Last week we had the chance to enjoy two really different types of music. Wednesday we went to the Station (aka the museum) for the weekly Jazz at the Station event. We watched Bobby Dean Blackburn, a great R&B and jazz pianist/vocalist with a drummer and two sax players. Free event, and well-attended, although Frank McNulty told me the crowd...
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We took a road trip, Saturday, to Minden, and stopped off in Orillia on the way. Orillia was having a big downtown street festival - about six blocks of the main street closed off, with some side streets closed as well. Full of people, merchants, buskers, visitors. And here's what we...
Scoop and I enjoyed a little act of civil disobedience, Saturday morning, as we drank a hot beverage at a table on the main street sidewalk that was clearly not within either the strictly approved and restricted sidewalk patio or sidewalk café zones.
Hasta...
Remember back in 2007 when the consultant who prepared our commercial review told us this area (our town, our neighbours and our visitors) could easily support another 500-600,000 sq. feet of commercial sprawl development on the west edge of town? And the majority of council nodded their heads in agreement like dashboard bobbin heads?
I...
I...
I was accused of taking my last pictures of an empty downtown on a weekday, when, of course, it would be quiet. So here are two photos taken Saturday, July 10, a few mintues after noon (just as the farmers' market was starting to wind down). Note the lack of patios and the lack of pedestrians - which means the lack of customers. The...
Sean, of Duncan's Cafe in Cllingwood, sent me this ad he plans to run in the local newspapers. He gave me permission to post it here.
I don't think I need to comment - the ad says it all.
Efforts to amend and defer the licensing bylaw failed, last night. Councillors Jeffrey, McNabb, Labelle, Foley and Sandberg voted to make sure patios must move to the curbside. The letters, the e-mails, the petition, the presentations all opposing the move were for naught.
Three attempts were made to defer it during our six-hour marathon meeting...
Three attempts were made to defer it during our six-hour marathon meeting...
I just learned that the traditional pancake breakfast will not be taking place downtown on Canada Day this year. Council wasn't informed of this change, nor was council even asked whether or not we wanted to participate. It was just cancelled.
I only found out because an email meant for Helena Guergis' office was misrouted to my inbox....
I only found out because an email meant for Helena Guergis' office was misrouted to my inbox....
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of getting your head around it, it was the age of reminiscing over past glories, it was the epoch of the rubber hitting the road, it was the epoch of meat and potatoes of the matter, it was the season of moving forward, it was the season of closed door meetings, it was the spring...
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None of those buskers would be allowed to play on Collingwood's streets, because they use...
None of those buskers would be allowed to play on Collingwood's streets, because they use...
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