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Greetings!
 It's Summer! We wait all year for this, the
season when we vow never again to complain about snow.
Although the weather may be hot, Toronto remains a
"cool" place to visit, anytime! And Toronto Downtown Bed
and Breakfast is your air-conditioned respite in the
City.
Summer in TO is always packed with things to do. A
typical 3-day visit just won't give you enough time to
discover even the highlights, so plan now on a week!
See you soon!
Rog & Jim
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Rochester! |
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Toronto's
newest suburb is Rochester NY - now just a short
ferry ride away.
The Breeze, as the new luxury
high-speed ferry has been christened,
begins service this month, with three roundtrips
daily. It's a 2- 1/2hr crossing at 50 m.p.h., with
onboard restaurant and bars, two movie theatre
rooms with giant plasma screen televisions, 38
televisions with satellite TV connection
throughout the ship, wireless internet access,
duty-free shopping, games room, outfitted
children's play area and business class lounge
with fax/phone.
The passengers' only complaint: It's too short
a ride!
Book The Breeze today! »
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| Rog & Jim in South
Africa |
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We've visited many places on this earth, but
none so moving as South Africa. It is
difficult to put into a few short words the 2-week
experience that has left us both overwhelmed and
changed forever.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words.
And so, we took a thousand pictures. A few of them
are here. Join us, and you'll see
why.
We are particularly grateful to the generosity
of our hosts at every stop. You'll find links to
them, as well, in our travelogue and we can most
enthusiastically endorse them all.
South Africa »
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| Toronto City
Pass |
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Quick! Name the Top Six Tourist Attractions in
Toronto: · CN Tower · Art Gallery of Ontario ·
Royal Ontario Museum · Casa Loma · Ontario Science
Centre · Toronto Zoo
That's them! And now all six are combined on
the new Toronto City Pass. Over $100 in general
admission charges, only $46CAD/$35.17USD -
and usually without the lines, either!
And - only from TDBAB - if you order your City
Pass in advance of your visit, we can save you
another 5% off the purchase price!
Toronto City Pass... »
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| Weddings - a time we
love to love |
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It
started with ours, a year ago. And now, ten
weddings later, it's become a big part of our
business, and our life.
With an avowed objective to take the stress out
of the formula, TDBAB had handled
both bride & bride, groom
& groom and bride & groom
weddings from two to 50
guests. Each has been a beautiful
occasion, and we look more to
several more already booked this
summer and fall.
We've added a few pages to our ever-growing Web
site (over 150 in total, now!), to showcase some
of the food services now available for receptions
at TDBAB. Thanks to professional photographer Noah Fallis, we have some mouth-watering shots of caterer
Dana Zangari's creative talents - reason
enough to get married!
Trust TDBAB to handle all the details for you,
in your budget, and with class. All that's missing
from a wedding at TDBAB is the stress!
More information on weddings at
TDBAB... »
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| What's On in TO |
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Summer is the Season of Festivals,
and Toronto - the most ethnically diverse city on
earth - has one every weekend!
Pride Toronto, the second
largest Pride celebration in the world (after
Sydney), a week-long festival culminating in two
days of marches, parades, concerts and revelry.
(June 21-27, 2004)
The Fringe--Toronto's Theatre
Festival. Unjuried. Unexpected. Unforgettable.
Toronto's largest theatre festival, is celebrating
16 exciting years of presenting independent
theatre, from as far away as Great Britain,
Australia and New Zealand. Performances feature a
variety of styles including drama, comedy,
stand-up, musicals, dance and improv. (June
30-July 11, 2004)
The longest street in the world
comes alive with one of the greatest street
festivals on the continent! In 2003, more than a
million people got their feet on Yonge Street to
celebrate Toronto at the Celebrate Toronto
Street Festival! Five festival sites along
Yonge Street create one of the hottest gatherings
of entertainment talent in the country! (July
9-11, 2004)
Every summer, Toronto blazes with the
excitement of calypso, steel pan and elaborate
masquerade costumes during the annual Caribana
Festival. Caribana, celebrating its 37th
anniversary in 2004, is the largest Caribbean
festival in North America, attacting over a
million participants annually. (July 16th to
August 2nd, 2004)
For the Taste of the Danforth,
Greektown becomes a the largest street festival in
the country, focusing on the food of the area's
many restaurants, and live entertainment. (Aug.
6-8, 2004)
Then there's also the North by Northeast
Music Festival (June 10-12, 2004), Toronto
International Dragon Boat Race Festival (June
19-20, 2004), Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival
(June 25-July 4, 2004), Ontario Renaissance
Festival (weekends, July 19-Sept 1, 2004),
Beaches International Jazz Festival (July
16 - 25, 2004), BuskerFest (August 26 to
29th, 2004) ... and that's just the Big Ones!
Come to Toronto. It's a Festival!
Find out more....
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