St. Lawrence Market

One of our favorite things to do since we've moved to Toronto is go to St. Lawrence Market on the weekends.  It was actually named the best food market in the world by National Geographic this year.  We always have the best times there.  It starts with buying some salsa, tostadas, and guacamole from this sweet lady at Manotas, which is hands-down the best guacamole in the city after my own!  Next we go pick up a monster crepe for brunch and some coffee, and then we head upstairs.  Upstairs Campbell (and Katherine) are in their element.  There are tons of samples from all of the vendors.  Campbell either sprints around to the different displays checking everything out or he wants me to put him on my head to get a birds-eye view.  We can never get out without buying fresh-made ravioli and this triple-combo pasta sauce that is the freshest mix of tomato, alfredo, and pesto-basil sauces.  It tastes best when it is just all mixed together.  As great as all that is, the highlight of the market are the GIGANTIC lobster tanks (I put gigantic in all caps because Campbell has this way of saying gigantic really loud in this super low-pitched voice that is hilarious).  We even bought a couple of lobsters one day and Katherine whipped up some of Ina Garten's lobster rolls for lunch!  I don't know anyone other than Katherine that could just whip up the best gourmet lobster rolls on-the-fly while feeding a 9 month old and 26 month old!   On our last trip to the market, we bought our Christmas tree.  We have always bought frazier firs, but this year we bought a balsam fir, which has turned out to be the hardiest, best-smelling tree yet.  We all love the market.