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Pumpkin Parade

The 2nd annual DECA Pumpkin Parade is Tuesday, November 1st from 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.  Bring your pumpkins and bask in the spooooooky glow. Want to see more? Check out the pictures from last year’s event here.

Want to help out?  We need three people to help after the parade at 9:30 p.m. to move the pumpkins into the pool area and get them ready for the fantastic folks from the City of Toronto to pick them up the next morning. If you can spare 30 minutes or so, contact Anita  at anita.aks(at)gmail.com

Thanks!

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Mark Your Calendars

Lots to tell you about today so I’ll try to keep it short and sweeeeeet.

2011 Penultimate Farmers’ Market – Thursday, Oct 20th

O.k. have you been buying the honey crisp apples?  They’re truly unbelievable, aren’t they? And they’re the size of my head.  Moving on. The farmers will be there tomorrow. The fun will be there tomorrow. But the fabulous face painting and crafts will not be there so forewarn your butterfly princesses and your glittery spidermen that everyone will be back next week for the final (sniff) market of the season.

True Brew – Free Cake! – Until Monday, Oct 24th

Visit the True Brew cafe on the Danforth, just east of Woodbine, from now until Monday, buy a sandwich and get a free piece of cake. Need I say more?

Woodbine Heights Live Auction – Saturday, Oct.22nd 

The Woodbine Heights Baptist Church is hosting a live auction this Saturday with, what I’m sure will be, great deals for great stuff and great services. Food and drink will be served. Tickets are $10 each or 5 for $40. Kids under 12 are free. Woodbine Heights is very active in our neighbourhood. It operates a food bank, offers community meals and advocates for low-income people. The auction is 2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. 1171 Woodbine at Sammon. For more info, contact woodbineheights(at)gmail.com.

Move Towards Change Walk – Thursday Oct 27th

Families will be walking to raise awareness about preventing child abuse on Thursday, Oct 27th from 4:00 p.m. – 5 p.m. beginning at Teesdale Place at the Lumsden apartments in Crescent Town and walking to the Royal Canadian Legion at 9 Dawes Road where there will be a free event and discussion.

Greenwood Park Fall Festival – Saturday, Oct 29th

The Friends of Greenwood Park (FROG) invite you to enjoy the NEW playground, pumpkin painting and parade, face painting, treats, a magic show, storytelling, a campfire, lion dancers, artisans, music, best pet tricks and races at the off-leash area. How fabulous are the FROG people? Wonderful to see another group of residents throwing parties! The event runs from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. For more info, contact friendsofgreenwoodpark.frog(at)gmail.com

Green Home Fair – Saturday, Oct 29th

Save money and create a healthy home. There will be vendor displays and children’s programs throughout the afternoon. As well, there will be a session on saving energy and money from the Windfall Ecology Centre, a Q&A with Vanessa Farquharson, author of Sleeping Naked is Green and how to create a healthy home for your family and pets by the Zero Point. Bring your used batteries, bulbs and paint to be recycled. It all happens from 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. at the Calvary Baptist Church at 72 Main St., north of Kingston Rd. For more info, contact greeningward32(at)gmail.com or on Facebook and Twitter.

Upper Beaches Tree Tour – Sunday, Oct 30th

Join LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) and Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon for a colourful fall tree tour through Merrill Bridge Park ravine and some quirky species in the neighbourhood. Costumes are highly recommended as is a $5 donation. Register at www.yourleaf.org.

Merrill Park Dog Association ‘Howl-O-Ween’ Party – Sunday, Oct 30th

Speaking of Merrill Park, stay tuned for more information about this event.

DECA Pumpkin Parade – Tuesday, Nov 1st

East Lynn Park, 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Bring your pumpkins, your candles and your cameras. We’ll handle the rest.

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Danforth Gem – D-One

Thanks to Lorraine Godwin for this Danforth Gem…My family and I had lunch at the D-One/Diwane Moroccan restaurant at 1328 Danforth Avenue this afternoon. The owner Najat treated us like royalty! The food was amazing – we tried the zaalook (grilled/mashed eggplant) and harira soup for appetizers, the chicken tajine as our entree with homebaked bread, and topped it off with fresh Moroccan mint tea. We sampled a plate of homemade Moroccan cookies and pastries at the end of the meal. Everything we ate was freshly cooked/baked by Najat and tasted delicious!

Najat also showed us their party room in the basement which can be booked for private parties and dinners. My daughters want to have their next birthday parties in the party room!

Truly a fabulous experience and we will be back many times in the future to try the other dishes (we hear the chicken and seafood pastilla dishes are amazing).
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Halloween Costume Sale

Getting ready for Halloween?  This Saturday the SPACE dance studio is hosting a halloween sale. They have lots of costumes looking for new homes for as little as $10. Plus there are loads of accessories. All money raised will help The SPACE produce its next musical. 1324 Danforth Ave, 416-850-1677, 2-5 p.m.

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Read All The Way To The End And Cast Your Vote For A Crescent Town Youth Centre!

Coleridge Avenue friends proudly show-off the 84 items collected from neighbours on Thanksgiving Monday for donation to the Woodbine Heights Church food bank.

This Week At The Market

I’m 99% certain that it will NOT rain on Thursday afternoon between 3 and 7 p.m. And even if it does rain..what are you – made of sugar? You won’t melt. Get yourself out there and buy some apples already. And while you’re there, you might want to make a darling little bat hat with Melanie in the Kraft Korner starting at 4:30 p.m.

The Art of Wax

If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, why not visit local (she lives on Wolverleigh Blvd) artist, Deanna Hutton, at the Cool East Market where she’ll be showing and selling her encaustic (hot wax) art.

The Art of Wax – Saturday  Oct 15th – 10 a.m.-9 p.m. / Sunday Oct 16th – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

1390 Danforth between Coxwell and Greenwood on the north side.

Crescent Town Youth Centre

The Children’s Peace Theatre, whose home is in the historic, Massey Goulding Estate at 305 Dawes Road, is working with a number of community organizations to create a new home for an innovative youth centre.

There is already a fantastic youth program including mentoring, leadership, entrepreneurship and community service programs. The problem is all these great programs need a home and a space for the young people in Crescent Town to hang out.

They are trying to win a $150,000 grant from the 2011 Aviva Community Fund. How can you help? All you have to do is go to this website and vote for the youth centre! You can vote 15 times between now and October 19th.

Children's Peace Theatre
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Harvest Delight

Join DECA this Thursday from 3-7 p.m. at East Lynn Park for our Harvest Delight Festival.  We are pleased to offer pumpkin treats courtesy of Cozy Cafe, music from the Wolfgang Bros, pumpkin decorating and our special guest, Chef Lynn Crawford.

Lynn was the executive chef of the Four Seasons Hotel in NYC, celebrity chef from the Food Network’s Restaurant Makeover and Pitchin’ In and most recently, owner of the Leslieville restaurant, Ruby Watch Co. Lynn will be serving food and wine and suggesting wine pairings.