Be a tourist in your own city.
Club Absinthe 38 King William Street This was one for the books and one of my favourite shows of 2012 – San Sebastian‘s first hometown show in over a year. Making it even more full circle, the opening act were my new favourites, New Hands. Absinthe was the perfect place for San Seb’s hometown show. … Read more
Doors Open Hamilton It was time for the 10th annual Doors Open Hamilton! We narrowly missed it last year, having just begun our Tour that month and catching wind of the event too late. With many of the featured landmarks on our to-do list, I was happy to get to check out the event this … Read more
Papagayo Restaurant 246 King Street West The Baltimore House 43 King William Street Arriba! To celebrate I Heart Hamilton Tour’s first anniversary, we ventured back to where it all began – a Mexican feast at Papagayo. Last spring, the restaurant is where we came together and discussed what we would do with our summer, and … Read more
James Street North Art Crawl It was a lucky Friday the 13th – April offered one of our favourite James Street North Art Crawls to date. The weather was just warm enough to walk about comfortably in a spring jacket, or in the case of Avishka and I, a pin-striped velvet blazer and a leather … Read more
The Casbah 306 King Street West The Baltimore House 43 King William Street I’m a festive person – this has been well established. Every year, April 1st kicks off Birthday Week and I get prepped for the big day, which is on the 8th. This year, true to the Tour, I kicked off Birthday Week … 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
Homegrown Hamilton 27 King William Street After wrapping our cameos at the Canadian Winter music video shoot, the night was still young, and Avi and I decided to stick around downtown and see what was happening. I remembered my friend Jose had posted about the debut show of his new band, The Monarch Project, at … Read more
Capri Ristorante Italiano 25 John Street North The Baltimore House 43 King William Street We strayed from Breakfast Month, took a little a detour, if you will, and met up for dinner to kick off, as we kept calling it, “SPRING BREAK!! WOOO!!” Carly, Avishka, and I had a cozy little reunion at Capri Ristorante … Read more
McMaster Thespian Company production of The Importance of Being Earnest The Baltimore House 43 King William Street Avishka and I officially declared this week to be Theatre Week. Between a film festival screening and a night out watching a classic play, the tour stops came together rather nicely at the end of January. We were … Read more
Corner Tea House & Asian Bistro 29 John Street North This marked our first tour stop of the new year and what better way to start off the new year than to visit a new spot in Hamilton! New year, new tour spots. Kristin had been keeping an eye on some up and coming … Read more