, the first visit to a farmer’s type market in the middle of a cold Canadian winter, so let me show you what this looks like when it’s -20 C outside.
While visiting out father in Winnipeg this past winter, my brother and I decided to spend a few hours at “The Forks“. Anyone who’s been to Winnipeg will know the important context of these words. “The Forks” refers to the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers, …
Tagged farmer's market, Market, the Forks
.All Trips / Argentina / Food / South America
Mercado San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Markets are popular destinations for travelers and I’ve visited many of them during my travels. Today I’d like to share with you the Mercado de San Telmo, a large and historic market in Buenos Aires.
One hundred and fifty years ago San Telmo was the most upscale barrio in Buenos Aires but it was mostly abandoned by its wealthy citizens during a yellow fever epidemic in the late 19th century, its residents moving more inland to neighborhoods extending from Recoleta to El Tigre. Poorer people moved in to the abandoned homes which were usually subdivided into apartments and rented out. Today, San Telmo is a state of “elegant decay” — beautiful crafted old buildings which are neglected and in need of …
Tagged Argentina, Buenos Aires, Market, San Telmo, San Telmo Market
