150 - Part 1 🎉
Friends—we’ve reached 150 lists! 🙌
To celebrate, we’ve gone through the archives to pick 10 of our favourites.
The first half of that list is below. The second half is scheduled to arrive later today after we make the switch from Mailchimp to Substack.1
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And now, our first five…
008 - Roy McDonald • 1937–2018 🙌
London lost a local legend back in 2018, this list paid tribute to his quirks, his kindness and the legacy he’s left.
016 - Plazapalooza 🏪
Yes: it took us fewer than 20 lists before we celebrated some of this city’s best strip malls.
033 - Where to See Outdoor Sculpture 🗿
Where else but London, Ontario would a list of outdoor sculpture feature a mall?
048 - London’s Bridges 🌉
You knew we’d cross these bridges eventually.
061 - Staycation 🗺️
Yes, we wrote this pre-pandemic.
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