Normally I stay away from touting TV shows. And Lord knows CTV is doing everything heavy handed it can with its promotions and website coverage of So You Think You Can Dance Canada [hint you don’t have to cave to your sponsors every whim]. And the Lord and everybody else knows the judges on the …
Cirque de Soleil is celebrating its 25h anniversary this year. Part of the celebration has been a series of free shows throughout the Toronto Harborfront Park. This is wonderful for longtime Cirque enthusiasts who have wanted to take pictures of the wonderful costumes and colors sported by Cirque troopers over the years without having to …
During the Summer months, Northumberland Mall in Cobourg has a series of weekend car shows right next to the A&W parking lot – and here is what you will see: Now these car and motorcycle shows can be seen all across Canada. It is not new. I remember when I was knee high to a …
[singlepic id=”95″ w=”600″ h=”” mode=”” float=”left” ]Shed a tear – Cobourg’s Victoria park Beach used to be the site for the Canadian National Beach Volleyball Championships – these were great August summer sports fun. I was wondering what Cobourg would find for a replacement – and to my surprise it is the Sandcastle Festival. At …
I saw Caribana from a different perspective this year – at the tail end of the parade at Lakeshare Boulevard near Roncesvalles Avenue. The last of the parade brings out both tiredness and a bit of melancholy, as the fun ends but for the last day Caribana Fest on Toronto Islands. Here are some pictures …
Caribana is a celebration of West Indies cultures in Toronto.It is compromised of nearly a month of events in and around Toronto including festivals, balls, a parade and a Toronto Island feast/fest. Many of the events feature band music, lavishly decorated floats plus costumed festival goers. Nowhere are these elements mixed together with so much …
Bloor between the subway line and Dundas West is graffiti country – filled with great drawings and surprising graphics. The common denominator among artworks is their flowing lines and riotous colors. Since all of these are spray painted on the walls this viewer wonders where such a wide palette of colors are gotten from. Not our local …
This blog has had occasion to point out excellent service provided by an auto repair shop and others in the Canadian Countryside. But so far disservice has been avoided. However PC Financial Insurance just changed that. I, like the general populace, have been tolerant of the fact that Financial firms primarily in the US but …
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Here are the first pix from this Spring’s Float Your Fanny Down the Ganny in Port Hope Ontario. It was a bit chilly so there were a lot less squirt guns and water ballons on both side – spectators and floaters both. But as you can see from the pictures below that dis not prevent …
The Mural on the Petting Zoo Building Warkworth Ontario has some wonderful colors and forms in town and out in the surrounding Northumberland Hills. Here are some recent pictures from in town that help illustrate the visual delights to be found. The kids contribution to the Petting Zoo Mural Mondrian View near the Arena Such …
A sure sign of Spring in the Trent Hills area is the Maple Syrup Festival out at Sandy Flats just North and West out of Warkworth ON. The sap in the Maple trees won’t start running until the temperatures peek consistently above freezing. Now the snow, as always, still lingers but at least there is …
The Dutch Outdoor Theater Company, Close-Act, is one of the most inventive – literally putting a theater spectacle right among the show-goers. The costumes, make-up, music, and great rotating metal skeleton machines add to the showmanship. And for the second time in four years, Close-Act is featured at the Winter City Festival in Toronto. Its …
