All Posts Tagged With: "downtown Kingston"

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Digging Up History

Princess Street is about to change and not just the surface.
While the reconstruction of the bottom two blocks of Princess Street gets a lot of attention for its intrusion into our lives, what gets lost in the talk is how a little bit of Kingston history is going to give way to modernity.
The reconstruction, which [...]

1Mar2010 | Jordan Press | 13 comments | Continued
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Ta-ke or Leave it

Well, I must say, we sure have a lot of sushi in this town considering our size. That is not by any means a complaint though! Yes, another sushi review. I can’t help it, I’m an addict!
Harvey and I hit Ta-ke Sushi last week and I have to say I was not [...]

7Jan2010 | Danielle Lennon | 14 comments | Continued
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New Kingston Tourism Videos

While we managed to squeeze in the final post from our Best of 2009 review on New Year’s Day, today’s post is technically Kingstonist’s first of 2010.  One of the most interesting tidbits I came across over the holidays was the Canadian Travel Commission’s new series of video advertisements for the Limestone City.  I [...]

4Jan2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 8 comments | Continued
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Best of 2009 (Part 5 of 5)

Happy New Year, and happy Friday! While it happens to be the first glorious day of 2010, it is also the last weekend of my vacation, and time for the final post in Kingstonist’s Best of 2009 review. Thus far we’ve celebrated stories focusing on everything from Google Street View to H1N1, pedestrian [...]

1Jan2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 1 comment | Continued
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Sima Sushi

This weekend Harvey and I had guests visiting from out of town. Little did we know, so did many people, including all the hotels and many of the restaurants. The city was flooded with dancers and musicians for the Rob Roy Highland Dancers Fall Competition making it difficult for locals like us to [...]

10Nov2009 | Danielle Lennon | 6 comments | Continued
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Busking for Change

War Child Canada is a registered charity that provides urgent care to children in war torn countries around the world as well as raising awareness and advocating for children’s rights. In addition to the many companies that sponsor this endeavor, musicians all over Canada have been a huge source of raising funds and awareness [...]

15Oct2009 | Danielle Lennon | 4 comments | Continued