Be a tourist in your own city.
By Kristin Archer I’ve been dreaming of doing a “donut run” series for years. By George, I’ve done it. I hit up some local favourites, Grandad’s, Donut Monster, The Donut Stop, Doughboy, Mulberry Coffeehouse, Democracy Coffeehouse, Sunshine Doughnuts in Burlington, and of course the first Tim Hortons. It was a tasty task. Donuts are a mainstay, … Read more
Supercrawl By Kristin Archer Photos by Lisa Vuyk (unless otherwise stated) SUPERCRAAAAWL!! It’s now been a month since the festival, and I think I’ve finally recovered. This is my favourite thing in Hamilton, and the thing that I look forward to the most every year. It was the 8th annual Supercrawl, and I Heart Hamilton’s 6th time attacking it. … Read more
DJ set — July 18, 2015 Mulberry After Dark @ Mulberry Street Coffeehouse with Muffled Suitcase Kristin A/B – Vinyl set (Kristin Archer & Kristin Lee B) It was a steamy, summer night at one of our favourite spots, Mulberry Coffee. It had been a little while since the coffee shop transformed into their late … Read more
Southern Souls Mulberry Street Coffee House 193 James Street North Having a video filmed by Southern Souls has become a rite of passage for any Hamilton musician and beyond. The website began in the summer of 2009 and the amount of material founder Mitch Fillion and the team have produced is incredible. I’ve been a … Read more
Dr. Disc 20 Wilson Street Lesson learned from last summer: don’t put balloons up in the window of Dr. Disc, because they are ticking time bombs that will pop, causing the record store’s alarm system to go off and wake up owner Mark Furukawa to an startling phone message. Luckily, Mark let me have another … Read more
The Box Tiger Mulberry Street Coffee House 193 James Street North For my first Rendezvous of 2013, I got to chat with Toronto band The Box Tiger before their show at The Brain. After scoping out the venue and getting set up, I wandered next door to Mulberry with Sonia, Jordan, and Ben to find … Read more
Mulberry Street Coffee House 193 James Street North In December, I got to meet up with local girls Maya Amoah and Ava Campbell of iila magazine. The best friends created an online magazine to showcase fashion, music, and art, both locally and beyond. Being so young themselves (I was surprised to learn they are still … Read more
James Street North Art Crawl Art Crawl gets bigger and better every month! The warmer months are the most fun for Art Crawl, and everyone was out and about, taking full advantage of the hot summer night. I also realized this was our second Crawl this year that fell on the superstitious Friday the 13th … Read more
James Street North Art Crawl The James Street North Art Crawl has become somewhat of a regular event on the Tour’s social calendar. Seeing as this was my first art crawl since coming back from Tanzania, I was excited to take a stroll along James Street North and pop into familiar shops and explore new … Read more
Sara London Mulberry Street Coffeehouse 193 James Street North As you can probably tell, the four of us love music, whether it be listening to music or singing our favourite songs at karaoke. I for one am the kind of person you will find with her iPod, dancing around the house, scrolling through her music … Read more