I don’t come across Malbec from California very often, but there’s one at the LCBO made by E. & J. Gallo under the Red Rock Winery label. It’s deep ruby in colour with a smoky, truffle, barnyard nose; the fruit is ripe and sweet with jammy blackberry and blackcurrant flavours, ending with a spicy, dark-chocolate note. It’s full on the palate with supple tannins.
If women don’t really get PMS, then how do you explain this woman? Pretty (F**king) Mean Syndrome, that’s how.
Following a night’s sleep, the fashion pack was back at it again for the second round of The Collections. The crowd — many of whom were dressed fittingly in military greens — gathered early for a menswear showing from Klaxon Howl. Designer Matt Robinson sent out a spring/summer collection imbued with just what followers have come to expect: militaristic influences and work gear tinged with a touch of urbanity and plenty of swagger.
Eating soup… for a cause? That’s the idea behind Soupstock (Oct. 21, Woodbine Park), an event that brings 200 chefs together to prepare their best soup recipes to protest Melancthon’s proposed mega-quarry. The daylong soup-fest features chefs such as Jamie Kennedy and Anthony Walsh offering up their fare ($10 for three servings), with all proceeds going towards building a community to stop the controversial mega-quarry.
It doesn’t matter what season it is, or whether it’s on trend or not: to us, denim is always in. So much so that we have a goal to own, at some point in our lifetime, every kind of staple wardrobe piece in denim. Jeans? Easy, obviously. Shirts and skirts aren’t so hard to find either. But a dress? That can be tougher to find when you’re looking for just the right one.
We know what would fix the Pigeon Lady problem: bird houses. Lots of ‘em.
Fans of Toronto’s Reginald Vermue, a.k.a. Gentleman Reg, will know that the singer-songwriter can be a bit of a tease. So it comes as no surprise that his fifth long-play, Leisure Life, is being released digitally in three parts. One of them dropped this summer, another earlier this fall and the third is coming out in November. We previewed the new album, and the sometimes-alienating and often groovy power-pop god is back, in full form.
Although Toronto Fashion Week officially rears its head next week, the so-called Rogue Fashion Week is now upon us. This time around, powerhouse IMG has purchased the rights to our official Week. A number of young designers involved with The Fashion Collective have decamped, choosing to put on their own series of shows — dubbed The Collections — at the Burroughes Building. Laura Siegel kicked off the series of spring/summer 2013 collections.
Grab your bibs and let’s roll. Lobster roll, that is. The Star is reporting that Toronto Underground Market favourite Rock Lobster Food Co. has secured a location for a new restaurant on the Ossington strip. Owner Matt Dean Pettit intends to bring a variety of crustacean creations to the ’hood (think lobster poutine, lobster cappuccino and lobster mac ‘n’ cheese).
For years, beloved comedian Dana Carvey was one of the most popular actors on Saturday Night Live with such characters as Garth and Church Lady. He stepped away from the limelight to be a part of raising his children, but now he’s back in the game. You can catch him live tonight at the Winter Garden Theatre as part of Humour Me: The CEO/Comedy Classic in support of youth at risk. We caught up with Carvey to find out what we can expect.
Toronto’s Fashion Week starts on Monday, but with the amount of off-schedule shows and presentations taking place already, it’s safe to say that Fashion Week has extended itself into a full two weeks. That’s two weeks of extra-long days and fashion madness at its finest. But mainly, it’s two weeks full of wondering how to get dressed fabulously in the shortest amount of time possible.
Requiring a mosey down an alleyway to get in — complete with a sign that flips between “ping” and “pong” — SPiN Toronto feels like an illicit pleasure from the get-go. The subterranean social club spans two rooms, with picnic tables sharing space with ping-pong tables, while artwork from both New York-based and local graffiti artists dot the walls. Denizens include basement-dwelling ping-pong players in addition to others who are just there for kicks.
