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You want to tell your friends, family and co-workers that you are a naturist. But you don’t want to make a big announcement and you’re not sure how to bring up the subject. After all, it’s a natural thing to do and isn’t a big deal. Here’s the solution. Get yourself the Bare Oaks mug and just casually drink your morning coffee in it.  Or just leave it laying around. It’s bound to generate some questions.  The cartoon nature of the image makes it relatively inoffensive. The variety of ages, genders, and types of people shows that naturism is for everyone. Of course, make sure youRead More →

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The movie stars are coming! Josh McVaney (Trevor Wilson) and Katie Hall (Leah Collins) will be at the Toronto screening. As previously announced, J.P.Riley, the director, will be there. Maya Kuper, the sound designer, will also be there. Hollywood is coming to Toronto for the International Premiere of Act Naturally!  At this point, no other screenings are planned outside of the United States. Date: Sunday, June 26, 2011 Time: 5:00 p.m. EDT (clothing-free) & 7:00 p.m. EDT (clothing-optional) Place: Fox Theatre, 2236 Queen Street East, Toronto More info: http://tinyurl.com/ActNaturallyToronto The deadline for advance tickets sales has been extended to June 24th. https://register.beanstream.com/scripts/registration.asp?form=1208 Time is runningRead More →

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(Click here to download the Toronto movie poster) Attend an advance screening, clothes-free, of the movie Act Naturally in Toronto on Sunday June 26, 2011. Finally, a Hollywood movie about naturism that doesn’t exploit naturists!  This indie film was produced over the last few years as their limited budget allowed. Previews such as this one are being organized around North America as fundraisers to help the producers to fund the final step of getting the film into theatre distribution. Date: Sunday June 26, 2011 Time:  Two options: 5pm – Clothing-FREE  7pm – Clothing-optional Attendees for the 5pm show can stay free for the 7pm showRead More →

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As of the Victoria Day weekend, the Bare Bistro is open 7 days a week again. The weekday host this year is Sabina. (pictured above) Weekday hours are 11 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. except for Friday when they are open until 8 p.m. On weekends and holidays, the Bare Bistro continues to offer extended hours that include breakfast. As announced last year, Liz has continued to operate the Bare Bistro. Her friendly disposition and passion for quality food is very much appreciated by both members and visitors. As I’m sure you read last year, she even got positive reviews from the Globe and Mail andRead More →

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Naturism and Bare Oaks was the topic on the Friday May 27th edition of Q on CBC radio. Listen to the podcast version at: http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/qpodcast_20110527_67645.mp3 The naturist segment begins about 7 minutes into the show.Read More →

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Yoga classes will start this Saturday, May 28th and continue throughout the summer. They will take place in our freshened up Outback building in the Yogi Bare Studio. The classes are being organized independently by Nikki Lafrance who is also the instructor.  She is offering 3 one hour classes a week: Tuesday’s class is gentle(1-2pm), Thursday’s class is fun(8-9pm), and Saturday’s class is energetic(11:30-12:30pm). The Daily Drop-In fee is $14 or you can purchase a 6 class package for $65. You can pay her directly or through the Bare Oaks office. Nikki is a nurturing and compassionate teacher working towards her 200hr Teaching Certificate. She’dRead More →

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This afternoon, the York Region Department of Health Inspector has given us the green light to announce that the pool is open!! Since we’ve been heating it all week, the water is at a very comfortable 29ºC (84ºF). And with the sun finally shining on the solar collectors, expect that to keep climbing! Also, the volleyball aficionados in the park have decided that every Saturday and Sunday at 2pm is volleyball time. Everyone is welcome to join in!  Don’t know how to play?  That’s OK, they’ll happily teach you.Read More →

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OK, that talking head that popped up every time we loaded the front page was getting annoying. Plus some people complained that the unexpected voice at work was embarrassing – good point. So we’ve revamped the page so that our spokesperson now walks on quietly carrying a sign that says “click to play video”.  When you do, then you get the discourse – but you’ve had fair warning. So you no longer have to be afraid to load the web page while in your cubicle at work. P.S. It only works if your system supports Flash. So it won’t work on many phones …or the iPad or iPhone becauseRead More →

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Unfortunately, we have decided to cancel Saturday’s Volunteer Day due to the weather forecast. All of the projects for this year were outdoors. Given the almost certainty of a large amount of rain in the forecast, it had become obvious that most projects would not be able to proceed. So the decision was made to cancel the event. Thank you to everyone who was planning to volunteer!  We are considering rescheduling to later in the season. Note: As soon as the decision to cancel was made on Thursday afternoon, we posted it to the Twitter feed, on our Facebook page, and sent an email toRead More →

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Occasionally, people have come to Bare Oaks and been disappointed because one of the amenities is unavailable due to maintenance issues. While we usually post notices in the clubhouse, you can’t see that until you get there. So we needed a better solution. In this age of technology and instant communications, there are many options. The Bare Oaks Blog is best suited to important announcement and news items. We don’t want to overwhelm everybody with a large number of minor blog postings. And not everyone wants to subscribe to another email list. So we’ve decided to use Twitter to provide status updates. The short messagesRead More →