Be a tourist in your own city.
By Kristin Archer So I’m not a huge traveller, clearly! I built this thing on being a tourist in your own city, after all. But I like to explore elsewhere when I can (see – Detours). It’s the time of the year now where I’m getting a little jumpy for a change in scenery, so I … Read more
DT Concert Series The Arlington Hotel, Paris ON By Kristin Archer Photos by Lisa Vuyk It was high time for a Detour! Detours, of course, are what I call it when we take a little road trip outside of Hamilton. Even just a short jaunt away from the Hammer in any which way, there’s tons to explore. … Read more
I Heart Hamilton’s Best Of 2016 By Kristin Archer Although it’s important to keep moving forward and being in the now, it’s always fun to reflect on the year as we roll into the next. It means a lot to still be documenting my local adventures on the blog and I hope it continues to inspire people to … Read more
Smiling Buddha 961 College Street, Toronto By Kandel Kindred In a tiny, dark, sticky basement of The Smiling Buddha, The Hammer’s musicians, Good Anya and Island People stole the night in Toronto on March 25th. Fusing together groovy riffs and garage rock progressions, the bands made Good Friday a good night. Good Anya (for the … Read more
By Kristin Archer I’ll preface this by saying that this post is so incredibly late, but it all works out because I’m having fun reminiscing about my trip to Buffalo back on June 20-21, 2014. This was my furthest Detour for I Heart Hamilton so far – across the border! Last spring I got an … Read more
The JUNO Awards The Danforth Music Hall 147 Danforth Ave, Toronto By Kristin Archer Back with another exciting update from The JUNO Awards! Of course you know by now, the JUNOs will be here in Hamilton on March 15th. JUNO Week will be here before we know it, so the anticipation was high to hear … Read more
Ripley’s Aquarium 288 Bremner Boulevard, Toronto One of my recent adventures was a trek to Toronto to experience Ripley’s Aquarium. The day Grant and I decided to go, it just so happened the be Shark Week! Of course, you can see the sharks swimming about any day you choose to go, but Shark Week made … Read more
Win a pair of wristbands to SCENE Music Festival in downtown St. Catharines! (Two winners will be chosen – each one will receive a pair of wristbands) Show info: • SCENE Music Festival • Featuring Arkells, Lights, Wildlife, Single Mothers, The Sheepdogs, Monster Truck, Marianas Trench, Skynet, The Dirty Nil, Rich Aucoin & lots more • Canada Day Long … Read more
Art Gallery of Ontario 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto McMaster Alumni This post was also written for the McMaster Alumni Blog. Probably the most anticipated Mac10 event of the year was a trip to the Art Gallery of Ontario to explore the exhibit “David Bowie is.” I joined my fellow McMaster alumni for a Bowie-filled … 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