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The Beaches, February 18th

Saturday, February 11th, 2012

Date: Saturday 18th February 2012.

Meet: 10:00am on SE corner of Main and Danforth [map]

Morning route: S on Main Street; E on Kingston Rd; S through Glen Stewart Park; W on Queen St.

Lunch: Gabby’s, 2076 Queen Street East [confirmed]

Afternoon: S through Kew Gardens; W on the boardwalk; N on Coxwell (via the skateboard park) to Queen St.

Post-walk: Murphy’s Law, 1702 Queen Street East [confirmed]

Hashtag: please use “TOPW:TB2″

**If you’re joining us after 10am, call me (Paul @ 647-388-5356) and I’ll let you know where we are.

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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.

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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.)

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