I think I figured out why I like antique markets so much- for the memories! We saw so many cool things today that made us reminisce about our past.
We went to the Aberfoyle antique market today. Eric and I hadn’t been since we were in 1st year university. It is located near our old undergraduate university- University of Guelph.
I don’t know why but I am DRAWN to old, worn furniture! I love the boat house style. With a little love they could be brought back to life!
FYI- your baby should have fashion! lol.
I resisted every urge to have tea with the Queen.
Easy-BAKE!
The Crazy Dish Lady was here!
Eric said he was ‘so proud’ of me for not buying anything today. ;)
I love old keys. I wonder what they open?
Oh dear.
Those Barbie’s need a stylist!
Classic B & V!!!
I LOVE old, old worn books. You are transported into another era when you open one.
I bought a mannequin leg to hide under the bed for a ‘burglar bat’…
Just kidding. ;) but that would be all kinds of epic.
I’ve always wanted one of these…
I imagine myself sewing all my clothing and being a total fashionista.
An old rowing machine?! That was our guess…
LOVE old doors.
Little known fact about me: When I was a child I used to have an obsession with COWS. Yes, cows. I had a huge collection of cow paraphernalia. I’m sure it was no surprise to OSGMOM when I became a vegan…! I have always been a huge lover of all kinds of animals.
I used to have this cash register!!!!!
GOSH I loved it- especially the plastic coins inside!
I debated buying it for our future children…but I was distracted by this…
I’m pretty sure I had this too (or something like it). Maybe OSGMOM can verify? :)
I love snowshoeing!
She be chillin’.
Eric and I saw this white & very ‘rough’ china cabinet that would have been PERFECT to refinish and fix-up for our kitchen dining area, but it wouldn’t fit in our car. =( It was marked down to just $50! We were so sad because we wanted it so badly and we were excited about having a piece of furniture to work on and bring back to life. It was gorgeous! I guess it wasn’t meant to be though.
Afterwards, we drove by our old university!
Sorry the shots are so poor, I was in the passenger side of the moving car and had my macro lens on!
The thing I loved best about U of G is the beautiful campus, trees, and buildings.
Then we drove downtown to go out for lunch.
We tried out a vegetarian restaurant in Guelph called The Cornerstone. It was here the entire 5 years we lived in Guelph and we never once went to it! We both thought it was a coffee shop from the outside so we never bothered to go inside (we aren’t coffee drinkers).
The inside decor was pretty cool. High industrial ceilings with an open kitchen and lots of bar tables and stools. The downside to this place was no air conditioning. With the open-kitchen, it must have been over 100 degrees in there today. We were very uncomfortable and sweating at our table.
We guzzled this to stay cool…
Poor Eric was so hot he said ‘I’m sticking to my chair’.
We got the Garlic costini along with sun-dried tomato, hummus, and artichoke spreads for an appetizer. It took about 45 minutes for our appetizers to arrive. It was already 2:30pm at this point and we were starving.
It was delicious and we ate 90% of it.
For my main, I had a spinach, hummus, carrot, cuke, and roasted red pepper aioli whole wheat wrap. By the time our main courses arrived we had been waiting for 1 hour 20 minutes. It was clearly an issue of understaffing as all the servers seemed very flustered and rushed.
The wrap was pretty good (but I think anything would taste good after 1 hour 20 mins).
Eric got the veggie pizza and he enjoyed it too.
All in all The Cornerstone had good tasting food in a nicely presented manner. They also had several vegan options on the menu clearly indicated with a ‘v’ (loved that!). On the downside, we probably would not go back due to the long wait time and the uncomfortable & hot atmosphere.
Well, it is almost time to eat again. We are going to do a huge BBQ tonight! I am even BBQing a special dessert that I can’t wait to show you. I hope it turns out.
Have a wonderful evening whatever you are up to!
it’s fun to look at things of the past…and see how far things of the present have come
Awesome finds!!! Love the cookware!
What fun, unique photos today. Curious… does Eric cook non-vegan items at home for himself, or does he live a mostly-vegan lifestyle, too? =]
I love that picture of the necklaces with different shades of pink. It reminds me when I passed by an antique shop in Seattle. It was my first and only time browsing through an antique shop. Since I was visiting Seattle I didn’t buy any big items only knicks knacks :)
Oh how fun! I had that cash register too! I remember the big red, blue, and yellow coins that came with it. Good times, good times.
The mannequin kind of freaked me out, chillen in the chair.
I had that cash register too and I loved the plastic coins too!
Love the shots of your antique trip – how fun! The wrap looks great but an 80 minute wait for lunch? Way too long!
All those tea cups!!! I would not have been able to contain myself, lol. I absolutely adore all antique shops (or fairs, for that matter although I have never been to one). My weakness is old books or magazines. I always search for any Gone With The Winds. Great book if you haven’t read it :-D
Looks like you guys had so much fun!
What a fun day! Antique shopping looks like it would be so much fun. I can see how you could just spend hours looking at all of the unique things without even buying any of it.
I hate long waits at restaurants but at leas the food was good. Hopefully next time will be a bit more timely.
I’m glad nobody hounded you about snapping photos of their antiques……I was in Healdsburg, CA last week antiquing and one of the dealers told me in a not so polite manner that I should really ask before taking photos of the antiques and when I asked her reasoning she said “some dealers don’t like it when photos are taken” Not sure if she thought I was going to replicate an antique or what! Crazy!
Ahh I used to be obsessed with cows when I was little too!!! I had cow t-shirts, and at least 20 stuffed animal cows! Even cow jewelry, it was madness. When I got a little older I switched over to panda bears…something about black and white animals I guess :)
Oh how much fun! I used to collect those Archies at flea markets back when I was a kid…I had a whole bookshelf of them! I bought one at the checkout of the supermarket the other day just to take me back…they don’t seem to be as cute/funny these days :/
I had both the cash register and pink house growing up!!!! Ahhh memories of care-free afternoons playing with Barbies and making stuffed animal forts :)
I used to read Archie comics religiously! I remember saving up my money and buying them from the corner store for 25 cents. Those were the days………
I love all the vintage finds!!!!!! and the dinner looks really good too!!!!
I love antiques. That’s too bad about the service at the restaurant.
Oh my goodness! Those phots are all so beautiful. And I love all the vintage stuff.
PS – I totally had that cash register too! LOL
I love antique sales! I love photos of them even more though because you picked all the good things to photograph!
Wow, I can’t believe that place had no AC and you guys had to wait so long. That is insane!