Category: events/places (地方)

Springlicious 2014

I had been to summerlicious and winterlicious numbers of times but I had never heard or been to a springlicious before so this was a very good experience.  The festival was operated by Celebrate Old Downtown Community Corp a not-for-profit organization dedicated to spotlighting the downtown; their shops, restaurants, theatre, professional services, new park and ongoing progress taking place in the Q District.  Umm, not sure about this one, I felt like a lot of things were missing, music was alright, everything on the street were kind of boring, people were super friendly but you just know that they are all from the country side of the city.  If springlicious comes again next year and I have nothing to do, I might go, but like I said, it was a good experience 😛

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Outlet Collection at Niagara Falls

The much anticipated Outlet Collection at Niagara is opened finally, if you are going from Toronto side, you exit right after you pass the skybridge, the mall would be on your right hand side, along the QEW at Glendale Avenue exit, you can’t miss it.  I am not sure whether if it is bigger than the one in Vaughn Mills or others but it is huge 🙂  I would assume after this one is opened, people would probably forget about the old one on Lundy’s lane Niagara Falls 😛  Tons of brand names stores (all outside), not to mention when I went there, it was only phase 1, there will be a phase 2 opening soon including Bass Pro Shops’ 77,000 square foot store (opening in November) as well as Polo Ralph Lauren, Kate Spade, Diesel Surplus and Cole Haan.  Well, if you love shopping, it is worth the drive for a visit 🙂

P.S.  Don’t forget to try out their food court as well, BIGSMOKEBURGER is there 😉

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Labour Day Weekend – Niagara Falls, Port Dover and Stratford

I was being a super adventurist myself over the weekend, believe it or not, I went exploring a few places away from Toronto.  First stop, Niagara Falls, the weather was good enough Friday night so I could witness the pretty Labour day fire works at the falls.  Totally love the energy there because the whole area was packed with people, made everything to be even more exciting.  One thing I noticed tho, the rest of the town was VERY dead, LOL.  Next stop was Port Dover, which is about 1 hour driving from Hamilton, north shore of Lake Erie.  A very unique and relaxing area which includes a beautiful beach, great view of the lake, plus misc. interesting shops and restaurants around the area.  Oh and did you know, on every Friday the 13th, all the bikers will gather up at Port Dover to hang out, it would be quite a scene to witness I am sure and the next Friday the 13th is next month, umm, should I go see it?  hehe  Final stop, Stratford, another very unique small town filled with Arts which is a little more than 1 hour driving from Hamilton.  Once you enter the town, you would notice the buildings are filled with colors and there are really tons to see there, including a few performing theaters, tons of specialty shops and restaurants, etc.  Anyways, there are a lot of things I can’t really put into words, but I did take some pretty pictures to share 🙂

I have tons more pictures on my facebook if you are interested to see, go here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151830704460211.1073741830.689775210&type=1&l=f3ea489739

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BuskerFest 2013 on Yonge St.

I was told this was the biggest street performer festival in North America and this year they had moved to downtown Toronto, a huge part of Yonge st. was totally shut down for this so I had to check it out.  There wasn’t really a lot of people there in the morning, but the place started to fill up in the afternoon and into the night.  I was actually a little disappointed, tho they had a lot of performers there but some acts were actually the same and it was kind of impossible to watch the performers when the crowd got soo packed, all I saw was the back of the people’s head 😛  Overall, 40% of the whole area was filled with performers and 60% was just people selling food/drinks/stuffs…  Ummm, should I go again next year?  If you are looking for something to do with friends, yes, if you are looking to see amazing performers, the answer is really a no 😛

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Weekend get away!!!

Most people know me as a stay home geek and yes, I was and I am hoping I will be transformed into an outdoor adventurist soon.  I really haven’t done something like this for ages but a weekend get away was what I needed, other than hanging out the shopping malls all the time, went to a few places over the whole weekend for a change.

Welland Canals, first time ever seen a ship passing through a canal in action, 2 things that totally amazed me, first was the person driving the ship because the canal was super tight, second was the speed while the ship was being raised.

Port Dalhousie, probably the most beautiful and calm area I have even been in Ontario, the view of the sunset just above the lake was just amazing, it was very refreshing after just a short walk along the port.

Buffalo, the last time I was there was when I got my immigration papers and needed to exit Canada and came back in.  After 20+ years, it certainly seems the same, some area can be very dead and some can be very lively. The lineup through the border was way longer than I expect even it wasn’t a long weekend abut it was a good experience to be back after soo many years.

Queenston Heights, yet another beautiful and calm place, you could pretty much spend a whole day doing whatever there, I saw people having Birthday parties, BBQ, kitting, baseball, walking jogging etc.  There is even a restaurant there if you want to have a beer or dinner with a great view of the lake if you want to spend your day that way too :-p

Niagara on the Lake, sigh…  tho I had been to it a few times, I didn’t even know there is a beautiful country road Niagara River Parkway…  Anyways, it’s all about wineries!!!  Jackson Triggs FTW!!!

and there are a whole lot more to see on my facebook here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151782892390211.1073741829.689775210&type=1&l=8d12932ff7

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