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Busk a Move

Kingston plays host to numerous notable festivals throughout the summer, including last weekend’s hugely successful Limestone City Blues Fest.  These events not only pack the streets, restaurants and stores with paying customers, but they also create an unmistakable buzz and elevate the spirit of the entire community.  In between the Blues Fests, Busker’s Rendezvous, [...]

31Aug2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 0 comments | Continued
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Mia Gelato

In May, Mia Gelato opened just a few doors down from White Mountain. Prior to this, it was a shop owned by a Lebanese family who sold ice cream and shawarma. An interesting combination. I really enjoyed the shawarmas at 1am after going out at Joy.
What I like most about Mia Gelato is that it [...]

29Jun2010 | Russ | 18 comments | Continued
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Weekly Poll: Opening Soon

On 1 April 2008, we had a bit of fun and subsequently shattered people’s dreams with an unsupported report regarding Ikea’s decision to open a store in the Limestone City. Two years later, and our April Fool’s Day ruse remains one of Kingstonist’s most popular stories. While Kingstonian’s may be frothing at the mouth [...]

21Jun2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 11 comments | Continued
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Pan Chancho: Breakfast of Champions

Going out for brunch is usually the answer to life’s greatest dilemmas. Take the Sunday before last, for instance: I, along with a couple of out of towners visiting Kingston for the awesome  Great Lake Swimmers show on Wolfe Island, was supposed to be running in the Beat Beethoven race, but the torrential downpour outside [...]

16Jun2010 | Caitlin Fralick | 9 comments | Continued
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Kingstonist’s Guide to Patios

At some point during the May long weekend, someone flicked a magical switch and awoke the sweaty beast known as summer.  Over the past few weeks, we’d been enjoying a long run of fantastic, nearly ideal weather, however the sweltering heat and unbearable humidity has finally arrived.  Thankfully, along with summer conditions come seasonal [...]

1Jun2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 16 comments | Continued
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Weekly Poll: Commercial Vacancies in Downtown Kingston

Last week we launched Kingstonist’s weekly poll, a new feature that aims to gauge public opinion regarding various hot topics throughout the Limestone City.  While we started off with a pretty light and fluffy issue, this week’s question is more contentious, and admittedly a topic we’ve touched on in the past.  Regulars may [...]

26Apr2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 16 comments | Continued
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The State of… Upper Princess (Part 3 of 3)

Late last December we launched a three-part series which documented vacant storefronts, recent relocations as well as new businesses in downtown Kingston.  In part one we combed lower Princess Street from Ontario to Division, highlighting unfortunate closures such as S&R and Downtown Kingston Sports, as well as positive growth including Urban Outfitters and Sima Sushi.  [...]

25Jan2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 18 comments | Continued
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From Market to Park-it

Take a drive by Market Square at night, or anytime for that matter, when skaters are buzzing around the artificial rink and you’ll see that Market Square has somehow become Park-it Square.

11Jan2010 | Jordan Press | 7 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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