As a chef, I’m always excited by food festivals in the city. Food festivals are excellent exposure for local restaurants, cafes and bistros, and allow Torontonians the opportunity to explore all the culinary delights their city has to offer, at lower than usual prices. No food festival excites me more, or has greater popularity, than […]
Yonge Street, between Gerard and Dundas, is getting a makeover, according to a Toronto Star article. The area is to get widened sidewalks and encourages new businesses such as cafes, retailers and so forth. Sounds like a good idea, but I think it needs to be expanded. The area south of Bloor to Gerard needs […]
We finally know what’s going into the old Feet First location on Bloor Street – nothing, really. MAC Cosmetics, which is located next door, is poised to move next month, taking over the old shoe store. According to a sales associate at MAC, it’ll give them a bit more room. As to what will take […]
Yesterday, Lux Spa in Toronto’s Yorkville district hosted a wonderful post-work event, featuring relationships author, Andrea Syrtash, who was in town to promote her book, He’s Just Not Your Type (and that’s a Good Thing). The evening, which featured some book signing as well as mini manicures and appetizers, was full of chit-chat not among […]
H&M held their first shopping party in support for Windfall, a charity which specializes in new clothing, yesterday at their Yonge and Bloor location. The event was full of downtown shoppers (mostly women – the basement level, which houses the men’s section was pretty dead), many of whom wore white (to support the charity and their […]
If you are a fan of clothing or bags, you’re in luck, as there are two amazing events happening today. First is the 442 McAdam sample sale, which starts at 10 am at Heel Boy at 773 Queen Street West. This sale runs from 10 am until 9 pm and again on Thursday. Bags, which will include current […]
Cynthia Cheng Mintz According to Joe Fresh‘s Twitter and Facebook pages, they will be opening stores not connected to supermarkets this spring. Three of the locations will be in the Greater Toronto Area (Vaughan Mills Shopping Centre, Bramalea City Centre and Heartland in Mississauga) and the fourth will be in Rocky View, Alberta. This is after […]
Windfall, the charitable organization which collects clothing for those in need is once again holding its Wear White 4 Windfall campaign in 2011. The 2011 campaign will start in the beginning of the year and will not only raise funds, but also public awareness about those in need. Several Canadian celebrities including Traci Melchor, Anne […]
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) opens today, Thursday, September 9. Though much of the action has moved south to the King/Spadina area, Yorkville is still abuzz. TIFF-related displays have been going up throughout the area, ranging from film-related windows to actual sponsorships (a good handful of stores have eTalk posters). However, it is a […]
