Public Transportation from a ‘Condo Dwelling Yuppie’ Perspective

I’ve been thinking on and off about posting this for a while now, and since Transit City has been in the news lately, I thought this was a good time to write this post.  I’ve always wondered why Transit City or subsequent Ford renditions of the future of the TTC – Karen Stintz-approved or not […]

Clothing and the Lunar New Year

The Lunar New Year isn’t only about food, but clothing as well.  Many people buy complete new outfits – from head to toe – just for the occassion (historically, the new year was the only time people got new clothes).  However, this can be difficult, as the lunar new year always in late January to […]

Foods for the Lunar New Year

Cynthia Cheng Mintz Most people know about the basics of Chinese New Year.  That it’s bigger than Christmas, each year is represented by an animal (this year, it’s the rabbit) people get lai see money in red envelopes and that it lasts for several days.   As Chinese culture is very much about  food, so naturally, there’s even more food when […]

New York Cabbies: Gotta Love ‘Em, Gotta Hate ‘Em

Meghna Lamore So I recently had an opportunity to visit New York City, where I had lived for the better part of a decade before the wonders of Toronto seduced me. It never ceases to amaze me how, while time marches on, certain things about New York never seem to change. Take cabs, for instance. […]