Once again Hiker Mike and Camper Ken signed up for the ARL Winter Classic. The event has been a Burlington Adult Rookie League tradition for several years now. Past events have been held in Hamilton and Mississauga. Top honours going to the tournament winners “Bruins”. This year the “Leafs” …
Together for Change Ryerson Centre hosted a book launch party Tuesday night at the Arts and Letters Club. The event was very well attended by Ryerson University Alumni, Staff and friends of the Author Ronald Stagg. Many former student leaders attended the event including, several past Presidents and Vice-Presidents of …
“On this day we arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay, our first port stop of the entire cruise. Our group embarked on an exciting tour and one of the major highlights of the trip (at least it was for me!) We went on a very rare factory tour of one of the …
Since the summer of 2008, Burlington has been home to the Adult Rookie Hockey League (ARL). Camper Ken joined the ARL the first summer and I signed up for the leagues first fall/winter season (September 2008). Since then the league has grown from its meagre start with only eight …
For Paula and I the storage issues are more like a George Carlin comedy routine on “Stuff”. For those of you don’t know what I am talking about .. search for “George Carlin Stuff” and you might find a few youtube links to his classic “stuff” routine. Its true …
Queen Street West Walking Queen Street West has always been a favourite area of the city to go for urban hikes and provides much inspiration as well as material for street photography. Here is a small sample of photos we have taken in and around the Queen Street West area.
Bloor Street West Hiker Mike and Camper Ken out on Bloor Street West. We took a long walk in the snow and came across several great street photo opportunities. We stopped several time on our east bound hike including stops outside Ed’s Warehouse (to pay homage to Ed Mirvish’s …
“A Well-organized disembarkation process queued us up for taxis to our hotel in downtown Copenhagen. After getting checked in and settled, we were off to the candy store of a yarn shop, Sommerfuglen for a trunk show with Bente Geil and most excellent shopping. Karen Lauger, local knitter and designer, took some …
“We took a well-advised ship-organized transfer from the bonded port into Brugges, our bus tour guide offered up a lot of information about the history of the historic town and provided us with some terrific guidance for a walking tour. Some knitters ventured out to find a one of …
“A bright, crisp morning greeted us at this lovely port. Janine Le Cras joined us on board, bright and early, for a trunk show of her wonderful designs and informative talk on local knitting and history of Guernsey sweaters. We learned more of the history of this pretty port …