monstrosity in Vaughan

I just spent the weekend at home in the RH (and yes, it does happen to be the region in the greater Toronto area that best replicates that show I am refererencing, or at least very close to it).
I got the oppurtunity to visit the monstrosity in Vaughan. Or, rather, was dragged to it by my family. Happy birthday to me. To my suprise it was not entirely horrifying though. They at least had an H&M and this awesomely huge Japanese imports store. I’m a sucker for all things cute and Japanese. I also couldn’t help but think that the designers who got the chance to work on it must have had quite a time. It is admitedly a giant extra-sensory-invading, consumerism-theme-park, but to design something that huge, brightly coloured, surreal and all around gaudy must have been pretty enjoyable. Like a Scorcese movie set in, well… a mall.
Visiting St. Lawrence market was a nice antidote to it though. I hated that place when I was a kid, (it smelled quite literally fishy) but now that I can appreciate the finer things in life (like foooooooood!) I appreciate it a whole lot more. It’s one of those places that retains a sense of true, old fashioned Toronto-ness for me though. Colourful in the non-gaudy sense. I just wish it was sanitary for some duck breasts and venison sausage to have made it the long way back home. I had to settle for non-perishable truffle oil and Provinciale style mustard.