Friday, December 9, 2005

FRIDAY NIGHT ICE SKATING - Skating by the Lake! Meet at 6:30 p.m. in
the change rooms at the Harbourfront skating rink. We'll skate for
60-90 minutes and then head to a nearby restaurant. There is skate
rental and skate sharpening available. The rink is located on the
south side of York Quay Centre, on Queen's Quay just west of York St.
To get there by TTC, take any streetcar from Union Station and get off
at the third stop.

Hi Everyone,

For those who did not know, I've just completed my 11'th year
with Great Canadian Bike Tours and 6'th year with the Toronto
Bicycling Network. The tbn is a year round club, with close to 1000
members and more resources, it comes as no surprise there are year
round activities.
The above was copied and pasted from the weekly bulletins of the
tbn website (www.tbn.ca), Friday night iceskating is one tbn activity
that you don't need membership to participate. We skate at public
outdoor rinks and go to a public restaurant afterwards and anyone can
come along, no day rider fee. Most Friday nights, I'll be there. The
weather is cold enough only for about 15 Fridays per winter. We skate
at a different outdoor rink weekly though HarbourFront is our favorite
and we go there 2 to 3 times every winter. After we go across the road
to the Spicy Thai restaurant, one of the few good and reasonably
priced restaurant on Queens Quay. When we go to Christie Pits...Korean
food beside the Christie Subway, Withrow Park...Greek food on the
Danforth, Kew Gardens...Whitlocks (my mountain biking pal's
restaurant), Dufferin Grove...Italian food on Bloor, City Hall...JJ
Muggs at the Eaton Centre etc. Those of you who went to Ellicotville
the May long weekend might remember I greeted a cute blonde as we rode
into Alleghany State Park, (tbn was there at the same time).The cutie
is Nancy, a former ice capades performer, she is great with beginner
ice skaters and she teases the hockey players as we try to catch her
as she glides backwards ever so effortlessly. So if you want to come
to the big smoke on Friday night for evening of ice skating, good
food, new companions and my smiling face, check the tbn website every
Monday for weekly updates.
I guess the best way to get there is QEW to Gardiner Expwy, exit at
Yonge, south to Queen's Quay, west to Natrel Rink at the Du Maurier
theatre on the south side. Parking was $8.00 last year but is $4.00 at
Captain John's Seafood but you have to walk a bit.
Hope to see some of you on Friday nights.
Fred Lee