Only 1 Toronto Event for the Foreseeable Future!

             There will be only one event in Toronto as it is safe to go and that is the Royal Winter Fair each and every year with my dad and yes I do plan on going to it on my own even after he's not here but enjoying every moment with him but as the crime rate is going on, I am keeping it down to the one event as I am inside unless something worse comes up but I am always monitoring the situation in Toronto. 

            The reason behind this isa because of the crime rate in the city and it is for not just our safety my dad's is the most upmost importance especially driving into a city that is riddled with crime. However do not worry, we will be safe and always will be travelling safe. Anyways this is the short post for tonight and I will chat with you all tomorrow morning for another bonus blog post.

Chris

Kars on King 2025!

         Well, well, well.... Here we are once again with Kars on King 2025! I cannot believe or fathom how fast this year and summer has gone by and it is time for the annual Kars on King. It is my favorite end of the summer tradition continues and it has been for several years minus Co-Vid times. So much to say, so many cool cars and boy this year I could talk cars as I knew practically all the parts in a typical car engine. So this Kars on King most definitely held near and dear to my heart. A lot of cars I've not seen before and of course as you can see the Austin Mini aka the Mr. Bean car being my usual hopes and dreams to seeing one of these every year along with the 59 Impala with Wings and of course the Etzel car aka the Lemon Car. 

          Also they moved the actual stage to the parking lot near Avanti's an Italian restaurant one of my favorite Italian restaurant locally here for us. I am glad they moved it to the side so we have more room to maneuver on the streets and of course more room for cars as well.  I love these changes and makes it even better so my applause to the city and organizers that put on this event every year. Also ran into my aunt and uncle as we always do every year so it was nice to see family. Anyways that is the post for today and as always, I will talk to you all on Monday for another new week with more content!

Chris

Rib Fest 2025!

             Back on the weekend, I got to go to the local Rib Fest here in my hometown. I absolutely had fun! I actually did a video on TikTok that did well but since you guys enjoyed it I plan on doing it again in the nearby future. We decided on what we wanted to do for the Ribs and we looked around and saw a Old Fashion Soda which I will get into it shortly. We saw a lot of local businesses and you could vote for your favorite ribs of 2025. Lots of entertainment and heard a tribute band play the song Stand By Me by Ben E King.

           Now to the Ribs review. We had beef ribs and they were so good, the sauce they said had a bit of spice but it never felt that way, just made the beef ribs so good! Wasn't as chewy as the ones I had last time around but really good and delicious. Also I added a side to it because why the heck not, I added mac n cheese and was really good, cheesy goodness every bit hit with a taste of deliciousness.  I rate the food a 50 out of 10 as it exceeds my expectations and I see why I voted them the best Ribs of 2025 at the Oshawa Rib Fest. Oh the old fashion soda I had well I got to get my own cup for 25 bucks and was worth it actually as I got to keep it after as a souvenir. Really different taste from other sodas or pop as us Canadians call it. Anyways that is the post for today and as always talk to you all tomorrow.

Chris       

Schedule & Events Updates!

            Schedule is sort of changed temporarily and the only thing that is changing is the weekend live streams. I am quite busy with content right now. I will be back eventually. Maybe early September I will actually return to streaming but right now I am very, very busy with content and actually restructuring the social media situation and to assure we know where we want to be with social media moving forward. However, I could and may pop up sporadically but it really depends how much I get done on a day to day basis. 

           I can say there will be events to go to this month, two to be exact. Rib Fest in Oshawa and Kars on King in Oshawa. Then Orono second weekend in September. Not much on updates, I have been unsure on the Rib Fest but I am going to it. Those are the updates for schedule and events update and as always I will talk to you all tomorrow.

Chris

Fiesta Week 2025!

              This week I went to 2 out of the 3 pavilions as I had a bit of a meltdown but least you guys are seeing 2 out of the 3 but here is my review on Fiesta Week 2025:

Polish Pavilion (Wednesday, June 18th, 2025): It is the closer out of the two pavilions near home but been here before and it was delicious. Might of been 2 times actually. However this time I had 5 perogies which had cheese and potato in it. Awesome as long as I have it with sour cream. 10 out of 10 on the Perogies. That wasn't just the only thing I got was a meat on a stick and soon as I pick it up, it fell apart which means it was cooked very well and very, very fresh. I am lost for words how to describe it but was very delicious.

Caribbean Pavilion (Club Carib) (Thursday, June 19th, 2025): One of my favorite evenings every, got to see some Caribbean entertainment, including dances from juniors, intermediate and senior groups for dancing and also the Steel Drums which I love those. I had Chicken Roti which had potatoes, Chicken in a wrap. I found it dry but that was the potatoes as we all know how potatoes are. It was very spicy. It was the curry that was spicy but still really good. Also I had a Jamaican Patty which was also delicious. 

