You and your single friends, WHEREVER BORN , are invited to the following events.
There is a $5.00 levy per person per event to be paid on arrival - Your GUESTS and FIRST-TIMERS included.
When reserving for an event, please leave your phone number in case there are changes.

Enjoy excellent Indian food at the Regency Restaurant, 1423 Gerrard Street East, east of Greenwood Avenue in Little India. This spotless restaurant sports 4 curries, yoghurt chicken, with many side dishes, naan, poppadum, salads, in a buffet for $11.99. Food and service are excellent. Please let Irene, filling in for Roger, know whether you can make it: 416-921-8666. Join Gabriele and Bruce at the Old Spaghetti Factory, a top dining experience in Toronto for decades, housed in a charming historical building that was a blacksmith's shop at the turn of the century. One block east of the Sony Centre. Mingling starts at 6 pm in the bar, dinner at 7. The most popular of several Italian specialties offered are spaghetti with tomato sauce $14.95 or spaghetti with rich meat sauce $16.45. Prices range from $l8.45 to $l9.95 for Manicotti, Chicken Parmigiana, Veal Parmigiana, and all meals include green salad, fresh bread with plain or garlic butter, finished off with spumoni ice cream and a soft drink or coffee or tea. Individual billing, with tax and gratuity included. Please reserve by Thu. Mar.11 by calling Bruce at 416-594-1293 or e-mail: bruce.buttimore@gmail.com. See you there! Our most important event of the year! It determines our future. We have reserved the TIKI Room at the TRANZAC CLUB, 292 Brunswick Ave. (on the west side of Brunswick between Spadina and Bathurst - just south of Bloor). At the meeting, we will elect our six DECISION-MAKING OFFICERS for the coming year: PRESIDENT, TREASURER, EVENTS DIRECTOR, NEWSLETTER EDITOR, MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR, and PHONE COMMITTEE DIRECTOR. Please give your nominations to our President Ron, 416-636-3727. We will also select the ADVISORY OFFICERS. These positions which will be available or up for renewal are: ASSISTANT EVENTS DIRECTOR, HOT-LINE DIRECTOR, PHONE INQUIRY DIRECTORS, RECORDING SECRETARY, WELCOMING HOST DIRECTOR, and PAST EVENTS REVIEWS DIRECTOR. And, you can also volunteer to organize an event in April, May, or June.

It’s not all business! Afterwards we will adjourn to the bar to toast the new Committee. SEE YOU THERE! (NO levy).

If you are not yet on the mailing list for the UK QUARTERLY, please send your cheque for the $10 subscription for four issues (Spring 10 to Winter 11). Use yellow application form or download a form from www.ukconnexion.net.

This is also the last day to let John Pettitt (jpettitt@idirect.com or 416-259-1541), standing in this quarter temporarily for Liz McGroarty, Assistant Events Director, know what events you would like to organize in April, May or June. (or e-mail the Events Director, Vanessa, at van.jones@yahoo.ca).

*CANCELLED* Join Ming for Dim Sum in the wonderful ambiance of the huge and elegant Sun Sun Chinese Restaurant. Enjoy the exotic taste of an authentic Chinese brunch. We will share a variety of delicious dishes that are circulated in the restaurant, topped off with fragrant Jasmine or Oolong tea. (It is best not to eat breakfast this morning.) Individual bills are not possible at this event, so please be prepared to pay your share of the total. Usually, we pay only $12 each or less plus the $5 levy. After the feast we can shop at the Asian supermarket where we can buy seafood and groceries at a fraction of the normal cost! The restaurant is located in the Mississauga Chinese Centre, 888 Dundas St. E, Mississauga, beyond the ornate Chinese archway off Dundas, just east of Cawthra on the south side. Free parking. Space is limited to 12 people, first-come, first-served. To reserve, please call Ming at 905-206-1372 by 9 pm on Friday at the very latest. Leave your number so she can notify you in case of a change.

Enjoy an excellent production by the talented Bloor Village Players, THE PRICE by Arthur Miller  - When estranged brothers meet to sell off their late parents' chattels, choices made long ago are re-examined. Old furniture, they discover, is more easily disposed of than the past. A moving drama from the writer of All My Sons. Great value for $20 a ticket – Seniors $16 - (plus $5 UK levy). By TTC, exit at Runnymede and walk east a short distance on the north side of Bloor – look for the theatre name and go down stairs to lower level. Call Pat at 416-385-2263 for more information - if you call by Mar. 15, she will reserve you a ticket. Otherwise tickets can be purchased at the door as long as you arrive by 1:30. (PLUS come to the Squire & Firkin afterwards for dinner and mingling, and you will not be required to pay a second levy - just give Maz your play ticket stub.) Join us at the SQUIRE & FIRKIN for libations and mingling followed by a "10% off" dinner if 10 or more people attend. Arrive early to mingle, chat, drink and enjoy the free snack platters provided from about 6 pm to 7:15 pm when we sit down for dinner. A minimum food order of $10 is needed but several scrumptious entrees cost under $13. This event is highly recommended for new members. Located at 3335 Bloor St. W. a few steps east of Islington subway. FREE PARKING in the Sun Life building opposite. Parking entrance on Aberfoyle Court (1 block north of Bloor), enter the door marked PARKING, rest assured it's free on weekends. BRING YOUR SINGLE FRIENDS but please tell them about the $5 levy. If more details are needed, contact Maz before 4 pm Sunday at 1-905-775-2205, or e-mail him at flyking@sympatico.ca. Otherwise, SEE YOU THERE! Join Bob at this very attractive British-style pub located at 39 Prince Arthur Avenue, one block west of Avenue Road, steps from the St. George subway. Menu has excellent pub favourites with a wide range of domestic and imported beer. Call Bob at 416-929-5255 for more information. Wendy invites us to dine and dance to CHUM oldies at the Hollywood, a popular spot at 1184 The Queensway - on the north side midway between Islington and Kipling. Enjoy mingling and dancing to music of the '60s. UKC levy of $5 but no cover charge UNLESS you arrive after 9 pm when the cover charge comes into effect. Call Wendy at 905-278-1635 by Thursday Mar. 25 for more information and to reserve. Let's get together for a cheap and cheerful Sunday brunch! Park in the "Green P" parking right next door, or for free on nearby side streets south of Danforth. Contact host Elizabeth C. (905) 457-6463 on or before Thursday, March 25 to reserve your place. Join Tony at the Masa Japanese Restaurant for Japanese food. The Masa has a wide menu of Japanese specialties including sushi, sashimi, teriyaki and tempura dishes. Vegetarian options and all-you-can-eat buffet-by-order is also available. Set course and combo dinners from $8.99 (plus levy.) The Masa Restaurant is located at 15 Charles St. E. near Yonge (next to the Comfort Inn), two blocks south of the Bloor-Yonge subway station. Please reserve with Tony at 416-693-8639 by 5 p.m. the day before the event.