It was handsome at the auction, oh, but when we got it home…*

by chuckofish

Sorry for the late Saturday post, but I was off antiquing with son #2. Yesterday, he, his lovely lady, and I spent a wonderful afternoon poking around the Syracuse Antique Exchange — four floors full of antiques!

This was the real deal and I hope to get back there before too long.

Next, we ventured to Dalton’s American Decorative Arts,which specializes in Stickley Mission-style furniture and Art Deco pottery and prints — very high end and well beyond our means.

I’m not a huge fan of that period and style, but some of the prints were gorgeous.

Later, once we had recovered from all that walking and looking, we dined at Apizza Regionale, where we enjoyed two incredibly delicious pizzas: the daily special that had olives, goat cheese, capers, and roasted pistachios, and this one, with Yukon gold potatoes, caramelized onion, aged Gouda and rosemary.

Yum!

Here are the  happy diners:

The next day, Chris and I ventured to the vast Madison-Boukville antique fair, which, frankly, I found impossibly large. The fair covers the entire town, spilling into every available space. There are tents and booths up and down main street and filling fourteen fields. According to the web site, there are over 2000 vendors. Unfortunately, few of them seem to sell antiques and overall, it felt more like a massive garage sale than anything else. To be fair, we probably only saw a quarter of the booths, so maybe we just didn’t find the antiques. We did have a lot fun wandering around.

“My feet are killing me!”

Expecting to haggle, the sellers priced things very high. I don’t haggle, but since I didn’t see anything I wanted to buy, that wasn’t a problem. We did encounter some exotic items, though. Take this crocodile, for example.

The photographer is a bit off-kilter here — the croc was too scary.

We gave up after a couple of hours — there was simply too much to see, and not enough of it seemed worth seeing, but I’m really glad I went. Our running commentary was great fun, and we also enjoyed stunning vistas and lovely weather on the long drive home.

Taken from the moving car.

We are now safely home, and I think I’ve satisfied my antiquing urge for now. This trip was a fitting end to a busy summer, but now it’s time to get down to work again.

Here we go…

*The Tragically Hip, “Pigeon Camera”