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susan "My hat is not filled with marzipan" c.'s Profile

FREE Stuff that Doesn't Totally Suck

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FREE Stuff that Doesn't Totally Suck

Let's face it. The best things in life tend to be expensive but Toronto offers some pretty good stuff that's free.

1. Toronto's Squirrels

Bloor St W
Toronto, ON M6P 3K7
Canada

Category: Local Flavour

Neighbourhood: High Park

11/9/2009 First to Review

Throughout the continental U.S. and major cities around the world, squirrels come in one shade and one shade only; a rather insipid grayish taupe[1].

In Toronto, however, the color spectrum of squirrels is like a muthaflippin' rainbow.
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2. Alexandra Park Pool

275 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON M4W 1A7
Canada
(416) 392-7686

Category: Swimming Pools

Neighbourhoods: Alexandra Park, Trinity Bellwoods

8/19/2009 First to Review

A free outdoor pool in the city? Surely, this is where the skeevs and pervs hang out. Otherwise, it's too good to be true, right?

Well, if they were there, I didn't notice. What I did see were kids splashing around in the shallow end and barely any…More »

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3. Graffiti Alley Tour

181 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON M5T 2R7
Canada

Category: Tours

Neighbourhoods: Alexandra Park, Queen Street West, West Queen West, Trinity Bellwoods

8/18/2009

This is a great walking tour for people who:
(a) like graffiti
(b) like browsing urban architecture
(c) need to exercise
(d) are broke but want something interesting to do on a Sunday afternoon

Only 6 Yelpers RSVPed for the event so I was a little…More »

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4. Trinity Bellwoods Park

1053 Dundas St W
Toronto, ON M5H 2N2
Canada
(416) 392-0743

Category: Parks

Neighbourhood: Trinity Bellwoods

7/19/2009

3 words: Free. Tennis. Courts.

I love playing tennis out in the open air here with dogs running around and the occasional crazy person yelling nonsense, just to make things urban and interesting.

The courts aren't perfect (the ones in the rear have…More »

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5. Chapters

142 John St
Toronto, ON M5V 2E3
Canada
(416) 595-7349

Category: Bookstores

Neighbourhoods: Entertainment District, Downtown Core

8/20/2009

I'm shameless. I come to Chapters to soak up their A/C and treat their magazine rack like my free personal library. I plop myself on the couch in their Starbuck's and flip through a shopping-basketful of my favorite titles.

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