               Those are the two I went to this year. I will most definitely going to the Greek Next year that is a wrap with this week's events till July 1st when I will be down at the lake for Canada, possibly. Anyways I will be going live this afternoon for an update stream both on FB/YouTube. 

Chris

Peony Festival 2025

        Last weekend and I know I'm almost a week late but because of everything that has gone on this week and we kind of had a downward spiral but goes to show how strong we are as a community and our dedicated team. Now I represented ChrisBOnTheWeb Media at the Oshawa Peony Festival for 2025 and I was very impressed as they expanded the event a little bit more. Lots to see and do. There is even paint your name on our school bus company that runs here which was awesome and wish I did it myself. Not only kids but even adults we're doing that too so really cool. 

          Of course the main part of the event was the beautiful Peonies. Not all of them were bloomed technically and it was early into the month but last year it was later and we missed the peak of the peonies growing so it was most definitely a hit and miss when it came to this but I enjoyed myself, I had fun and there is one more post today at 1 pm EST. There will be a video explaining everything tonight at 6 pm EST. Be on the lookout for a stream tomorrow as well. Talk to you all this afternoon.

Chris

Unsure with Peony Festival This Year.

              My mom hasn't been well and it is more important for me to be with her and take care of her. My family comes first before the company so I am taking time away from the blogs for the most part. I hope you all understand and I hope to get back to events again very soon. So with that, I am not sure on the peony festival this year, locally and it will all depend how she is but as I always say Family comes first. 

            I cannot even give a straight answer for you guys whether I will or not be going but it all depends how she is in 2 days from now. I will announce on the social media feeds if I am going but if not, I will probably not say anything but I cannot promise anything right now. I need to take care of my family first before anything else. Hope you all understand and I promise to make it up to you guys soon.

Chris

June will be busy!

             June will be a busy, busy month for us and here is why:

- Events: We have a couple of events and activities we are going to be attending, Peony Festival which is something we do on a yearly basis and a lot of fun. Also Attending Fiesta Week which is usually my yearly review on the food if I've not had it before. 

- Podcast interviews and Collaborations: I have a bunch of collaborations and interviews scheduled. I will start with Entertainment Man Podcast, still need to book Mary coming back onto Entertainment Man Podcast. Episodes with Nick and another with Chris either went up or will be going up on the platforms. Also June I have Dr. Shafer coming on my podcast which I was on hers end of last month to talk about my journey with Autism and how I am an advocate for people with Autism/Disabilities and Mental Health. I have one more podcast to book for the month of June as of me writing this which may have been updated since. Also June plus maybe July I will be having Izac from Fun Football Podcast to collaborate and talk about our favorite Bill Murray Movies. Also Mary from Mac N Cheese Podcast will be coming on The CBOTW Show to talk about and recap Mary Poppins. 

              There is the timetable or gives you an idea what we are up to in June and as always I will talk to you guys tomorrow.

Chris

What Happened to the Events on the Weekend?

            Well Saturday I wasn't in the right frame of mine and all I wanted to do was sleep in plus I wasn't feeling like fighting the busy crowd and we weren't sure we were able to actually get an actual parking spot as Maple Festival is a very popular event locally now so it is harder to go unless I take the bus out and maybe something I will do next time. I enjoy going to that event and the next one in Bowmanville will be in the fall as there isn't anything else. 

          Also usually on this day too we do the Doors open event locally in my city but we had my niece and nephew's 3 on 3 Hockey so a little more important to go to actually as family does come first before anything else. So the next event coming up for ChrisBOnTheWeb Media is the Peony Festival, locally here in my hometown. What I gather from our schedule of events for this year. Anyways that is the post for today and as always I will talk to you tomorrow for another post. 

Chris

Events 2025 Schedule!

           So it is that time of the year where I announce the upcoming appearances in events locally and Toronto. Now I may be limiting Toronto this year to just The Royal Winter Fair that's it and plans for Halton this year I am not going to be covering it but may just go there to enjoy the streetcar rides etc. Anyways here is the schedule:

Saturday, May 3rd, 2025: Bowmanville Maple Festival

Saturday, June 7th or Sunday, June 8th, 2025 (Day TBA): Oshawa Peony Festival

August 15th - 17th (Day TBA): Oshawa Rib Fest 2025

September 4th – 7th, 2025 (Day TBA): Orono Fair 2025

Saturday, October 18th, 2025: Bowmanville Apple Festival 2025

November 7th - 16th, 2025 (TBA): The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025: Tyrone Parade of Lights

          I may add in the odd travel here and there for a blog depending if I am traveling with my parents or not but I will let you guys know one way or another. Anyways that is the post for today and have a great weekend and as always Talk to you all on Monday!

