Years ago, if you told me that in the future I'd be marketing in the park on a Saturday morning, I'd have informed you that you're out of your damn mind. For the art of selling people things they don't need sort of marketing, that still holds true actually, but we've got a slightly different sort of marketing on Saturday mornings in Iroquois Park.
That would be the South End Community Market. I've written about it several times already but I keep going back. Each time I get to know a few more of my neighbors, which is much more difficult than you would think in a city.
Plus there's live music. Live music at eight in the morning is a bit different, everybody is drinking coffee instead of booze.
Got there bright and early yesterday, was trying to catch the opening of the market. I'd heard stories of the line at the Beechmont Bakehouse booth and wanted to get photos but luck was not on my side. Showed up to find no Beechmont Bakehouse, had to settle for coffee from the folks in their usual spot.
The light was golden and the temperature hadn't quite climbed into scorching territory yet, so I hung around for the next couple hours taking it all in and snapping the occasional photo.
The woodworker holding the cutting board in the photo above was the musical entertainment last week. Ended up chatting with him for a bit, turns out he used to snap a few shots too in the glory days of film.
There's always at least a few folks selling baked goods, keep meaning to sample all of them but have mostly just stuck with the Beechmont Bakehouse. (We've been getting goodies from them since before the market got going this year) That may change soon though, was talking with the baker behind this booth and discovered that they're going to have one of my favorite bits of down home cooking, fried apple pies here soon.
Was probably a good thing I had coffee as soon as I got there. Would have wanted to eat a bit of everything otherwise. Managed to escape this place with only a couple cookies in my camera bag.
Going back next Saturday, so whether you want some or not there'll be more market photos. Now to figure out how to market market photos. . .