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170 - #ThrowbackThursday: 100 Ways to Spend This Summer 💯

James Kingsley
Jul 28, 2022
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As we’ve done in summers past, we’re taking a break from publishing new lists until the fall. But this year—especially with so many new subscribers—we want to keep your inboxes regularly filled! 💌

To that end, over the next few weeks we’ll be throwing it back on Thursdays with updates to some of our favourite lists. 

We’re starting this week with a few tweaks to our original “100 Ways to Spend this Summer.” 👏


  1. Wash your hands

  2. Enjoy a “Big Slice¼” al fresco after midnight

  3. Visit The C*ves

  4. Tour London’s outdoor sculptures

  5. Circumnavigate “Lake Fanshawe”

  6. Discover the Banana Kingdom

  7. Explore a neighbouring neighbourhood

  8. Watch for new murals

  9. Paint new murals

  10. Build a fort in Kelly Park

  11. Ribfest

  12. Host a concert from your front porch/lawn

  13. Walk the TVP

  14. Ride the TVP

  15. Respect the TVP

  16. Staycation with a vacation energy (see #50)

  17. Spice it up with some herbs from the Old South Herb Box Project

  18. Hit the “beach” that’s taking shape along the river between Oxford and Blackfriars

  19. Revisit the mini golf of the backyard—croquet

  20. Play Lawn Games

  21. Go fish

  22. Support London’s Black-owned businesses

  23. Plant a community garden plot

  24. Tour all the other community gardens

  25. Subscribe to the London’s Pretty Cool podcast

  26. Write your councillor

  27. Feed the fish at the Civic Gardens’ fish pond

  28. Ignore your vehicle

  29. Keep covering the sidewalks with chalk-art

  30. Call for change 

  31. Join your neighbourhood community association

  32. Start your neighbourhood’s community association

  33. Make trading cards of your friends (like this)

  34. Plant a secret time capsule in a park somewhere

  35. Imagine next summer

  36. Take the family and a hibachi to Springbank Park for a picnic

  37. Party with the Library

  38. Meet Oa(sis) at the Park

  39. Learn your neighbours’ favourite food

  40. Start your weekends at the Covent Garden Market and/or The Market at the Western Fair District

  41. Watch out for the carnivorous plants at Sifton Bog

  42. Show your Pride with your own parade

  43. Get offline

  44. Take a hike in Komoka and cool off in the river

  45. Day Trip!

  46. Give (or get) a haircut

  47. Return to London's punk roots

  48. Check out See Collective’s archives for a glimpse into the city’s art scene

  49. Shop Local

  50. Spend your staycation travelling the world

  51. Pump the adrenaline at Boler Mountain’s Treetop Adventure

  52. Spread out a blanket and enjoy a bottle of w*ne in ______ Park

  53. Start birding

  54. Phone a friend

  55. Check out LondonFuse’s archives before they’re gone!

  56. Write your councillor, again.

  57. Check out some of the city’s best neon.

  58. Make an obstacle course for your neighbours

  59. See the sights at river lookouts

  60. Celebrate the small things

  61. Check out the Mushkeeki Gitigan (Medicine Garden) located inside the Carolinian Food Forest at South Branch Park. 

  62. Write a letter to someone in a nursing home

  63. Keep marching

  64. Volunteer

  65. Try the Urban Roots local produce market

  66. Create a backyard water park

  67. Read the plaque 

  68. Wave to the “friendly duck(s)” at Storybook Gardens

  69. Bucket list

  70. Savor local strawberries while they’re in season

  71. Hit the patio(s)

  72. And the breweries (also, also)

  73. Wash your hands

  74. Find a food truck (hint: they’re easy to find on Wednesdays)

  75. Bring back the Rolling Stones

  76. Brighten someone’s day with flowers

  77. Sit on a park bench (because you can)

  78. Take your yoga practise outside

  79. Start a Pollinator Garden

  80. Make something

  81. Listen to your elders

  82. Get Downtown

  83. Host more yard sales for charity

  84. Join a Neighbourhood Pod

  85. Register your bike

  86. Take a hike

  87. Re-read all of our lists 💯

  88. “Hang out” with Jeff and Liam at Reg Cooper Square 

  89. Shoot some hoops

  90. Tune in to Radio Western and The X regularly

  91. Get Sidetracked 

  92. Dream of winter

  93. Make a donation to Home County Music & Art Festival anyway

  94. Drive-In for a movie under the stars.

  95. Create a “monument” tour that includes a Rhinoceros, Engine 86, Sasquatch... 

  96. Enjoy the Food Forest at Wood St Park

  97. Read Greg Curnoe’s Deeds/Abstracts 

  98. Roast more s’mores

  99. Create a team (soccer, gardening, kickball, whatever)

  100. Make your own list and share it with friends!


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