Taste of Little Italy 2011

This weekend, June 17-19, Taste of Little Italy takes place in College Street with food fanfare, music, wines, cocktails, shopping and all things Italian. Well, not to mention good-looking Italians. LOL...

The celebration will have 21 bands, choirs and other acts along College Street (from Bathurst to Shaw Street). Over 40 restaurants will be opening their kitchen for us to taste Italian cuisine, the pride of their kitchen: from pasta to meats to seafoods to desserts---all for between $1 and $5. Grab a table on one of the patios out there in the sun.

Come this weekend for a night (or two) in Italy!

Celebrate BLOOR Street!

This Sunday, June 19, Bloor Street will be an awesome parade / display of everything chic, casual and famous! Fashion and music comes alive in this once a year celebration to showcase what Bloor Street is made of. From Church Street to Avenue Road, the street will be filled with artists, musicians, tasting pavilions, car shows, etc... The street will be closed to vehicles!

Prepare and catwalk yourself on a one-kilometer red carpet!

On the CONCERT STAGE, cheer and sing with the following singers/musicians:

12:30 PM - Royal Wood
1:30 PM - Keshia Shante
2:30 PM - Shawn Desman
3:30 PM - Platinum Blonde

 For more info, click here.

Food Truck Eats Toronto

On July 2, (that's Saturday!) Toronto will celebrate the diversity of the food products we all see everyday on food trucks---anywhere in our city. Eating, perhaps, is one way to beat the summer heat. And when there's food festival, there's only one thing you must do: Come hungry.

Free entry. Food will be priced at no more than $5.

 

Trucks from Niagara (El Gastrónomo Vagabundo), Hamilton (Cupcake Diner, Gorilla Cheese) and Prince Edward County (Buddha Dog) will dish out their goods next to food stalls from chefs who liked the idea of street food but don’t have a truck, including Chris McDonald (Cava), Carl Heinrich and Ryan Donovan (Marben), caterer Rossy Earle and consultant chef Joshna Maharaj, as well as a dosa stand by Tiffinday, Stratford’s Simple Fish and Chips and Whitby barbecue powerhouse Buster Rhino’s. In a late-breaking addition, the Black Hoof’s Geoff Hopgood formerly of the Black Hoof, will also make an appearance. ---Toronto Life

Where? At back parking lot of Distillery District (55 Mill Street, Building #58 Suite 200)
Time: 11:00 am. to 3:00 pm only
How to get there:

• Subway. Take Subway to Castle Frank station on the Bloor line. Connect to Bus 65A Parliament. Ride bus straight down Parliament. Exit at Front St. and walk one block south to Mill St.
• King streetcar. Take 504 King streetcar. Exit at King and Parliament. Walk two blocks south on Parliament to Mill St.
• Cherry St. Bus 172 , Front & Bay St. to Cherry Beach via The Esplanade and Mill St.

2011 Summerlicious in Toronto

Starting June 23, participating 2011 Summerlicious restaurants in Toronto will be serving selected dishes in their menus for a fixed price----something that you should be looking forward if you can't afford the normal price of a dish on a regular day.

Summer has never been delicious without this year's Summerlicious offers: 

Lunch menus: $15 , $20 or $25
Dinner menus: $25 , $35 or $45

As this food festival is a good summer deal, RESERVATION is required / advised. For complete list of the participating restaurants, CLICK HERE.

Happy eating!

NXNE Music Festival: Free concerts @ Yonge Dundas Square

Here's the listing of FREE shows at Yonge/Dundas Square during NXNE:

Thursday, June 16
METZ 6:00 PM-6:40 PM
Rusty 7:00 PM-7:40 PM
Fucked Up 8:00 PM-8:40 PM
OFF! 9:00 PM-9:40 PM
Descendents 10:00 PM-10:40 PM

Friday, June 17
Diamond Rings 7:30 PM-8:10 PM
Land Of Talk 8:30 PM-9:10 PM
Stars 9:30 PM-11:00 PM

Saturday, June 18
The Burning Boyz 12:00 PM-12:40 PM
Richard Duguay (of Personality Crisis) 1:00 PM-1:40 PM
Nightbox 2:00 PM-2:40 PM
Gentlemen Husbands 3:00 PM-3:40 PM
DD/MM/YYYY 4:00 PM-4:40 PM
Dirty Beaches 5:00 PM-5:40 PM
DOM 6:00 PM-6:40 PM
Cults 7:00 PM-7:40 PM
Men Without Hats 8:00 PM-8:40 PM
Devo 9:30 PM-11:00 PM

Sunday, June 19
Mamabolo 4:00 PM-4:40 PM
Reema Major 5:00 PM-5:40 PM
Tanika Charles & The Wonderfuls 6:00 PM-6:40 PM
D-Sisive 7:00 PM-7:40 PM
Digable Planets 8:00 PM-8:40 PM
The Pharcyde 9:00 PM-9:40 PM

2011 World Naked Bike Ride

First to witness such event and what can I say but WOW! I'm not brave enough to join this event but I do support their cause to save the environment. I guess, I'm gonna be looking forward to see this in many years to come. Summer is surely my favorite time of the year. Especially, in June! Hahahahaha!!!

Photo: Toronto Events Blog

2011 Subway Dance Party in Toronto

Toronto Improv members invaded the TTC subway for a dance rave sans the blaring loud music. Participants danced to the tune of whatever they were listening to their iPods. Obviously, some aren't really born to dance. ;)