Spent a lovely, but chilly Friday at the St.Lawrence Market and watched as the city came together to watch Scotiabank's Buskerfest- a collaboration of street performances, music, indulgent foods and face paint, all in the name of raising money for epilepsy.
Busk or Busker, refers to performances that take place in the streets by actors/ actresses, expecting to be paid for their acts. Apparently, the acts can range from acrobatics, comedies and sword fights all the way to spoken word poetry, story telling and art. Of course, history entails that people from every culture have been performing in the streets for as long as time has been recorded.. but for me, being in "Buskerville" brought me all the way back to a fourth grade History lesson about the Medieval Era. There I was, a common lady in the midst of a lively festival (except I am sure the one I was at was much more sanitary, civilized and advanced)!Without a doubt, the greatest thing about carnivals, fairs or festivals is the food. I like to call it "truck" food- because its usually served from the window of a vehicle. The options were endless, it was just a matter of how much of it you could actually stomach. Mountains of greasy curly fries, chickpea salad, gyros-pita-fajita, soft serve icecream, lemonade, beef jerkies, roasted yams, pasta, pulled pork and this yummy roasted corn (dunked in butter and topped with lemon pepper and salt)!
So of course, my very hungry boyfriend's appetite led us through Buskerfest as we kept an eye open for cool performances- we kept our larger eye open for some cool eats.
The St. Lawrence Market is full of great places to eat. I noticed a really cute patio restaurant called La Papillion, Lettieri, an Irish Pub, Fran's and what I think is a new place called Buff's. Needless to say, on a Friday night- the area is alive!
Sticking to what is close to home, we ended up in one of our favourites (as Ryerson students), Springrolls- for delicious Thai food in a modern *nose stuck in the air* atmosphere! Ordered the usual... of course!
I probably should mention that the acts were well worth seeing. We saw crazy hair, fortune telling puppets, these men in dragon costumes (not sure what they were doing), a contortionist fold herself into a 16 inch box and perhaps my favourite... a man on stilts, bustin' a move to AC/DC!
We heard two music acts- both really amazing.. especially the reggae! The sound of the guitar and the drums making everyones hips and arms move with the music- so full of soul and magic!
On top of all of this there was little vendors that sold trinkets that were so unique I couldn't chose what to buy.. so I went home with nothing..
At the end of the night Steven and I found ourselves on a park bench overlooking the lights of Toronto. All in all, it was another amazing summer evening with my amazing boyfriend and we had to send it off with a high calorie- artery clogging taste of heaven... yes, yes ladies and gentlemen.. I allowed myself to eat some funnel cake- no regrets!
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