FAMILY-FRIENDLY JANE’S WALKS IN TORONTO

FAMILY-FRIENDLY JANE’S WALKS IN TORONTO

What would Jane Jacobs do? It’s a question on a T-shirt that I’ve always loved as it encompasses the vision of the late Toronto urbanist Jane Jacobs who believed that everyday people should take an active role in city building. One of the ways of engaging with your...
Escape Room for Kids – Looking Glass Adventures

Escape Room for Kids – Looking Glass Adventures

Escape Rooms are all the rage – for any age. So we were thrilled to learn that Looking Glass Adventures, a family-friendly escape room experience in Toronto’s east end, recently opened a second location at Danforth and Victoria Park. The spacious new spot boasts two...
Best of 2017: Top Toronto Destinations with Kids in TOw

Best of 2017: Top Toronto Destinations with Kids in TOw

It was a good one. Toronto does not disappoint in the what-to-do-with-the-kids department. This year we explored some of the newest destinations for families, plus discovered some new-to-us spots that will definitely be on our return list for next year. Here they are...
Weekend Wagon – December 23-24, 2017

Weekend Wagon – December 23-24, 2017

It’s here… if you’re hanging around TOwn or hosting some out-of-TOwn-ers, here is a list to keep you busy and merry over the Christmas long weekend: Start on Thursday, December 21st at noon with the City of Toronto’s annual Christmas Concert in the Rotunda at...
A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Toronto’s Elgin Theatre

A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Toronto’s Elgin Theatre

I am not sure who laughed more – me, my eight year-old or grandma in TOw – at this year’s holiday panto A Christmas Carol, the Family Musical with a Scrooge Loose on now until December 31, 2017 at Toronto’s Elgin Theatre. The beauty of the hilarity is that we...