Posts tagged: Toronto

Shibaten: A Unique, World-Traveling Didgeridoo Street Musician

Toronto is home to a wide vari­ety of artists and per­form­ers, some main­stream like Chan­tal Kre­vi­azuk and some def­i­nitely off the beaten track like Shi­baten. Shi­baten is a busker (“street musi­cian”) orig­i­nally from Osaka, Japan who, I have recently read, cur­rently lives in Toronto. You may even have seen him in per­son your­self, as he […]

Monday September 6th, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »

Toronto Buskerfest 2010

Toronto Busker­fest 2010 was another fun-filled, mem­o­rable event. Busker­fest has been around for 11 years now, and this is my fourth year attend­ing (as a spec­ta­tor only!) — I look for­ward to the event every year, and I hope to con­tinue com­ing to it every year! Busker­fest is a 3-day event from Fri­day through to Sunday […]

Monday August 30th, 2010 in , , | 1 Comment »

How to Get Maximum Fun from Buskerfest

Busker­fest Toronto is an event that I look for­ward to every year, but my expe­ri­ence you need to be approach it in the right way to get the most out of it. Here are some “rules” to help you get max­i­mum enjoy­ment out of this won­der­ful annual event: Go with the intent to have fun […]

Monday August 30th, 2010 in , , | No Comments »

A Tale of Two Ethiopian Restaurants: Nazareth vs Queen of Sheba

I’ve now been able to try out 3 of the Ethiopian restau­rants around Toronto, and I can say unequiv­o­cally that Nazareth is the best one. I’ve tried Nazareth, Queen of Sheba, and Ethiopian House. Queen of Sheba and Nazareth are on Bloor, east of Duf­ferin. I got the two of these mixed up, which is […]

Monday June 28th, 2010 in , , , | 2 Comments »

Toronto Paddlefest 2010: An Absolute Beginner’s Experience

Moun­tain Equip­ment Co-0p (MEC) holds some­thing called Pad­dle­fest every year down at Sun­ny­side Beach. It’s a kayak­ing, canoe­ing, pad­dle­board­ing, and dragon boat­ing expe­ri­ence open to any­one for a tri­fling $5 for each 90-minute instruc­tional ses­sion. The folks at MEC are pas­sion­ate about their out­door sports, and it shows in events like this one. Even for […]

Sunday June 13th, 2010 in , , , | 1 Comment »

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