A frequent refrain I’ve heard living in Cambridge is that there isn’t anything to do in town, necessitating traveling to K-W, Guelph or Toronto to have some fun. Cambridge has recently seen a boom in new businesses offering fun entertainment options to do in town. During these Winter months you may not want to stray too…
This week a conversation popped up on Twitter that seemed to set the local community ablaze. Alex Kinsella, a local digital marketer and all around good guy, proposed an idea of a new regional hashtag to replace some of the older ones conceived long ago on Twitter. Something that could be used and be representative…
Tonight was one of our favourite local events of the year, Unsilent Night. This is probably our 4th or 5th time going and it’s always a blast. If you’re not familiar with Unsilent Night, it’s a global event taking place in over 30 different cities around the world. The concept is a modern take on…
The CP Holiday Train rolled in Cambridge yesterday, helping usher in the start of the holiday season. The weather was great for the crowd of a few hundred people to enjoy the live entertainment, headlined by Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy. This was my first time checking out the Holiday Train and it was definitely quite…
As you are well aware from reading our blog and following our social media, our family loves getting out and exploring Cambridge. We like to find all the unique and special areas of town that make Cambridge what it is. Often this means we are exploring areas of town that not everyone knows of or…
Cambridge has become a hotbed for craft beer in recent years, and by the end of the year we could have as many as 6 7 8 different breweries in town. While this may seem like a new phenomena locally, Cambridge actually has a long history of brewing beer. Stretching back to 1846 when Henry…
Updated with map October 2, 2018. With leaves starting to change into their autumn splendor, harvest season is upon us again. Delicious fresh produce can be found at farmers markets and roadside stands around the region. Cambridge, Ontario residents young and old have started to think about doing some of their own harvesting – picking…
I did a quick vlog yesterday on the topic of the Multiplex potentially coming to the Cambridge Centre. Now this is something that we had speculated about awhile back, but it is really great to see Council moving in this direction. It definitely feels like this whole process is moving in the right direction.
Today was the big formal launch of The Gaslight District, the new project that is looking to transform the former Southworks Outlet Mall location. HIP Developments threw a huge bash on the site before the real demolition begins on the project. A Day In The District aimed to show what was possible for the future…
When my family first moved to Cambridge (Hespeler) in 1988, my parents signed my brother and me up to play softball with the Hespeler Minor Softball Association. This was my first experience with team sports. While I wasn’t always the best player on the team and we didn’t win the championship every year, the experience…