One of my children and their spouse recently bought a house here. I did not know anything about…read moreOakville walking around the neighborhood. I am stunned by the amazing houses the trees, the beauty, the restaurants, just the total peaceful vibe.. What an amazing place what a diverse place with homes from 30,000 ft.² to 2000 ft.²

I love our town; it has so many wonderful things to offer; from arts, architecture, nature,…read moreculinary options and beautiful parks and trails by Lake Ontario or Bronte Creek Provincial Park. Amazing and very friendly people live here and we have great events during summertime, winter, Christmas, Halloween, Easter, etc. We also have festivals for all family members, farmers markets on summer weekends and of course Kerr Village festival.

This walk of fame area in the entertainment district of Toronto Ontario Canada displays maple leaf…read moreshaped sidewalk stars embedded into the pavement to honor famous Canadian's including celebrities, movie stars, actors, arts, sports, science, business and charity. Founded in 1998, it spans 13 blocks mainly around Roy Thomson Hall, Princess Wales Theatre and the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

I recently attended a musical at the Princess of Wales Theatre. After it was over, I walked out of…read morethe theatre and looked down. I normally don't look down at the sidewalk, but I did for some reason. I noticed inductee names and stars. I was walking on Canada's Walk of Fame. So cool! Since 1998, a number of Canadians who have excelled in various fields are inducted in Canada's Walk of Fame. The fields are diverse, from science and philanthropy, to athletics and music. Inductee stars are present along King Street West, between John Street and Simcoe Street. They are also on Simcoe Street, between King Street West and Wellington Street, in downtown Toronto. I was at King and John, so I'm at the beginning or end of the walk of fame, depending on the direction that you're going. I like that if you're looking for a specific inductee, you can do a search on Canada's Walk of Fame site. It'll save you a bit of time if you just want to see specific inductee stars without walking the whole thing. The link is here: https://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/the-walk-of-fame/find-a-star I enjoyed taking a bit of time looking at the inductees before I headed home. I took a few photos of these notable folks: - Monty Hall, host of Let's Make a Deal (Winnipegger) - Wayne Gretzky, the Great One of hockey - Guy Lombardo (I grew up listening to his Christmas album with His Royal Canadians) - Timothy Findley (author best known for The Wars) I would love to return to check out all the stars. I like being a tourist in my hometown and learning from self-discovery activities, especially when they are free. (328)

Scribbles? Art? Junk? I don't care what you call it but I certainly noticed the graffiti behind the…read moreJunction buildings when I first moved to Toronto. As the subway worms its way out of its dark hole-- between Dundas West station and Keele station-- you can see the backs of the buildings that line Bloor Street, which would normally be a bland testimony to...Toronto-ness. But NO! COLOUR ABOUNDS! Graffiti all the way...GOOD graffiti, enjoyable to all (because I watch you all looking at it on the subway, it grabs your eye, don't deny it you there mister-man-with-the-briefcase). It's cool too because it changes all the time, and on your next ride on the train it'll be something slightly different. Whether you believe it to be art or not, it's something to be seen. (Disclaimer: I am not promoting going down back alleyways by yourself....unless you're into that sort of thing. But maybe bring a buddy if you're going to check it out off the rails. I've added many many pictures for those who want a peek.)

Gainsbourg said it best: "Call it hate... call it love... I call it I call it art.!"…read moreThere is nothing more iconic to the Junction than the Keel Street graffiti walls. This weekend I grabbed my camera, my friend Amanda and a $5 Goodwill wedding dress and started shooting. My inspiration? The beautiful eclectic city of Toronto. I loved the idea of shooting against a these colourful works of arts with such a vintage classic dress. The best part about these walls is they are always changing. It's like Christmas morning everything my subway car peaks out from Keele station!

The 3-day RC Show event this year is happening at The International Centre in sauga March 8-10,…read more2026. 5 halls filled with lots of vendors, exhibitors, media and attendees! This was my first year attending and now I can understand why this is a 3-day event lol. I had a great time :) Hall 1 has all the alcoholic beverages, endless food samples, and AMEX lounge (definitely worth checking out) Hall 2, 3, 4 has all the huge appliances (with delicious samples), beautiful tableware, sustainable takeout packaging... we even saw sushi making machines that T&T Supermarket has adopted. Hall 5 has all the coffee tasting, machines and latte art competition + Kawartha ice cream truck, and milk chocolate sample.

