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Dear Friends,
 Welcome! to what we hope will be
a regular
newsletter
for our friends. This is a new Web-based program we're
testing here with this issue. Please let us know
what
you think of it. Your input is very important. If you
like
it, pass it on; if you don't, tell us why and we'll fix it!
We have put a lot of names on this mailing list, all our
previous guests, all our colleagues on CBBHosts,
and
many other friends and family. If you don't want to
receive this newsletter, please don't be shy about
opting out. There's an Unsubscribe link at the very
bottom, and it will give us something else to test! If
you want someone else to receive it, please forward it
to them!
We sincerely hope you all had a great holiday season,
and are already well into a healthy and happy 2003.
Drop us a line, let us know what's new with you. We'd
love to hear from you!
Your friends,
Rog & Jim
| The Producers is (are?) coming |
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While some New Yorkers are prepared to to sell their
first born to get their hands on a pair of tickets to see
The Producers on Broadway, all you need to do is book
a visit to TDBAB.
Its success on the Great White Way is unprecedented.
The Producers took home 12 Tony Awards, including
Best Musical, Best Direction, and Best Original Score,
making it the biggest winner in Broadway history.
The Producers opens in Toronto on November 3. The
first few weeks are completely sold out for subscribers
of the theatre, but we should be able to get VIP House
Seat tickets for our guests from January 2004,
onwards.
If you would like to catch this production, please book
now, and we'll order tickets as soon as they are made
available to us; we won't process any charges for room
or tickets until we can confirm both, but we'll hold your
room space till we do.
Read about other packages... »
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| Wellness Retreat |
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As part of our committment to Extend Your Experince,
we are proud to announce another new feature at
TDBAB since The Move: our cooperative venture with
SHAPE Health and Wellness centre, just steps from our
door. Now we can provide comprehensive care to our
guests through a diverse range of specialized services
offered by SHAPE's many wellness care professionals.
SHAPE, with its upscale, boutique atmosphere and
complete dedication to client satisfaction, is a perfect
match with Toronto Downtown Bed and Breakfast's
philosophy and style. This unique and cooperative
relationship allows us to offer continuity of care and
pampering. Select a package in advance of your visit
and we'll take care of everything else.
All packages start with a personal visit by a SHAPE
trainer, meeting you in your room for a private,
personalized enhanced stretching routine before
escorting you for a short walk or jog to SHAPE's state-
of-the-art facilities.
Of course, we had to modify our groaning-board
breakfast menu for SHAPE clients. Still delicious, filling
and beautifully presented ... just a trifle healthier!
Full Story »
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| Your Globe-trotting Hosts |
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It's not always easy to keep up on all the places our
Guests come from, but we try! The weekend before our
move, we took Rog's three sons, and Jim's eldest and
his wife, to Los Angeles for a jam-packed long weekend
of Universal Studios, Disneyland, Hollywood and more.
We stayed at a wonderfully exotic B&B there, in a
fantastic location, The Secret
Garden. Host Raymond is an attraction in himself!
 In November, we were off to
Barcelona,
the home of
Gaudi, Joan Miro, and free-thinkers of all times. What a
wonderfully exciting city, modern, architecturally
inspiring, and friendly. The trip ended with a few days
in Paris, and a hosted day-trip to the Champagne
Region. Rog in Heaven.
In April, we're off to Vancouver with Young Keith to the
first Convention of our
Canada Bed
and Breakfast Hosts on-line forum, and then on to
Germany.
More pictures... »
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| The Growing Wall of China |
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No trip to Paris is or could be complete without ... some
Limoges, right? And this trip, we did pick up a set of
Constance by Bernardeau, probably our all-time
favourite now, and brought it home in our carryon.
For Christmas, Rog picked out two place settings from
William Ashley, here in Toronto, for Jim. Jim found out
about it, called Ashley's and ordered one more place
setting for Rog without knowing what the pattern even
was. It was Lenox' Royal Arcade, a beautifully delicate
robin's egg blue with raised gold trim.
Now you can stay two more days without fear
of a repeated place setting!
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| Our New Home! |
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October 19 - 21. Four days that should have been a TV
Special. Designer Ida, her team of carpenters, a
landscaper, three electricians, locksmith, Rog's three
sons and us. A complete makeover, and guests arriving
on the 22nd! But absolutely worth every moment, strain
and penny.
Come discover the treasures of our new
neighbourhood, the trendy Bloor / Yorkville shopping
district: a dozen new restaurants within a block or two,
great new Whole Foods grocery store in Hazleton
Lanes, the famous flower stalls of Avenue Road ... so
much to discover.
It's
just a short walk up the hill to Casa Loma and
Spadina House, or down the street to the sprawling
Gothic-tinged campus of the University of Toronto and
Queen's Park, Ontario's Parliament buildings. The
Museum Triumvirate (Royal Ontario, Gardiner Ceramic
and Bata Shoe) are also just a stroll from our door.
The subway is 5 minutes' walk away, and from there,
the entire city, both downtown and up, are just
minutes away. It's the perfect location! Come and see
for yourself!
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