Fireweed Market Gets Hosed Down
August 6, 2010 at 10:52 am (Talk of the Town)
An unintended shower assaulted vendors and visitors at the Fireweed Community Market yesterday. While waiting for my fantastic falafel at Faladi Foods, a combination of water sprays, screeches, and chaos erupted. The sprinklers in Shipyard Park suddenly turned on and sprayed almost everything in sight: tents, people, and wares. There was even a sprinkler INSIDE one of the tents. What’s worse, these aren’t the little backyard sprinklers you buy at Canadian Tire; ever try standing two-feet away from the spout of one of these jets of water? What a mess!
All things considered, I was impressed by how those affected took it in good stride, and a clever person even put an upside-down plastic cooler over one of the sprinklers to mitigate the damage. These vendors have obviously been toughened by the regular Thursday tent-raising winds and showers of the past few years.
