by Renee Tratch | Mar 20, 2019 | Birthday Parties, Museum
My kids’ hockey worlds revolve around the Crosbys and the Matthews, watching as their teams (‘the Pittsburgs’ and the Leafs) rise and fall in the rankings and which players rack up the points. But these present-day all-stars don’t really top the list (yet)...
by Renee Tratch | Nov 12, 2018 | Museum
We gave our brains a big workout at the new Museum of Illusions – now open in Toronto along Front Street near Jarvis. My guys in TOw and I had a sneak peek of the 80-plus exhibits –rooms, installations, holograms, images, puzzles and games – that tricked our...
by Renee Tratch | Oct 5, 2018 | Family Attraction, Museum
Some of the world’s biggest and baddest spiders have been hanging out in Toronto and we finally got a peek into their worlds – all 400 of them. The live and preserved specimens are the stars of Spiders: Fear and Fascination exhibition on display until January 6,...
by Renee Tratch | Sep 26, 2017 | Family Attraction, Fresh Air
It’s a summer staple. Across the harbour from downtown Toronto tucked behind trees in the middle of 600 acres of parkland on Centre Island is Centreville Amusement Park. With 30-plus rides and attractions, it’s a far cry from Canada’s Wonderland or The Ex, but...
by Renee Tratch | Sep 7, 2017 | Family Attraction
How many times have you passed that big tall smokestack labeled “Todmorden Mills” and wondered what the heck is there? Visible from the DVP located south off Pottery Rd in Toronto’s Don Valley, this is the home of the 19th century community of Todmorden. It was...
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