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Here's another sweet picture:



New Years Day on Pfeiffer Beach

The Weekender

Everyone's favourite bar band is back in Brampton this Saturday night at Tracks Brewpub for a free show.

And why should you care? Well, here are five reasons:

1. The Big City Nights Band are easily one of the most entertaining bands to come out of Brampton in recent memory.

2. Tracks is the BEST (best atmosphere, best location, best homebrew, etc.) bar in town.

3. You'll get to mingle with the coolest bunch of kids in Flowertown

4. Big City Nights have promised three sets. So, that means, you'll hear tracks from their first album, "Born to Bar Band," their upcoming release, "A Steamroller Named Desire" and probably one or two Neil Young covers.

5. It's good to support live music in Brampton at venues like Tracks.


Check out their video for "Why I Didn't Hate Summer 2003."

The Village

Golfers rejoiced earlier this week when Peel Village opened its doors for play, marking the beginning of another golf season.

The nine-hole course is in its 20th year of operation under the City of Brampton.

As beautiful - and relatively inexpensive - as the Village is, it is unfortunately next to impossible to score a decent weekend tee time. My advice is this: Call a MINIMUM of five days ahead and ask for Larry David.

Digging with Tim Horton's.

Ever wonder just how many Tim Hortons are in Brampton?

Probably not, I know. But, I want to know. So I did a little Bill Lidstone inspired digging.

According to TimHortons.com Brampton currently has 30 Tim Horton's inhabiting the city. That's right -- 30! Don't believe me? Well, check out the Tim's store locator.

Fascinated with the store locator option, I kept locating --Mississauga, Hamilton and London -- and found something weird. Missassuaga has exactly 30 Tim Hortons. Hamilton has exactly 30 Tim Hortons. And London, you guessed it, has exactly 30 Tim Hortons.

Hmmmm -- odd, right? Right!

It's just not Ontario either. Calgary, 30 Tim's; Winnipeg, 30 Tim's; even Fair Trade loving Vancouver, 30 Tim's.

So what gives? It appears that the maximum number of Tim Horton's in any one major Canadian market (read: town, city, region) is 30. Looks like your dreams of opening a successful Tim's are over. Or are they?

Here's the deal according to the Tim Horton's Canadian franchise application form: "Please be advised that at the present time, we are not actively recruiting for new franchisees in any province
other than Quebec." Okay, cool. So it IS possible then. Now all you're going to need is the $500,000 for the franchise license and a English/French dictionary. Sweet.

jpeg of the day - 15.04.08

Yeah, I like to take pictures too.

Here's one:




Rumour has it this place was once home to a Icelandic immigrant farmer back in the sixties.

Check it out for yourself -- HERE