Be a tourist in your own city.
Open Streets Hamilton: McMaster Edition McMaster University 1280 Main Street West I’m so pleased I ventured out this year to Hamilton’s version of Open Streets! The event is described as “a community-based partnership dedicated to promoting active, healthy, and inclusive lifestyles by temporarily transforming streets into a shared space for everyone to experience.” The last … Read more
Folk’d Up Fridays – Indie Music Series Molson Canadian Studio 1 Summers Lane Back for another Folk’d Up Friday! This was the third show of the series after a break during the summer. I think I like these shows even better in the fall – the warm folk music from the featured artists lends itself … Read more
Death Cab For Cutie – “You Are A Tourist” [Listen] Cause when you find yourself the villain In the story you have written This song appropriately came out right around when the blog began, as I started thinking like a tourist. I couldn’t get over how this single was perfectly timed with the blog’s launch … Read more
Supercrawl James Street North The event is a year in the making, some playfully dub it Hamilton’s Christmas, it gets bigger and better every year, and for the second year in a row it’s the most fun (and tiring!) event I’ve attended. SUPERCRAWL! As the 4th annual Supercrawl, this was the first that was expanded … Read more
Maggie True North Records 14 – 3245 Harvester Road, Burlington I recently visited True North Records/Linus Entertainment to interview upcoming singer-songwriter All About Maggie. Growing up in Dundas, Maggie Szabo knew from a young age she wanted to pursue music and moved to Nashville after high school to develop her songwriting skills. As she worked … Read more
Cake and Loaf Bakery 321 Dundurn Street South Happy Birthday, Cake & Loaf! I was so excited for the neighbourhood bakery to be celebrating its one year anniversary, and what a year it has been in Hamilton. It has been so rewarding to see the blog grow alongside local businesses – I remember well my … Read more
Johnny’s Coffee 129 Locke Street South Hamilton’s coffee culture continues to boom – welcome to the neighbourhood, Johnny’s Coffee! I’ve enjoyed getting to know the Locke Street area better and was pleased to see a new coffee shop pop up. Johnny’s just opened up on September 4th, and during my visit on the 7th, you … Read more
Jack & Lois 301 James Street North Happy fall! For this month’s first official outing, I was joined by my friend Krystal for lunch at a place I’ve been dying to hit – Jack & Lois. I’ve heard so many great things about the new diner on James North and had peeked in the window … Read more
Jay Perry photo shoot for Hilmer and Himson Note: I participated in this photo shoot on June 20, 2012, and am posting the entry now to coincide with the launch of Jay Perry’s new business, Hilmer and Himson, on September 4th. I keep mentioning all of the full circle moments I’ve been having throughout my … Read more