{"id":2906,"date":"2014-03-05T15:07:25","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T20:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/?p=2906"},"modified":"2014-03-05T15:07:25","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T20:07:25","slug":"reasons-why-were-going-to-yorkdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/2014\/03\/05\/reasons-why-were-going-to-yorkdale\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons Why We&#039;re Going to Yorkdale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wordpress-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/800px-Yorkdale_Mall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2907\" title=\"800px-Yorkdale_Mall\" src=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wordpress-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/800px-Yorkdale_Mall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ladies and gentlemen, friends and foes (we hope we\u2019re all friends here though\u2026), we\u2019re going to Yorkdale, and we\u2019d love for you to come along!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s why we\u2019re heading to Canada\u2019s top shopping centre:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><!--more--><strong>Because, shopping.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7367\/11162895846_873b0ca012_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2911\" title=\"11162895846_873b0ca012_o\" src=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wordpress-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/11162895846_873b0ca012_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Yorkdale isn\u2019t at the top for nothing! There\u2019s over 240 retailers, and not just any ol\u2019 shops either. There\u2019s Burberry, Tiffany &amp; Co., Holt Renfrew, Microsoft and so many others. A little swanky but still, something for everyone.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Because, the noms.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We usually only go places where we will be fed, and fed well. At Yorkdale, we will dine like kings! They have this fancy shmancy Dine on 3 which is more or less a super glam food court. You can get the usual A&amp;W, Villa Madina or KFC but then there\u2019s Amaya Express and La Paloma (hello, gelato). There\u2019s also a Joey\u2019s, Milestone\u2019s and a Pickle Barrel Grand.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Because, 50 years under the belt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestoftoronto.net\/2014\/02\/yorkdale-celebrates-50-golden-years-with-torontos-style-makers\/yorkdale-50-bestoftoronto-2014-010\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Yorkdale-50-BestofToronto-2014-010\" src=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wordpress-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Yorkdale-50-BestofToronto-2014-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Yorkdale recently\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yorkdale.com\/blog\/celebrating-torontos-style-makers-with-portraits-by-bryan-adams\/\">celebrated the big 5-0<\/a>! Which means it\u2019s now officially an adult. Just kidding, but really fifty years of great shopping, great food and we can honestly say that things are only going to get <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yorkdale.com\/whats-new\/expansion-2016\/\">bigger and better<\/a> at Yorkdale. Also, if they throw parties like that, then we&#8217;re definitely going to Yorkdale! (Image via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestoftoronto.net\/2014\/02\/yorkdale-celebrates-50-golden-years-with-torontos-style-makers\/yorkdale-50-bestoftoronto-2014-010\/\">Best of Toronto<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Because, Rob Ford.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As in, this might be the furthest we can go to escape from him!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Because, (still on the) Subway line.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/fa\/YorkdaleTTC.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2908\" title=\"YorkdaleTTC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wordpress-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/YorkdaleTTC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Did you know that the Subway keeps going past Bloor St? Neither did we. Hmm.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Because, now we can get some god damn peace and quiet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">All of those construction sites downtown make it next to impossible to get some shut eye in the morning, oh&#8230;right.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But seriously, why are we here? You&#8217;re just going to have to keep your eyes peeled on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/hellocontext\">Twitter<\/a> for more info!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ladies and gentlemen, friends and foes (we hope we\u2019re all friends here though\u2026), we\u2019re going to Yorkdale, and we\u2019d love for you to come along! Here\u2019s why we\u2019re heading to Canada\u2019s top shopping centre:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[61,171,172,225],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}