Tips: - The first day of this three-day event is the most…read moreexciting with a welcome, opening address, and more. - Parking at Enercare Centre is packed in the morning. If you can delay coming till mid-afternoon, you'll have better luck with available parking spots. - In 2026, the show moves to the International Centre. - Wear comfortable footwear and clothing. You'll be walking around a lot, and sampling food and more. Yesterday, I visited the Restaurants Canada (RC) Show for the first time. A friend graciously got me a pass to go to this three-day trade show and conference, which saved me $149 to participate for the first time. I was grateful for the invitation. RC Show allows you to network with industry professionals. It's Canada's largest foodservice and hospitality event. It was a wonderful experience to shop, taste, learn, connect, and grow businesses and taste palettes. I frankly didn't know about Restaurants Canada until I found about this show. Canada has roughly a $114 billion foodservice industry. This trade show runs annually. I got to learn from the best, hear about the latest product innovations, and sample good eats and drinks. This event was at Enercare Centre. I'm familiar with it. I've been to the One of a Kind Show and Planted Expo here. I also attend Toronto Marlies and Toronto Sceptres at Coca-Cola Coliseum next door and park at Enercare Centre. I got here just after 11 am on a Monday. Finding an available parking spot was tough. I had to settle for crashing a lone parent-child parking spot. It was tiny, but my car fit in it fine. The check-in process was horrific. I was parked closer to exhibition hall D. You register online and need to have your QR code. At the registration counter at exhibition hall A, you get it scanned and then a badge is printed. You then go in exhibition hall B for the show. I lined up for 1.5 hours. My friend didn't tell me that I could have used to Skip the Dishes line to save time. Ugh! I did learn while in line chatting with a past attendee that it was faster entry last year. Scan the QR code and then enter. This new process was painful. One I got inside, it was awesome. I learned about Bunn slushie machines relying on torque and adjusting water levels to make the smoothest slushies. The peach one was fantastic! I am a tea person. I got to sample mango chai tea from Tea Squared. I have been a fan of its on-the-go square teabags for looseleaf tea for eons. It was wonderful to enjoy tea and see this vendor. I went a bit crazy with tea. It brings me great joy. I sampled peppermint tea and iced black tea from Steven Smith Teamaker. Both were excellent. I got a massive reusable bag and tea samples. I love this bag! I had a lot of dessert samples. A chunky monkey cake sample was divine from Elite Sweets. The best fruit preserves and fruit shots from Darbo and White Toque, respectively, were outstanding. The dulce de leche churro bite from the latter was incredible. The frozen treats were delicious. I got green apple and mango alphonso gelato that were amazing. The nachos, salsa, and sauce samples from Splenda and Select Food Products were inspiring. I rarely add corn to my salsa. I should after trying the former's recipe! The smoked lime and tequila sauce from the latter was incredible with nachos. The best products were paper cups and straws that don't get soggy by SoFi. They blew my mind. The latter had a bendy straw. I was impressed. I got sample paper straws. They are excellent! I also enjoyed the shell pasta sample from Griss Pasta and the Impossible chick'n nugget. Delicious! There was so much to take in. I ate and drank my way through this show. I will also suggest that there be more places to sit down to enjoy your samples. I ended up borrowing a side table at a booth to put down my stuff and sample before moving on. I only sat down once at a demonstration area and watch a man pour coffee from the most fancy industrial coffee maker. It was cool, even for a non-coffee regular. I liked the robots that past by me. I want one. I left at around 4 pm. It's definitely a day event and you can stay till closing. I was good going home earlier to avoid the crazy rain and winds. I had a good time. I learned a lot. There are improvements to be made with the badge procedure. I'm hoping that things are better, including parking at the International Centre next year. (124)

