[snafooey]

Where in Ontario? I'm in T.O. and I went for a half hour walk (errands) on my lunch break (I was wearing long johns, mind you). Dude, this weather is practically balmy compared to just a few days ago!

[pepper]

holy crap, i left bc too early. i swear my face nearly fell off today and my little one just can't understand why it hurts his skin so much to be outside. Now i remember why i left ontario. right.

[erinjane]

I didn't leave the house today, but yesterday seemed alright even though I was only outside for about 5 minutes.

I want to go skating at the forks or tobogganing but it's been tooooo cold.

[culturehandy]

Things are finally warming up here. Thank goodness, because this cold is really starting to get to me.

[lex]

a friend of mine actually remarked "it's pretty warm outside" this afternoon. you know it's bad when -10 is considered warm!

[culturehandy]

Erinjane, you know it's been cold when you think gee, this -20 isn't so bad, it's actually kind of nice out here! Yup, the cold is really starting to get to me mentally. And it's been so busy at work!

[erinjane]

Just checked out the Toronto forecasts, and woo! I am looking forward to the balmy -7ish weather as opposed to -35 to -40 weather here in Winnipeg. I feel like I have a brain freeze everytime I go outside.

[chani]

dusty: That link didn't work. Try this one:

http://www.forthepublicgood.ca/takeaction3.cfm

[dusty]

Attention Ontario Busties!

Please take the time to tell Dalton McGuinty (you remember, the guy who just voted himself a 40% raise) you want minimum wage raised to $10/hr. Follow this link and click on take action.

[pepper]

http://www.hostels.com/en/ca.on.to.html

here's a good site for hostels.

[erinjane]

Well, we decided to go the whole hostel route in fact, but a private room at this place.

http://www.canadianalodging.com

It's supposed to be really good, so i hope it lives up to its reputation.

[erinjane]

God, the whole Pickton this is ridiculous. As if they didn't know for years that these women were disappearing.


As for hotels, I think we actually ARE going to stay at a hostel run hotel (so not quite a hostel) that's only $74 a night split between two people. The room is big with a kitchen which I like. It's called the Grange and is (Obviously) on Grange. Originally I was looking for something with a continental breakfast included, but we'll be saving enough money to just go out and try multiple restaurants every morning.

[culturehandy]

I must say that is impressive of the police to discover that. Oooh, a bunch of Sherlock's running around.

[dusty]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20070129/ca...a/crime_pickton

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. (CP) - Police believed someone was hunting women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and "taking them out" even before they discovered body parts on a pig farm in Port Coquitlam, B.C.

No shit. Them and everyone else in Canada. Next they'll be telling us there is a serial killer in operation on a highway in BC.

[dusty]

I don't know hotels really. The two I know of seem to be over $100/night, Town Inn Suites on Church, where a lot of airline crew stay, and Comfort Hotel on Charles, where I notice some people who were here for a genealogy workshop (ie. possibly fixed income, definitely paying there own way) were staying.

I think Queen Street would be a great place to wander shopping, but be sure to go west of Bathurst, east of Bathurst is getting a little commercial. Mind you, John Fluevog, the CityTv building, Pages (not to be missed) Bookstore, and Active Surplus (in case you have an urgent need for dolls legs, assorted glass lenses and bottles, cd cases and other weird stuff) are all east of Bathurst.

[erinjane]

Clay oven is actually in Winnipeg (where I am).

The metropolitan doesn't have very good reviews online, and I'm hoping we can find a place for a little cheaper. I don't think we'd go the hostel route just because of inexperience with them.

My dad thinks he found a decent hotel for $78 a night, but I'm not sure where it's located.

[pepper]

clay oven you say? it's on my list!
the metro is a nice hotel in an interesting area. hotels are hotels though eh? would you consider a hostel? might be fun. i stayed at some great ones in sandiego and sanfran.
there is great music on queen west, the horseshoe, the rivoli. grossmans is an old blues joint on spadina, sneaky dee's has bands nearly every night, lee's palace on bloor street. etc, etc. there is just so much music in that city!
funky shops too, bloor street, queen street, spadina, kensington market, college street, etc etc. you can't do it all but no matter what you do it'll be interesting!
i'll be there on the 30th until the 7th or so and then again on the 13th or so for a few more days. but it's my own schedule and is very flexible so if peeps are meeting somewhere i'll come too! i'm on the road (and in the sky) right now but i'll keep checking in.

[erinjane]

I've heard great things about the Clay Oven but I haven't had a chance to go there yet. Everyone I talk to says it's one of the best in the city.

Dusty, we're still looking for a hotel. I'll be staying at the Metropolitan on Chestnut for two nights but that's for a conference and we don't want to stay there the whole time.

I really like pubs, i wouldn't mind seeing a show and my music taste is across the board. I'm hoping we can check out lots of funky shops and restaurants and things like that, but nothing to 'yuppy'. It's hard to say since i've never been before.

I would totally be down with a busty get together if there's enough of us who want to.

[culturehandy]

Erinjane, one of my friends goes for Indian at a place on Inkster, I believe it is called the clay oven. She says the food there is fantastic and inexpensive!

I've never been there...

[dusty]

Let me think on it.

Are you still looking for somewhere to stay? What kind of things do you like to do?

Are you interested in a Bustie get-together? Not sure how many active Toronto Busties we are.

I seen Iggy in Canadian Tire yesterday, buying an ironing board.