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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
Ancaster Farmers’ Market 223 Wilson St. East After my delicious Purple Pony ice cream, it worked out perfectly that it was a Wednesday, so I could mosey on over to Ancaster Farmers’ Market. I hadn’t been before and it’s still my quest to hit all of the farmers’ markets in the city. The Market is … Read more
The Purple Pony Ice Cream Shop 346 Wilson Street East, Ancaster Here we go – the third and final stop for Ice Cream Month. At the time I post this, The Purple Pony will be closed (they’re open May – September) so, next year, a month dedicated to ice cream will have to come much … Read more
93.3 CFMU McMaster Campus Radio Gore Park Gunner and Matt Jelly hosted a broadcast of In the Neighbourhood live on location at Gore Park this week. The broadcast was also a food drive and 224lbs of non-perishables were collected for the Welcome Inn. It was so great to see people come out and support the … Read more
Culture for Kids in the Arts Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts 126 James Street South The last time I was at the Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts was in December for kitestring’s Christmas Spectacular, which, needless to say, was spectacular! I was happy to revisit the Conservatory when I was invited to this summer event … Read more
O’s Clothes 8 Cannon Street East Relish 6 Cannon Street East Time for another Crossover post! I ventured back downtown with my friend Seema of This Must Be The Place to do some more exploring. First we returned to where we had our first meet up – AppleBerry Cafe. Owner Opal Osiol was lovely enough … Read more