Coffee, community, and conversation By Alison Caldwell The first ever Hamilton Coffee Fair (#HCF2K17) marked the start of an incredible conversation around specialty coffee. The free event brought loc...
Read MoreA Culinary Catalyst on Ottawa Street North In the 9-8th century BC, legend would have it that after failing to seduce Ulysses, Parthenope the siren threw herself into the sea and was washed ashore, la...
Read MoreFor my swan song Hamilton Ten List for urbanicity, I thought it fitting to highlight the things I love the most about this fine city. I’ve lived in a few other places and may one day move away again...
Read MoreAn urban retreat in downtown Dundas In the September 2011 issue of Toronto Life, an article entitled “Exodus to Suburbs” appeared. It was about young couples with kids fleeing the Big Smok...
Read MoreBrewing in a new neighbourhood If you’ve walked down Charlton Avenue West and past Central Presbyterian Church anytime in the last couple of years, you’ve probably looked longingly at the empty fo...
Read MoreRussell Shorto, in his book, Amsterdam: A History of the World’s Most Liberal City, seeks to understand the origins of the Dutch sense of liberalism, and in so doing, describes the creation of A...
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