Last weekend J and I drove up to Montreal last Saturday to participate in the 5th Annual Puces Pop, the two-day handmade/DIY sale that’s part of the Pop Montreal music festival. It took place at St. Michel’s Hall on St-Viateur and St-Urbain in Mile End.
This was definitely the best sale to date. Lots of energy, lots of items I hadn’t seen before, many familiar faces, many new faces, and overall a busy, busy day! One of the highlights of the day was the mixing of different groups who came to the sale (old, young, French, English, students, professionals), including the seniors who browsed the handmade goods after their church service upstairs had ended.
I also realized, after grabbing a bagel from St-Viateur, sitting down to an authentic Mexican dinner in one of the neighbourhood restaurants, and strolling the streets of Montreal with J, how much I missed this city! I will definitely be back more often.
[...] Federation Centre. It was a smaller sale (42 vendors) compared to the 100 + vendors at the fall edition, but we happily took in some of the newer faces, crafty goods and ukele playing. Here’s some [...]