Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!watdragon!lotus!jutrabandt From: jutrabandt@lotus.waterloo.edu (Jan Sven Trabandt) Newsgroups: ont.singles Subject: Re: quiet as a still winter's night Message-ID: <11413@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Date: 10 Feb 89 02:17:01 GMT References: <89Feb7.211604est.38064@neat.ai.toronto.edu> Sender: daemon@watdragon.waterloo.edu Reply-To: jutrabandt@lotus.waterloo.edu (Jan Trabandt) Distribution: ont Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario, home of the Bill-ding! Lines: 51 In article <89Feb7.211604est.38064@neat.ai.toronto.edu> gara@theory.toronto.edu (Gara Pruesse) writes: >It's so peaceful here in ont.singles. I subscribed to soc.singles >for a very short time, but got tired of all the noise, and especially peaceful? except for the occasional signs of life, it's dead. deceased. passed on. gone to meet its maker. snuffed.... >Now I have a question for you. I'm new to Toronto. Can anyone >recommend their favourite place > i) to hear live blues > ii) to dance > iii) for a romantic dinner out > iv) for an inexpensive meal Don't know about *favourite*, but some suggestions: 1) Albert's Hall (the top floor of the Brunswick House), on Bloor at Brunswich, just east of Bathurst. 2) depends on what kind of music you want... for new-wave CFNY stuff (well, the way CFNY used to be), RPM is great for dancing (free on Wednesdays including free buffet) it's a 20-ish crowd (don't know how old you are). for ballroom dancing, no idea... 3) depends on the kind of food (there are over 140 different nationalities represented by restaurants in TO, right Stephen??) 4) inexpensive as in cheap student fare for one? or a not-too-expensive place to eat out? 5) (new category: romantic place for a drink) Aquarius, a piano bar near the top of the ManuLife building (expensive but a nice view of downtown) >To all those who don't live in Toronto, forgive me for being >Torontocentric. If you have a favourite that is not in Toronto, >post away, anyway! What, you mean it's not the centre of ontario...nay, the world?? :-) :-) >And another thing... it would be nice to hear from any other women >who subscribe to this newsgroup, even if it's only to say hi. >I feel kinda isolated... only one other woman has posted since I >subscribed. > >-gara Jan -- Remember when sex was safe and skydiving was dangerous?? Mind like parachute - function only when open! Jan (Jan, from Amsterdam) no-hyphen Sven Trabandt jutrabandt@lotus.waterloo.edu