Chris

Orono Fair 2024

                  On the weekend, I went to the Orono Fair as I always do every year with my dad. It's become a tradition for us to do the fair the weekend after Labor Day. So it was after a very bad rainfall, the track where the tractor pull was so the machine had to flatten enough so they could do the tractor pull. Had a breakdown of one of the tractors and it happens from time to time.  We look at the tractors as you can see in the photo to the right is me in front of a Farmall tractor. 

            We grabbed some food and watched the tractor pull which was awesome to sit back and watch the pull. Always one of the highlights of our visit. Also we visited the animals, chicken, roosters, ducks, Goose and much more. I think the hens, chickens and roosters have been getting a little ruckus with each other so they were in solitary confinement. I got a bit of an inspiration for a podcast for Entertainment Man regarding mental health which will be a cool idea but will see how I want to lay it all out. However that is the post for today, as always I will talk to you all tomorrow!

Chris

Fiesta Week 2024

      So last week, I got to attend Fiesta Week here locally and first up was last Wednesday, my parents and I went to the Portugal Pavilion for some good Portuguese Food and I was a little scared to try it out for the first time but I shouldn't have been scared whatsoever. Because honestly it was really good! I had pork cutlet on a bun with some good juice to season it with French fries. However both were a little too salty but they use more salt and I was totally fine with it, just an observation I made eating it. Also we grabbed a dessert, Custard Tart which was gooey and really delicious! We enjoyed it! Also we got to watch the junior and senior groups dance and I could of actually got up and danced with the seniors group but maybe next time perhaps.

Two days later, my dad went up to the Krakow Pavilion for some Polish food and this is our second time going actually. I had cabbage rolls, potatoes, perogies and polish sausage and my replaced the sausage with sauerkraut and I think he had a cutlet perhaps. No entertainment as this was around lunch hour this time around and that's honestly OK. We enjoyed Fiesta Week last week and look forward to it in 2025 for another amazing week of food and entertainment. Anyways that is the post for today and as always I will talk to you all tomorrow.

Chris
           

Got My Schedule for Tomorrow!

                As you guys know, I have 2 events back to back to go to this weekend (tomorrow) and I finally have a schedule laid out for the day and there will be a stream and I will mention it in my list but we'll see how things go for the stream to happen. 

10 am EST- Shipping Docks Tour as part of Doors Open Ontario

1130 am EST- Bowmanville Maple Festival

6 pm EST- Just Chatting Stream, as long as another channel that I sub to isn't going live, I will be going live on Twitch/Facebook. 

               There is the schedule, a full day of activities and I wouldn't be surprised if I pass out after the stream as I will be a very tired guy by the end of the stream. I know it will happen. Either way I am excited for the start of events and a very long and fun events season after going dormant for the winter and I am ready to kick it into high gear and doing these awesome events again. Anyways that is the post for today, have a great weekend as Kelsie will be doing the end of the week updates and I will talk to you all on Monday!

Chris

Toronto Christmas Market 2023!

              Monday, I got to go to the Toronto Christmas Market. It has been 4 years since my dad and I have been to the event so it most definitely felt good to have gone back to the event. There was a lot of vendors, soaps, Christmas Decorations, tarts, little cool nick knacks especially that it is the Christmas season now too. Lights are absolutely stunning this year. They had a ton of different vendors to many to even mention and they also had a candle and soap shop which smelled absolutely amazing. 

It was cold out but wasn't that bad once we had something to eat which I will talk about and review tomorrow on the blog which is taking up a lot of my blog space for the week which is actually fantastic, more content the better. Anyways the lights were amazing as always I really enjoyed going back to the Toronto Christmas Market and will look forward to it again next year as this wraps up events for us for 2023. That's the post for today, I will talk to you all tomorrow for the food review.

 

 

Chris

Tyrone Parade of Lights 2023!

                    

       I will explain everything at 11 am what the heck happened with the blog yesterday that will be the first basic part of the end of the week updates! Anyways Wednesday day and a half ago I was at the Tyrone Parade of Lights. We visited Tyrone Mills and got ourselves a nice Apple Cider and a Coconut tart which was very, very delicious. I love anything Coconut and it was very delicious and enjoyed it but we ate it after the parade as we were busy with enjoying the floats going by us. 

         So we got out, I got to finish up the Apple Cider the parade started and it was pretty quick like a few minutes after we got outside of the mill which was awesome. I loved a lot of the changes the floats had this year and this year I think one or two floats were the same and actually a lot of different ones as well. We actually got to go look at them very close up to the tractors and went crazy on Instagram and tried to take some pics. I need to work on the bigger camera for night shots it's work in progress. However I enjoyed the parade as this was for the first time in 4 years that we have attended and look forward to the next one next year because I can tell you all it is on the schedule. Anyways that is the post and I will speak to All in 2 hours or less depending when you read this post. 

 

 

Chris

Additional Events Coming Up!

