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| - Nice area with a lot of different boutique shops. There are a lot of different pieces of art that are large and impressive, against the backdrop of exposed brick, both from the buildings and the sidewalks. The boutique shops are exorbitantly expensive, but it seems like the stuff is pretty quality, and it probably doesn't require them to sell much merchandise to reclaim some of their margins. So if you even buy just one thing, they're probably already half way there. Underwear for $50? That better be the best underwear in the whole planet.
We came to walk around and see the different sights after a couple hours at St. Lawrence Market. At the end, we ended up giving Mill Street Brew Pub a try, which was a decent bar/restaurant with some local brews and a huge outdoor beer garden area, rendered useless by the very cold weather outside. There were a few other restaurants that had almost as impressive outdoor spaces, which was a huge disappointment. I think it's safe to say that this place would be even better during warmer weather.
We were a big fan of the "LOVE" sign, which was made of key and combination locks and wire, sort of in mosaic form. However, it took a while for us to be able to take a picture of it, because there were a ton of people standing in front of it, taking their own pictures. Ugh, tourists. Oh wait, we're also tourists. Yikes.
In all, we still enjoyed our experience despite the frigid weather outside, which is really saying something, because it was pretty dang cold. The good thing was that for being touted as a touristy area, it wasn't by any means crowded or anything. Seems like a good place to take out-of-towners, or even just have a beer outside (during the summer).
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