Tag: Toronto
Casa Loma
Do you ever dream of being so rich that you could afford to build your own castle? For Toronto businessman Sir Henry Mill Pellatt (whose claim to fame is building the first Canadian hydro-generating plant at Niagara Falls), that dream became a reality. Sir Pellatt made his mansion dreams come true when he built Casa Loma. This castle…
Khao San Road
When I told people we were headed to Toronto & looking for good ethnic food, everyone said the same thing: “you must go to Khao San Road – it’s the best thai I’ve had outside of Thailand.” The real Khaosan Road is an actual street in Bangkok, Thailand – a stretch of neighborhood that is vibrant,…
Chantecler
A 15 minute, not-inexpensive cab ride took us from the towering glass skyscrapers of Toronto’s financial district to the slightly more grimy, still developing neighborhood of Parkdale & Queen Street West. Among the boarded up windows & dark corners, hip boutiques, art galleries & new restaurants dot the street. A little out of our comfort…
Hotel Review: Hotel le Germain, Toronto
I was already familiar with the Germain Hotel family from my stay at the Hotel Le Germain Maple Leaf Square in June during TBEX. So when B & I headed to Toronto in November for a belated anniversary trip, I knew just where I wanted to stay: their original boutique property, the Hotel le Germain.…
Toronto: St. Lawrence Market
In 1803, the Lieutenant Governor declared the area where St. Lawrence Market now stands to be “Market Block” & a farmers market popped up. In 1831 the small wooden structure which housed the farmers market & St. Lawrence Market as we see today was formed. One of two markets in Toronto, this vibrant market now…
