Be a tourist in your own city.
Chocolate: The Exhibition Royal Botanical Gardens 680 Plains Road West, Burlington To celebrate Jenny’s birthday, we ventured back to the Royal Botanical Gardens to explore Chocolate: The Exhibition. This was the perfect way to celebrate with Jenny – the RBG was one of her favourite tour stops of ours, and who doesn’t love chocolate?! Our … Read more
Rich Aucoin The Casbah 306 King Street West I would feel like I was giving away a magician’s secrets if I went into detail about Rich Aucoin’s show at Casbah. Then again, his live show has been well documented in past reviews, but I’m so glad I went into this show not knowing a thing. … Read more
Homegrown Hamilton 27 King William Street There is something to be said, something almost magical about watching a musician perform live, stripping away everything else save for only a simple music accompaniment, whether it be on the piano or guitar as you, standing or sitting in the audience, listen intently and take in the lyrics, … Read more
Kirby The Baltimore House 43 King William Street Homegrown Hamilton 27 King William Street They say you always remember your first. I think it’s only fitting that our inaugural Rendezvous was with Kirby. We met up with the Hamilton/Burlington singer-songwriter at one of our favourite spots, The Baltimore House, to have a chat before he … Read more
Threshold Recording Studio 110 Catharine Street North Yet another occasion popped up during the course of the Tour to get festive – St. Patrick’s Day! Although I am a festive person, I can’t say I’ve ever really celebrated the green-hued, alcohol-fueled holiday. The grand opening of Threshold Recording Studio definitely set the bar for future … Read more
Slainte Irish Pub 33 Bowen Street In keeping with our pub month theme, there was no question that we had to pay a visit to one of the city’s most popular and well-established pubs (and Hamilton’s only gastropub), Slainte. Kristin and I felt like getting our Irish on before St. Patrick’s Day and knew … Read more
The Bedrock Bistro 260 Queenston Road Even though our official breakfast-themed month may be over, we’re not stopping with our search for breakfast food in the City. When we first began compiling our list, I knew to add Bedrock Bistro right away. Located in the East End, it’s a staple to the City, and was … Read more
Hamilton East Kiwanis Boys and Girls Club 48 Ellis Avenue Throughout the Tour, the four of us have had the opportunity to connect with like-minded movements and local businesses in the city. The Tour started out as a way for us to get to know Hamilton better by being tourists in our own city and … Read more
Rebel’s Rock 537 King Street East After braving the elements and crawlin’ through the wind at Art Crawl, Kristin and I made our way over to Rebel’s Rock Irish Pub to get our Irish on!! Having declared March pub month, this marked our first Tour pub stop. We were looking forward to getting a taste … Read more
James Street North Art Crawl The James Street North Art Crawl has become somewhat of a regular event on the Tour’s social calendar. Seeing as this was my first art crawl since coming back from Tanzania, I was excited to take a stroll along James Street North and pop into familiar shops and explore new … Read more