Let’s start with Queen Street, one of Toronto’s busiest streets, right off Yonge and in the downtown core. It runs from the east end to the west, and though it’s a tourist magnet, it also still holds it’s classic vintage charm in certain areas. You can find vintage shop after shop, street performers, and vendors. It’s the perfect mixture of everything new and old. You’ll find yourself a David’s Tea and a record shop from the 1950s. There’s an H&M and a charming costume store full of vintage clothing that is always filled with shoppers. This is the neighborhood I choose for Fairway Towers as the neighborhood has the elite right there with the unconventional. The inside of the Umbra store off Queen Street is actually what inspired the offices of LaBeau and Gilde, the event planning firm where Hilary works.

The third and final setting I’m sharing today is by far one of my top three favorite places in Toronto. Kensington Market. It’s right near Queen Street, off China Town, and it’s whimsical, eccentric shops and environment inspired Luna’s plant store. In fact, I pictured her shop being on the corner of Kensington and Queen Street. It really is a delightful series of streets, shaped like T, full of vintage shops, costume stores, new age stores, nostalgia shops, and market after market. Half the stores are in actual wartime or Victorian houses and they set up their products on the front lawns through May to November. You will always find something for yourself in Kensington Market. Always.