Archive for the ‘The Beaches’ Category

Beaches kite festival, October 2nd

Friday, September 24th, 2010

It’s Nuit Blanche in the evening, but there’s a kite festival in the Beaches in the afternoon.

Date: Saturday 2nd October 2010.
Meet: noon at Murphy’s Law, Queen E & Kingston Rd. (Booked under Toronto Photo Walks.)
Route: Wander down to the boardwalk and check out the kite festival!
Hashtag: please use “TOPW:KF”

See you at 12:00 at the pub or about 1:30 on the boardwalk.

[Flickr thread] [Facebook event]

The Beaches, January 30th

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

The clear winner of the poll was The Beaches (or The Beach, if you prefer).

Date: Saturday 30th January 2010
Meet: 10:00am at Pump House Park (look for this building!) [map]
Route: Through Woodbine Park then along Queen Street East, past the fire hall and Kew Gardens
Lunch: Gabby’s, close to the intersection with Hambly Ave
Afternoon: Down to the boardwalk to see Leuty Lifeguard Station, then back up to Queen St, past some interesting builds, all the way to the R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant
Post-walk bar: Quigley’s (2232 Queen St E @ Beech Ave)

Note: no dogs; please note the lunch and post-walk stops are at bars (i.e. 18+).

If you can’t make the morning, join us for lunch; if you can’t make it until after lunch, we’ll still be walking in the afternoon! (I’ll share my cell phone number with those who sign up.)