When tasked with an assignment called drunch (aka boozy brunch), it’s essential to gather some important resources: namely, people who are willing to make the sacrifice to eat pancakes and drink cocktails with you early in the morn. Fortunately such people were not too difficult to locate. Cocktails at Constantine This chi-chi newbie is tucked … Continued
My beloved partner and I have an ongoing fight about restaurants. Now that I review less frequently than in yesteryear, we go out just for fun more often. I always want to go to the places I know and love. Places with reliably good food, comfy ambience and quiet enough that one can actually hold … Continued
Whether you’re an interior designer trying to add your signature flair to every space you touch or you’re a designer at heart, finding your own voice is a challenge. Design is a saturated landscape, and thanks to blogs and platforms such as Instagram and Pinterest, we’re surrounded by image after image of other people’s work. … Continued
big opens At club king Charles Khabouth’s SOFIA (99 Yorkville Ave.), everything is luxe to the max: the dining room is decked out in snowy white accents and rich red velvet; chef Christine Mast’s Italian classics are plated with artistry and care, and there is one seriously chi-chi cocktail menu from Nishan Nepulangoda (of the … Continued
West Coast transplants Reuben Bullock (of the band Reuben and the Dark) and Kaelen Ohm have been calling T.O. home for a few years now. The pair, who went from best friends to bandmates to partners, are looking forward to Field Trip festival where the band will perform on June 2. Although they have always … Continued
IFW will take place at the Harbourfront Centre from May 31 to June 3.
Leah Rifkin learned how to strike the balance of work and play at a young age. Langstaff Secondary School was full of extracurricular opportunities, and this intrepid adolescent took full advantage by throwing herself into the drama department. “Plays were a big part of my life,” Rifkin says. And even though, she was a bit … Continued
When we think of summer camp, we typically think of kids marching through fields, gathering bugs and butterflies, or running across the grass in pursuit of a soccer ball, camp counsellor or fellow camper. But what do you do if your wee day camper is not enthused about embracing Mother Nature? It’s time to finalize … Continued
It’s a universally well-known fact that Canadians love their balls of fried dough. Loukoumania (3120 Rutherford Rd.) offers a Greek take on everyone’s favourite doughnut hole-style treat. Loukoumades are Grecian orbs of pure deliciousness that are traditionally coated in honey and rolled in cinnamon. But here customization is key: you can choose from dozens of … Continued
Our properties have become much more valuable to us with the intensification of our city. We ask our gardens and landscapes to enhance our busy lifestyles, and often what we need and want from our gardens shifts over the course of our lives. The outdoor space that served our needs when we were a young … Continued
The numbers are in for 2018, and the home renovation market is going through another shift! Every year I eagerly await the Cost vs. Value report put out by Remodeling Magazine (www.remodeling.hw.net), and even though this report is an American study, the national averages are an excellent indicator of what is happening in the Canadian … Continued
Yorkville hasn’t been pegged as a proper party destination since Neil Young and co. ditched the hood for less gentrified pastures. Or so we thought. Apparently, if you hit up STK on a Saturday, you’ll see that there’s a pulse. By midnight, the men in $3,000 suits let go. It gets raucous. People topple off … Continued
