News of the death of Lieutenant Governor Lincoln Alexander brings back memories for Mike and for me. I met him once in the late 1980s, and I knew I was in the presence of greatness. He was visiting the church I attended, St. Mary Magdalene’s Anglican in Toronto, and he joined us afterwards for coffee […]Read More
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Localicious continues until Oct. 14 at Hamilton’s 12 participating restaurants. Our advertiser Nickebrook served up their wide range of beers at the Launch Party on Sept. 18. Here are more of Mike’s photos from the Launch. Find all these establishments taking part in Localicious this year! Entertainment was provided by the popular Food Jammers: Micah […]Read More
Supporters of Localicious appreciate that participating restaurants source ingredients from local farmers. The Launch Party itself does good: proceeds from the party support a summer camp for disadvantaged kids in Hamilton. Here are more photos of the Launch Party, taken by Mike Davis: Here’s more information about Localicious, which runs until Oct. 14. We’ll post […]Read More
The launch party for the Downtown Hamilton Localicious Experience held on Sept. 18 at the Art Gallery of Hamilton was a sold-out success! 350 people attended and sampled food from the “delicious dozen” participating restaurants. Beverages were available from our friends at Nickelbrook Brewery, and Ridge Road Estate Winery, Red Hill Coffee Trade and the […]Read More
Downtown Hamilton celebrates the upcoming Downtown Localicious Festival on Sept. 18 with a lavish Launch Party at the Art Gallery of Hamilton from 6 – 9 pm. Tickets are $20 and this lets you sample a wide range of locally grown food prepared by downtown Hamilton chefs. In addition, there will be local music, wine, beer and a cooking demonstration by the […]Read More
    We have an important update from Westfield Heritage Village, near Rockton, about their fairy photo that we blogged about in Oct. Some of you were as intrigued as I was, and now, after some further inquiries, and more time has passed, they are sharing the photo with us! Look carefully to see the faint but […]Read More
Desperate for a last-minute gift? Here’s one that looks forward to warm weather returning, from our friends at Hamilton Conservation: Wild Waterworks is proud to announce that for the first time ever, families can take advantage of significant savings by purchasing a 2012 Family Pass for four!      The pass — good for the entire […]Read More
We’re pleased to share the news that George Down of Hamilton is the Tower Poetry Society’s Featured Poet for 2011-2012. George and his wife Trudi are great friends of Escarpment Views. They own and operate The Book Band, which promotes Canadian small press publishers and writers. You may have seen them representing their authors at […]Read More
    Locke Street Festival at the base of the Niagara Escarpment in Hamilton, the “mountain” to locals, was a great place for us to give out copies of Escarpment Views on Sunday. So great that Mike and I left with not one copy left over. Not just the current Autumn issue, but every single back […]Read More
    Despite the bad weather forecast, we had a good time at the Lakeside Park Carousel with the Friends of the Carousel and Patrick Wentzel of the National Carousel Association, introducing Escarpment Views to people and celebrating the launch of our Autumn issue. Thanks go to the City of St. Catharines for making all the […]Read More
