by Renee Tratch | Sep 13, 2014 | Annual, Art, Free, Fresh Air, Kids Programs
Eco-Art-Fest, an outdoor art festival at Todmorden Mills, has been on our to-do list since it opened in June. It’s the inaugural art-meets-nature event by the City of Toronto and No.9, an organization that brings together art and design to raise awareness of the...
by Renee Tratch | Sep 10, 2014 | Animals, Annual, Art, Beach, Farm, Free, Fresh Air, Park & Playground, Splash Pad
With the switch to September schedules – pools closing and schools opening – our mind shifts to planning fun fall activities. We’ve compiled this wish list for the new season. Let’s see if we can fit it all in before the snow falls. Apples: The season has already...
by Renee Tratch | Aug 30, 2014 | Free, Fresh Air, Splash Pad, Wading Pools
Kidstown, located in L’Amoreaux Park in Scarborough, is the only City of Toronto-operated water park. The “pool” (it has lifeguards) boasts a slide into a wading pool, lots of squirting and splashing features (including pedal bikes and a small pirate ship) and a...
by Renee Tratch | Aug 28, 2014 | Farmers' Market, Fresh Air, Park & Playground, Wading Pools
Our market-hopping continues. On Thursdays we head to East Lynn Park where a cozy farmers’ market has been in the hood since 2007 thanks to DECA (the Danforth East Community Association. They got it going on – check out this neighbourhood’s offerings.) The weekly...
by Renee Tratch | Aug 11, 2014 | Farmers' Market, Fresh Air, Park & Playground, Wading Pools
This east end park is a happening hub for families in the Danforth and Riverdale neighbourhoods. We’ve made it our destination for many of its offerings – tons of green space for running and picnicking, wading pool in the summer, skating in the winter, ball hockey,...
by Renee Tratch | Jul 30, 2014 | Free, Fresh Air, Sports
At our house, tennis falls on that list of activities that we hope our kids will love. So we’ll be bringing our future Federers to the annual Rogers Cup for its Free Community Weekend August 2 and 3. Before the world’s top men’s tennis players hit the courts at...
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