Category: events/places (地方)

Jul 29 2012

Richmond Hill Ribfest 2012

About a year ago, I went to the Markham ribfest, unfortunately I missed the one this year which was 2 weeks ago and I would be very disappointed if I missed the Richmond Hill ribfest at Richmond Green Park.  Though the size of this is smaller than the one in Markham but with 6 professional rib teams would be enough to fill our stomachs, after all, we could only try maybe a couple at a time :p  We got there at about noon and the first thing I went for was a deep fried blooming onion because I hadn’t had one for soo long, of course I would not miss out the ribs and pulled pork 😀  Anyways, my pictures below would tell you the rest of the story 😀

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Jul 01 2012

De La Salle Park Beach on Canada day

We were told that there is a very nice beach up north (go straight up north till the end on Lake Dr., east of Kennedy) which is about 45 mins driving distance so not very far away from where we live.  We did spend a little time to find the place but once we found it, we were not surprised that the beach was totally packed because of the nice weather and long weekend, instead we were surprised by the parking cost, $36 a day… Anyhow, it is a huge out door area, aside from the beach, there is also a park  where people were having BBQs everywhere.  It is a highly recommended place for summer so next time if you are thinking about going to a beach or outdoor BBQ, instead of heading downtown, this is really a place you could consider 😀

If you want to see more, including a few panorama pictures of Willow Beach, go to my facebook link here http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151070676620211.485261.689775210&type=1&l=a84fe90ffb

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May 11 2012

Festival of Sake (Kampai Toronto)

It was the first Sake festival in Toronto, once you bought your ticket to go in which we did from weeks ago, you can try anything as much as you like.   There was quite a varieties of food  they provided and over 100 different sakes from Japan, not to mention most sakes are not being sold in LCBO, only private sales in cases.  It was quite an experience because the event was hosted in a cellar warehouse which I had never seen.  I was also kind of surprised by the amount of people inside but anyhow, we started the tasting right away like everyone else from the entrance.  Long story short, after an hour of sake tasting, I finally got a better knowledge on sake grades which I never would have a chance to try soo many all at once in the past.  At the end of the night, some got a little drunk of course as you can tell from the pictures below but it was a very nice experience.

More picture on my facebook here http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150985898710211.476337.689775210&type=1&l=15b6bb270d

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Nov 25 2011

Great Wolf Lodge 2011

I was a very very last minute decision really, I was feeling sick the day before and Karen found a new job which is starting next Monday, so she decided to go Great Wolf Lodge and grabbed me along while she still has the free time to enjoy this place with Simon and Marcus.  It was sunny but very windy the whole day but the good thing was it wasn’t much traffic on our way since it was a US thanks giving weekend.  It was our first time there and the place is amazing, more like a resort kind of hotel all in one thing, very very unique and tons of water slides inside the hotel.  I don’t know how to put it in words but I would definitely recommend this place to anyone that is interested in some water fun with friends, family and kids.  Didn’t take any pictures inside the water park itself but tons of them outside, so just take a look at the pictures and you would probably know what I mean by fun 😀  Enjoy!

facebook link here if you want to see more pictures, http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150482824045211.421503.689775210&type=1&l=683fbd4db1

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Nov 13 2011

Lang Lang 101 Pianists Workshop

Finally, got a chance to see the Chinese superstar pianist Lang Lang in person at Roy Thomson Hall, thanks to my best friend Karen :D, thank you thank you!!!.  Anyways, Lang Lang’s tour this time was for a few days of different themes and the one I went to on Sunday was called 101 Pianists Workshop.  Seriously, there were 100 pianists from age 6-16 on the stage with Lang Lang.  It was pretty amazing to listen to 101 pianists playing at the same time really, think about how rare you would have a chance to listen to that 😀 and of course listening to the super talented Lang Lang solo was super amazing as well 🙂  Here are a few pictures I took, please don’t blame me for Lang Lang being soo small because my seat was quite far away from the stage :p

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