             This week and next week will see 3 events, 2 this week, one in Tyrone Ontario for the Farmers Parade as you guys remember I last did that event back in 2019 before COVID started that went through 2.5 to 3 years and still even a thing now but besides the point. Anyways this Wednesday (tomorrow) I will be attending the parade for the first time in 4 years which will be another first for CBOTW Media. Then on Saturday, I will be attending Halton County Radial Museum's Christmas Streetcar event, sorry if I messed it up. 

              The following week I am back out and about again, this time to Toronto for the Toronto Christmas Market and this will indeed be the final event for 2023 as we wrap up what has been a crazy and busy year with a full year of events. Truly am blessed to have all these opportunities this year including going to Halton County Radial Museum 3 or 4 times. We got our money's worth out of our membership with em. This year even saw us with a one or two new events and also returning events that has been absent off our website for many years. With the events wrapping up next week, means more time for content which we really need to get back on the high horse with as we've fallen off. Anyways more will be coming in the way of updates for now I will talk to you all tomorrow!

Chris

Merry and Bright Market 2023!

            As you may remember from 5 + years ago, my dad and I actually. Well my mom, dad and I went to this event. Reasons was because the way it was setup but this time it was a lot better of an event. Vendors up center street was awesome. They had a bus trolley driving around and was so busy if it wasn't I would of liked to have a ride on it. There was a shop with art, soaps, candles Christmas wreaths. A lot of cool stuff. Even with a area for hot chocolate and treats.  

            There was local vendors even the art studio even food there. Wasn't a lot but hey it was a very simple event and simple is definitely good. However, I enjoyed myself last night and been long wait to returning to this. We heard about this down at the lake via a sign but glad I went and had a wonderful evening out. Anyways that is the post for today, have a great weekend, it will be a hectic weekend finishing up notes for next Thursday and I think I can definitely handle that but Mark will be doing the end of the week updates tomorrow and I will talk to you all on Monday.

Chris

Back @ The Royal Winter Fair This Week in 4 Years!

           For the first time in 4 years, I will be returning to The Royal Winter Fair since November 2019 before the pandemic start. I know I've been on edge about going back and contracting COVID again but I will be wearing my mask and hope my dad does too just to be on the safe side as Toronto is where I got sick with it in the first place. However this is the first time for this event again and I have missed it dearly. I am so happy to be returning to the Royal again after a 4 year absence from it. I will have my phone and take a ton of pics of the show itself.

             However, I will not be attending the horse show since there isn't one during the afternoon during the week and there use to be but not anymore. It would be late for us to get out of there and back home so it's definitely not worth it but if it was on a weekend... Most definitely yes. Always next year. However I'll be there taking notes and pictures to talk about my first time back at The Royal Winter Fair for the first time in 4 years. This has indeed been long overdo and excited for this week getting back into events locally and abroad meaning Toronto as I have two schedule. Anyways that is the post for today and as always I will speak to you all tomorrow!

Chris

Events The Next Few Weekends... (Changes)

             This weekend's schedule may change for Halton County Radial Museum. Reason why is threats of rain Saturday so this means Halton is on Sunday, no rain whatsoever this Sunday so I will be travelling with my dad to Halton this weekend to the Streetcar Museum and spending time with him. Will have my camera with me as always to capture pictures and what not at the museum, especially the special with the fantastic fall colors.

             Next week is going to be ridiculous and really over these events as I wanna spend time with you guys on the premieres but I can't cause I am on the road most of the time. However the following weekend after this one there are two events, Saturday, October 14th, 2023, Apple Festival in Bowmanville and Sunday, October 15th, 2023 for South Simcoe Railway but this all depends on the weather as it has been a very unpredictable here it's either hot, cool or rainy. Anyways that is today's post, have a great weekend, Kelsie will be blogging and I will speak to you all Monday!

Chris

             

Events & YouTube!

          As you may know Chris is M.I.A. right now and it's cause of a lot of problems and drama but I will not talk about it. However the insults to Entertainment Man Podcast's YouTube Channel is really getting to him. He's started to regret returning to YouTube after his first initial retirement. However he is going to monitor the comments and if this continues, he will 1) block you no chance to return 2) Turn off the comments for good. 3) Decide to leave YouTube and go back to Audio ONLY.

           Now with events wise he has pulled back on Toronto Christmas Market as he doesn't feel safe with the crime rate in Toronto right now however it is strange he kept the Royal Winter Fair on the list but that could also soon be off the list soon as well. I understand that and time will tell. Chris also mentioned to me that Tyrone is also up in the air as there hasn't been a parade since December 2019 before Covid actually started and if there is a parade, he will go but if not then he will be removing it. But that is today's post, I will be covering for him tomorrow. Not sure when he will be back but please stay tuned on the ChrisBOnTheWeb Social Media accounts and I will chat with you tomorrow at 11 am EST. 

Kelsie