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Kew Beach, Toronto, Ontario ...

..........................a beautiful beach and a beautiful neighbourhood in East Toronto.

If you haven't been to Kew Beach, you have no idea what you're missing. 

Take your picnic basket, your cooler full of water bottles (maybe a little Vinho Verde or Prosecco - I won't tell) ... and do what I did for a few hours - NOTHING at all.  

It was exhausting, sitting there watching the sail boats in the distance, wishing I was in one of them.  It was even more exhausting watching everyone else try to find a spot, on what started out on a pretty empty beach, but soon was crowded, and the laughter and happy screams from children chasing balls and frisbees, or chasing their dogs (who were very happy jumping in the water to cool down), filled the air.

It was exhausting ... doing nothing at Kew Beach.

My guests had fun.  We haven't had great weather, but today was absolutely gorgeous, so I thought I'd take them to a Canadian beach, since the poor things have never experienced anything but a Mediterranean beach (so sad).

Here are some photos, which I hope you all enjoy ... and again, if you haven't been there, you should go.  If you don't want to take the picnic basket, then don't.  There's no lack of great restaurants, cafes and fast food spots - a little bit of everything, within minutes of the boardwalk.  And if you go early enough, you may even find a parking spot, with no trouble at all.

Visit Kew Beach - take a walk on the boardwalk or the sandy beach .... you may not want to leave (especially when you picture yourself living in one of those beach front homes).

 

 

 

 

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Toronto Real Estate & Life Blog by Sylvie Conde, Broker
Sutton Group-Associates Realty Inc., Brokerage               416-966-0300
(Independently Owned & Operated)
sconde@sutton.com
www.sylvieconde.com
www.torontorealestatelife.com

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Toronto's Number One Outdoor Music Festival/Street Fest is back.

Kick off the festivities at Lakeshore & Coxwell - at Woodbine Park, on July 17.

Admission is free.  Take a hat and a folding chair, and enjoy the music.
There will be wheelchair and scooter accessibility.

Leave the car at home, and enjoy the beer gardens.

Starting July 23rd, 50 bands will entertain you over 3 days, along the 2 km stretch, along Queen Street.

There is something for everyone: 
Big Band, Swing, Dixieland, Smooth, Post-Bop, Afro-Cuban, Fusion, Funk, R&B and Soul .....

Admission is free.

 

 

There will be FREE jazz concerts over the weekend, at Kew Gardens, July 25 and 26.
Take a beach blanket or a folding chair.

If you want to broaden your jazz experience, you may want to participate in a Workshop or Lecture, which will take place at the Mennonite New Life Centre, at 1774 Queen Street East,
from July 20 to July 25, from 7 to 9 p.m.

You can pick from Vocal Jazz Bootcamp; Turning Pop Songs into Jazz; Jazz Dance for Youth; Jazz Guitar Workshop, Jazz Piano Workshop, and much more ....

A lot of the neighbourhood streets will be closed to car traffic, so remember to leave your car at home, and use public transit.

How to get there:

From the Bloor Line Subway:

- Woodbine Subway station: take the 92 Woobine SOUTH Bus
- Coxwell Subway station: take the 22 Coxwell Bus

You can also take the 501 Queen Street Car EAST, from the Queen or Osgood Subway Stations.

If you must drive, and you're coming from the North, you can take the DVP South, and exit at Lakeshore Blvd. East.  Travel along Lakeshore East to Coxwell Avenue, and turn left, then turn right on Queen Street.

If you're coming from the West, take the QEW to the Gardiner Expressway and exit at Lakeshore Blvd East. Continue along the Lakeshore until you reach Coxwell; turn left (go North) on Coxwell and turn right on Queen Street East.

  

Have fun - enjoy the festivities - and remember not to drive if you drink.

 

 

 

Toronto Real Estate and Life Blog - Sylvie Conde, Broker
Sutton Group-Associates Realty Inc., Brokerage   416-966-0300
sconde@sutton.com
www.sylvieconde.com
www.torontorealestatelife.com


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JULY 18th to the 27th, 2008 - The Beaches International Jazz Festival

THE BEACHES (or The Beach as they now call it), is just 15 minutes from downtown Toronto.
Antique shops, clapboard cottages and quirky stores and restaurants typify the Beach. The beachside boardwalk is crowded with joggers, dog-walkers and picnickers, and the beach itself is packed in the Summer.

This annual event is just around the corner again.

The Beaches International Jazz Festival showcases jazz, blues, big band, vocalists, African, Caribbean, reggae, hip-hop, South American, Latin, rhythm and blues and more.

The festival is spread out over three venues in the Beaches and features an eclectic lineup of musicians. The Woodbine Park venue boasts three stages with artists like Dr. Draw, Cimarron, Richard Underhill and the Toronto All-Star Big Band.  Street Fest takes over Queen Street East with performances by Tokyo Giants, Sultans of String, Rob Christian, Trouble and Strife and more. The festival ends with performances by Elizabeth Shepherd Trio, The Sicillian Jazz Project, Anne Lindsay, Tab Benoit and the Tad Robinson Band featuring Alex Schultz at Kew Gardens.

Over 100 bands will be participating - local and non-local, emerging and established; cross-cultural, energizing, live and improvised.

During Beaches Jazz Festival StreetFest, on the nights of Thursday July 24th, Friday July 25th, and Saturday July 26th, Queen Street E. will be closed from Woodbine Ave. to Beech Ave. from 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm nightly. The north / south streets of Waverley Ave., Wineva Ave., and Lee Ave. will remain open throughout the evening.

Sylvie Conde, Broker
Sutton Group-Associates Realty Inc., Brokerage  416-966-0300
Independently Owned & Operated
sconde@sutton.com
www.sylvieconde.com
www.torontorealestatelife.com

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