To be honest I didn't expect much from the event, yet the description on the website seemed to…read morepromise a lot more. Although they've had previous events in Vancouver, this is the first time in Toronto. We got to the Habourfront Centre, and I thought there would be more of a spectacle for this event. There were no signage for this to direct us to the right place. You wouldn't have known this was going on unless you knew already. The event takes place in one of the event rooms and the small atrium out side of it. It did seem less like a corporate sponsored event, and more like a high school play evening. We did get "hot asian beverages", a small cup of ginger tea, when we got there. There were two lines at the 'entrance' and we were stopped. We weren't allowed to go in the priority line because we weren't CIBC customers (show your card), so we directed to the other line. I don't see why it even mattered at this point because there was no one there. I thought they were going to give us a spiel or make us sign up for something, but that wasn't the case. We were stopped again, because we couldn't go into the exhibit room with our hot drink we just got. Instead we stood awkwardly in the line (what line? we were the only ones there), to finish the drink. Finally we walk though the small side door to the exhibit. It was quite nice, but along with the cheesy music and tv screen, the 'art' wasn't appreciated as it should be. The lights were cool, and I guess nice for kids, but there wasn't much else to this. 4 big installations. I can't describe the feeling of amateur and lack of ...professionalism?... I felt in here, yet I was sad that the art wasn't appreciated for what it should be. It was nice, colourful and big. You come out into the small atrium in the front. It's crowded. They could have had some of this up near the empty entrance to the area. At least it would feel less awkward, and folks could look at CIBC paraphenlia whilst sipping on their tea. And it would help make the even seem happening. You get a red pocket with a chocolate coin in it, there was a draw for a Silver Coin (and by draw, you are reaching into a box full of cards, and hoping to choose the right one), a spin wheel to win a pen, dragon hat or chocolate coin (which I already had), two tables to put together the hat and a photo booth. All might have been okay if it wasn't so crowded (and it's winter people have big jackets). Overall, don't take your time to come out to this unless already in the area, or you want to go skating as well. So glad this didn't cost anything, I would have been so mad. It is what it is. I hope someone is reading this, because the event could be improved still over the next few days!

We quite enjoyed the shadow puppet play but I would suggest to line up early for this. It's very…read morepopular with the families and the seating in the theatre is limited. First come first served. There's a glow in the dark aquarium exhibit setup in tribute to the play's characters. A few giveaways there, I spun the wheel and won a dragons mask, got some free candy at the CIBC VIP lounge (yum rootbeer and coffee flavour). You can also build a latern, supplies are limited though. Oh and if you start to get hungry, and don't want to trek to (Spadina & Dundas) Chinatown, the cafe near the skating rink was serving some Taiwanese food. I was surprised by how popular this event was considering it's in the middle of the winter so get there early. The puppet play was the highlight of the night, next was the photobooth where one can don some props like dragons and scrolls.

The Don Valley park system, trails, and surrounding pockets of nature might be one of my top 5…read moreplaces in Toronto. Within a few minutes of downtown, in the middle of Canada's largest city you can literally find yourself deep inside of a real forest setting. The trail system is very well maintained and used for a variety of purposes from dog walking, hiking, mountain biking, etc. It's been estimated that there are nearly 100km of trail system within the Don Valley if you include all of the trails that connect in the surrounding area. To start exploring most people will begin at The Brickworks, the Pottery Road trailhead, or the large parking lot at Taylor Creek. You can explore the Don year round. Fall is probably the best time, but you do need to be careful if it's the rainy season as the clay based trails get very muddy and very sticky. Enjoy real nature in your urban backyard.

We visited this place during one of their monthly shows. It has two floors filled with model trains…read moreand amazing landscapes. I was expecting to spend 30-40 mins here, but we ended up spending more than an hour. I would say this is perfect for children around 2-8 years brackek and obviously for model train enthusiastics. There is $5 entry fee for adults and $3 for children.

Small and intimate that's how I would describe Markham Home Show…read more $4 admission fee with partial of the proceeds towards charity (Habitat to Humanity GTA) which is quite reasonable. Of course it is nothing compares to Toronto Home Show which charges a $20 entry fee. Here you will find mostly local business that serves the area. Great if you are a homeowner and looking for home improvement services and products from local business. Vendors are all really helpful and ready to answer questions. Tons of free parking. Not a bad way to spend a few hour with your family as Children admission is free. They do have a child playing area with a bouncing castle.