Be a tourist in your own city.
The Ship 23 Augusta Street Shiver me timbers! Ok, I’m running out of nautical jargon, but with all of the Tall Ships Hamilton festivities, I declared this weekend to be nautical-themed. I unexpectedly ended up at The Ship on the Saturday night and decided to go back the next day to finally dig into their … Read more
Tall Ships Tall Ships Hamilton Avast, mateys! The Tall Ships 1812 tour sailed its way to Hamilton. Ships came in from Canada, the U.S., and even Norway. Seeing all of the ships lined up was so impressive. You could purchase a ticket to climb aboard for a tour or just walk around the Waterfront to … Read more
Dishcrawl Hamilton International Village Given Hamilton’s burgeoning food scene, it makes sense that Dishcrawl would make its way here. The concept is simple – you visit four different restaurants in one evening, and sample the best from each. Each Dishcrawl is centred around a specific neighbourhood, making it easy to walk from place to place. … Read more
The West Town Bar & Grill 214 Locke Street South This morning, my breakfast exploration brought me to Locke Street to check out West Town Bar & Grill. I’ve sampled more of the bar & grill side of West Town (last time I was there I sampled a variety of pub foods), but they have … Read more
WordCamp Hamilton I was honoured to be asked to speak at Hamilton’s first WordCamp – a conference centred around all things WordPress. WordCamps are locally organized and span across different cities, countries, and continents. The first WordCamp was held in San Francisco in 2006 and there have been hundreds since. It’s fantastic to see Hamilton … Read more
James Street North Art Crawl It has been way too long since I’ve Art Crawled, it seems! I couldn’t wait to hit the streets with my camera and explore. There is always an amazing energy at Art Crawl; there’s nothing like it. I tend to live tweet when I Crawl, so be sure to follow … Read more
I’m very excited to say I will be a speaker at the first WordCamp Hamilton! I’ll be teaming up with fellow blogger Seema Narula of This Must Be The Place on a presentation about our experiences using WordPress and blogging. Sunday, June 23rd! This will be Hamilton’s first WordCamp, and will be held on June … Read more
The Cameron House 408 Queen Street West, Toronto Lots of Toronto Detours, as of late! By going to support hometown bands when they play the big city, it has been fun discovering new venues and expanding my knowledge of the T-dot. Harlan Pepper played a residency at The Cameron House – every Tuesday in June … Read more
I Heart Hamilton’s: The Playlist 2.0 (Fundraiser for Food4Kids) This Ain’t Hollywood 345 James Street North I Heart Hamilton’s “The Playlist” fundraiser concert series has now joined the ranks of such festive annual events in my life such as my birthday, Halloween, Supercrawl! With my second one down, I know this will be something I … Read more
Dr. Disc 20 Wilson Street Dr. Disc and This Ain’t Hollywood have teamed up to bring you “The Saint Sessions” – in-store performances at Dr. Disc to promote an upcoming show at The Saint. As luck would have it, the first Saint Session fell on June 8th, the night of I Heart Hamilton’s The Playlist … Read more