You’ll meet people of all kinds at the Mink Nightclub and whether you are looking for a fun night of drinking and dancing or are actually interested in meeting people, the Mink Nightclub is definitely a place where you can make it happen.  They bill themselves are being “The Hottest Nightclub and Lounge in Toronto” and don’t hesitate to snatch an opportunity to call themselves “Very Hot, Very Stylish and Very, Very Sexy!”

Location

One thing about the Mink Nightclub that people tend to love is the fact that it is located right in the heart of downtown Toronto’s entertainment district.  Its exact location is 150 Pearl Street, with the closest major intersection to that point being Adelaide Street West and University Avenue.  Mink’s location on Pearl Street actually puts it a block and a half west and one block north of the St. Andrew Subway Station, allowing you not only easy access to it through the main transit vein of the city, but also placing it in close proximity to many of the other excellent attractions that the City of Toronto has to offer.

Inside the Mink

The inside of the Mink Nightclub is decorated extremely well, with a sleek and elegant design that is conducive to dancing or simply hanging out with friends.  The nightclub is divided into the main lounge area where most of the action takes place as well as a roof top patio with VIP booths that seat 12 people.  It was actually voted as being the best patio in Toronto by the Toronto Nightclub Awards for each of the last four years.  There is also a heated area within the patio where smoking is allowed.

Weekly Events

There are many weekly events that take place at the Mink Nightclub, with Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays being the three major days of the week when most of the special events happen.  There is also a dress code on both Fridays and Saturdays so if you want to visit on one of those days, you need to make sure you follow it if you want to get into the club.

The Mink is definitely indicative of the entertainment district in Toronto, which features entertainment that can definitely cater to the needs of singles while at the same time remaining elegant and tasteful.  If you enjoy partying on your vacations and want to see what Toronto has to offer in this area, then the Mink Nightclub would definitely be a good place to start.  I’ll be adding a link to the Mink Nightclub in the blogroll so that you’ll always be able to access their main website from The Toronto Traveler.

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Well, I figured I’d continue on with one more fun facts post, this time about the Rogers Centre (formerly known as the SkyDome).  Considering the number of times I’ve been there to watch a baseball game you’d think I’d know most of these, but to be honest most of the facts below came as complete news to me when I did the research for this post.  Check them out!

1) The field level of the Rogers Centre has a full exhibition space of 143,000 square feet
2) The ceiling is more than 300 feet above ground level
3) The Rogers Centre roof was the first fully retractable roof at the time the building had been first constructed
4) The roof has varying speeds depending on the weather outside, but it can open or close in as little as 20 minutes
5) The roof is split into four pieces, only three of which actually move during the opening and closing of the building’s roof
6) All four pieces of the roof together weigh over 10,000 tonnes
7) In 1992 (when it was still known as the SkyDome), the Rogers Centre set a record by having 46 different hot air balloons active within the enclosed field at once
When the roof is closed, the Rogers Centre can hold the following:
 - 1.56 billion litres of milk
 - 8 747s
 - 743 Indian Elephants
 - 516 African Elephants
 - An office building up to 31 stories in height
9) The Electric Guitar in the Hard Rock Cafe is the largest in North America
10) The Rogers Centre is home to two professional teams: The Toronto Blue Jays (baseball – MLB) and the Toronto Argonauts (football – CFL)

For more information about the Rogers Centre, the events that take place at it and the sporting packages that can be purchased, check out the Rogers Centre website which will be on the blogroll from now on.

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The second addition to the blogroll at The Toronto Traveler is toronto.com, a website that has been around for a very long time and has everything you are going to need when it comes to knowing what is going on in Hogtown.  To give you a brief introduction to the website, let us take a look at the major categories that they cover.

Events: Chances are if it is going on in the city, then toronto.com already knows about it and has posted it on their website.

Attractions: Just like the Toronto Tourism Tendencies series that we did before, toronto.com also has things to say about the major attractions within the City of Toronto.

Movies: Want to know where a particular movie is playing so that you can fit it into your schedule?  Check out the movies section of toronto.com!

Restaurants, Bars and Clubs: While this is by no means an exhaustive list, it is still one of the best lists around.

Hotels: Again, not really an exhaustive list, but at the same time one that should help most people find a place to stay if they are planning a visit to Toronto.

Shopping: Shopping is big in Toronto and there are a lot of places around that people can shop at.  While it is once again not a list that covers all of the shopping outlets, it has enough to be of use to a person that needs to find a shopping outlet close to their location.

In closing, toronto.com has all of the makings of a good reference website that people can use if they want to find something.  Unlike The Toronto Traveler and other blogs about Toronto that are similar to it, the goal of toronto.com is not really to provide a running commentary on the tourism situation in the city, but rather to act as a point of reference for people that need to find something fast.  The reviews are not as detailed as you might find on some other websites (i.e., this blog), but if you just want the basics of where it is and how to get there, then toronto.com will get that information to you very quickly.

I’ll be adding the website to the blogroll, so it will be there for you to use for future reference.

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There are a number of different places that you can go to get really quick information about the City of Toronto.  The best place (aside from this blog of course!) has to be Toronto’s Official website.  As far as an official website is concerned, http://www.toronto.ca is perhaps one of the best sources of Toronto centric information that you could find.  The website was slow to get started and for the longest time was little more than a poorly designed and rarely updated piece of information, but with the new push for tourism in Toronto the local government has done an absolutely spectacular job of getting this website up and running for people to use.

There are a bunch of things that you can find using this website.  Here is a summary of a few of the more important ones:

- Information about ways to get to Toronto

- A calendar of events for Toronto

- Information about how to get around the city, as well as breaking information regarding any delays in events and transporation for them

- Detailed descriptions of the different tourist attractions within the city as well as links to websites for those attractions

This is just a small sample of what you can get from the City of Toronto website; a resource that is completely free for people to use.  So, if there’s something that you can’t find on The Toronto Traveler, then chances are pretty good that a quick trip to the City of Toronto website will allow you to find it just fine.

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