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Posted in Family Friendly, Food, Restaurant, Self Care, Shopping on Apr 19th, 2012
Large shopping malls are fine if you have loads of time and don’t mind spending it trying to find a decent parking spot. If you want to avoid the large crowds of Sherway Gardens you may want to give Humbertown Shopping Centre a try. Humbertown Shopping Centre, located at 270 The Kingsway (just North of [...]
Posted in Restaurant on Apr 12th, 2012
When it comes down to it there really are only about a dozen restaurants in Toronto that I would classify as genuine steakhouses. 1800 Degrees in Etobicoke is without a doubt one of the steakhouses at the top of that list. 1800 Degrees, located at 3058 Bloor Street West, gets its name from the signature [...]
Posted in Restaurant on Feb 25th, 2012
Sometimes a restaurant hits all the right notes. Great interior, relaxed atmosphere, outstanding service, reasonably priced, and filling food. La Veranda Osteria in Etobicoke is one of these restaurants. La Veranda Osteria, located at 946 Royal York Road at Bloor, is in the heart of the Kingsway neighbourhood. It is tucked away so perfectly that [...]
Posted in Dog Friendly, Entertainment, Event, Family Friendly, Food, Free, Outdoors, Shopping on Feb 16th, 2012
For a long while there and after many years of complaining about the lack of long weekends after the Christmas break, we weren’t sure if we would ever get our much-needed holiday. And now that we have that holiday dedicated to spending time with the family we are looking for things to do in Etobicoke [...]
Posted in Family Friendly, Restaurant on Jan 8th, 2012
As is the case every January, people are beginning their new years resolutions and without a doubt some of them are to “skip dessert”. If this is truly the case however, then why is Caffé Demetre in Etobicoke so busy? Caffé Demetre, located at 2962 Bloor Street West in the Kingsway, is busy because they do [...]
Posted in Dog Friendly, Entertainment, Event, Family Friendly, Food, Free, Outdoors, Restaurant, Shopping on Sep 10th, 2010
I’ve always thought of The Kingsway as a very classy section of Bloor Street. You’ll always find people strolling along, window shopping, and grabbing a bite to eat at one of the area’s great restaurants. Now multiply that by 100 and you have Taste of the Kingsway. Taste of the Kingsway is an annual event [...]
Posted in Learning on Sep 6th, 2010
Ever since I was a young impressionable youth I’ve always wanted to play a musical instrument. I was a drummer way back in grade school and truth be told I wasn’t all that good. But I’ve always admired those who can pick up an instrument and make beautiful sounds come out of it. I guess [...]
A staple of any metropolitan city and its districts are the street sales that take place every summer. Etobicoke is no different. Hence the arrival of The Kingsway Summer Sidewalk Sale. We’re often too much in a hurry driving down Bloor and making our way downtown to notice that there are a lot of great [...]
