Vancouver cupcake queens Heather White and Lori Joyce — stars of The Cupcake Girls — have been teasing us for months now with promises that their cupcake shop franchise would soon make its way to Toronto. Well, it looks like they’ve finally settled on Leaside as the neighbourhood, with a new shop currently undergoing construction near Laird Drive and Millwood Road.
Online shopping can make searching for gifts, especially at this time of year, a heck of a lot easier. Still, when you don’t know where to start, trolling through website after website can be daunting. Enter The Gift Network, a Canadian website that launched last week offering products from over 200 independent boutiques across the country.
For three Saturday evenings beginning this weekend, you can celebrate Christmas like a pioneer at Black Creek Pioneer Village’s Christmas by Lamplight. Wander through the decorated Victorian village along with carolers and Santa himself. You can also indulge in a traditional Christmas dinner as well.
From the first day of December to the new year, we love to eat non-stop! Here are some of my favourite holiday desserts that are sweet, delicious, decadent — yet lighter in calories and fat.
We tag along with Ross Petty as he gears up for his holiday panto
Copywriting student Diana Bailey is fairly new to Toronto’s comedy scene, but she has already appeared on numerous Toronto comedy stages (Yuk Yuk’s, Comedy Bar) and was a finalist at this year’s Toronto Comedy Brawl. We chatted with the young comic about Sailor Moon, sweating and her crazy mom.
Let’s be honest: Christmas dinner is not going to be tasty this year. It never is. Turkey is difficult to cook, and Aunt Muriel seldom does a good job, unless she’s deep-frying it, which she probably isn’t. Not only that, but nobody at a holiday dinner — nobody — is permitted to admit that the turkey they’re eating is about as tacky as subway gum. Christmas dinner makes a stoic out of everyone.
The cardinal sin of a reviewer of any kind is to allow your critique to be coloured by pre-conceived notions and pre-established biases of past performances. It was a sin of which I was nearly guilty as I embarked upon my review of Leonard Cohen’s first of two near-sold out ACC shows on Tuesday night.
Now that the holiday season is in full swing, what better way to indulge than with some classic cheer in liquid form? The County General just so happens to be known for its cocktails, and with some 35 bourbons (and just as many rums) available, you know you’re in good hands.
The legitimacy of Santa Claus has always been in question. Say what you will about the man in the red suit, but there is something special about believing in the intangible, and no other film provides a better platform for being pro-Santa Claus than Miracle on 34th Street. The classic Christmas film plays this weekend at Yonge-Dundas Cineplex Theatres.
Every week, we round up the best events from the city’s fashion scene. In this edition: a celebrity fashion blogger appearance, Calvin Klein opens at Vaughan Mills, not-to-be-missed sample sales and more.
Tyler Ramsey of Band of Horses sounds downright giddy when talk turns to their upcoming show at Toronto’s venerable Massey Hall. “I know, we’re all really excited and on edge about it,” he says. “Massey is one of those places that has that history; you just want to make sure you put on the best show you possibly can.” This from a band that has toured across the globe since the release of their critically acclaimed fourth album, Mirage Rock.
