The Leslieville Flea brings flea markets to the east side
At the Leslieville Flea, despite a rainy start, the sun and the community came out in support of the neighbourhood's inaugural flea market, which took place behind The Duke at Queen and Leslie.The...
View Article30 photos of naked people riding bikes around Toronto
The World Naked Bike Ride rolled through Toronto on Saturday, bringing with it a hefty dose of skin and the usual curious glances from those who encountered the caravan of nudists. Officially...
View ArticleThe Parkdale Flea coming this summer
The Parkdale Flea is now a thing that exists. That's right, folks. This will be an event to look forward to, if the hood's personality on the day-to-day is any indication. Parkdale has a flea-markety...
View ArticleMasonic Temple to get facelift (avoids condo-ification)
Maybe it was too much of a long shot, but I doubt many of you will be surprised to learn this morning that the Masonic Temple at Yonge and Davenport will not be reprising its role as a live music...
View Article25 sights and tastes from Taste of Little Italy
Taste of Little Italy took over College Street this past weekend and for the first time in recent memory, it was flush with actual local businesses, not just crappy gyro/fajita vendors. A new crop of...
View ArticleLuminato brings world's largest disco ball to Toronto
On paper it sounds a bit gimmicky or a repeat of U2's stage antics back in the late '90s, but Michel de Broin's giant disco ball (a.k.a. "One Thousand Speculations"), which is lifted above David Pecaut...
View Article10 bird's eye views of Toronto on Instagram
In the 19th century one of the dominant cartographic techniques was known as the bird's eye map, which prefigured Google's satellite views in allowing readers to look down upon their city as if flying...
View ArticleRadar: We're Having Friends For Dinner, ProFusion Pro Imaging Expo,...
Toronto events on Tuesday, June 18, 2013FOOD | Hannibal: We're Having Friends for Dinner Janice Poon is a professional food stylist, working to create gorgeous tables on television shows like Hannibal....
View ArticleMorning Brew: Rob Ford waits on Supreme Court status, Doug Ford vows to fight...
Rob Ford will find Thursday whether or not he'll be contesting a case at the Supreme Court of Canada. Toronto resident Paul Magder, who brought the original conflict-of-interest case against the mayor,...
View ArticleThis Week in Home Video: Stoker, Jack Layton, New Age Werewolves, Space...
This Week in Home Video previews all the latest Blu-ray, DVD and on-demand titles hitting the street this week, plus lost gems, crazed Cancon, outrageous cult titles and the best places to rent or buy...
View ArticleThis week on DineSafe: Aroma, Timothy's, Mavericks Pub, King's Noodle,...
This week on Toronto's DineSafe database no fewer than 24 restaurants were slapped with conditional passes. None were forced to close up shop, but there were a couple of repeat offenders. Mavericks Pub...
View ArticleHouse of the Week: 1 St. Ives Avenue
This home at 1 St. Ives Ave. in Lawrence Park (At Lawrence Ave. E. and Mt. Pleasant Rd.) is much like your ex: it has lots of crazy personalities all rolled into one big ball of...
View ArticleHow to make a cocktail: The charred cedar Manhattan
Toronto's cocktail renaissance can be traced back to a number of sources, but few would argue that Barchef's Smoked Manhattan represented something of a turning point, both in terms of ambition, and...
View ArticleMiami-style pool bar opens at Polson Pier
Charles Khabouth wants to take you to Miami. He also wants you to rent his towels. His new pool bar at Polson Pier has got a lot of people talking, but will beautiful skies, attractive guys and...
View ArticleOverheard at NXNE 2013
Stumbling around late on any given night, you're bound to hear some ridiculous things. During the week-long NXNE festival, though, there is a whole other breed of conversation you'll have the pleasure...
View ArticleGet to know a Toronto startup: YouShouldTotallyMeet
Given all the revolutionary applications of the web over the last decade or so, it's somewhat surprising that online dating is still playing catch up. With sites based on bizarre matchmaking algorithms...
View Article10 local wines to try this summer in Toronto
Ontario wines have now long outlived the bad reputation that they had a decade ago for being overly priced and decidedly vegetal in character. Pair that with the growing push toward locally sourced...
View ArticleThe coolest people at NXNE 2013
Nobody likes going to shows alone. Well, some people do but they are shows themselves: freak shows. I certainly don't like it, but at NXNE it's a different matter. The nature and fluidity of the...
View Article25 highlights from the red carpet at the 2013 MMVAs
This past sunday myself and photographer Alejandro Santiago had the opportunity to attend vanilla teen Mecca, "The MuchMusic Video Awards." Being two adult men, we were quite lost as to who was a celeb...
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