Cynthia’s Restaurant List Review: Kwan Dim Sum

Kwan Dim Sum, located on Yonge, just north of St. Clair is one of the latest midtown Chinese restaurants.  Opened just a few months ago, the restaurant has been getting amazing reviews for its dim sum lunches.  Based on the photos alone, the dim sum looks both “traditional” and, at the same time, a little […]

Sponsored Review: Kraft Pourables Salad Dressings

NOTE: The following is a sponsored review of Kraft Pourables fruit & veg salad dressings.  The opinions expressed in this post are that of the author and are in no way influenced by Kraft or other companies involved. As someone who prefers to “make” her own salad dressing out of oil and vinegar, I was […]

On Stores, Shopping, Social Media and Customer Content

Over the past few years, bloggers have been very influential for many shoppers, especially if said blogger is a similar size.  Many stores have embraced online comments (Anthropologie, the US Gap Inc. sites (now when will the Canadian sites add this feature?), etc…) and others are getting in on photo sharing.  Canadian footwear chain, Town […]

Balzac Coffee on Yonge and Bloor: Coffee, 1, Food, 0

The newest location of Balzac Coffee opened at the Toronto Reference Library on Yonge, just north of Bloor just a little over a month ago and recently, I stopped in for some breakfast.  I’ve been to other Balzac locations before, including a very artsy spot at the Distillery District, so I wasn’t expecting too much […]

MarieNatie Lipgloss: Light for a No Make-up Look

I’ve been a lip gloss girl for years and though I’ve been trying to transition myself to lipstick for the last little while, I couldn’t say no to a sample of MarieNatie lip glosses from a PR company. I was sent two shades – a full size tube of Pink Lady – a pretty pink […]

Blogger Profile: Elaine from Toronto Beauty Reviews

Screen handle:  Toronto Beauty Reviews (TOBeautyReviews) Website: www.torontobeautyreviews.com Where are you based? Toronto Why did you start your site? I first started a petite style site to get advice from other petites.  I then started a beauty reviews site to help my (Avon) customers and to share my love of all things beauty.  I decided […]

An Evening At Enoteca Sociale

It started as an evening with the promise of three things: food, fun, and friends. How were we to predict the absolute beauty and hospitality offered by Enoteca Sociale? The simple, elegant menu we already knew; we had read it online. What we had no idea of, was the warm hospitality of the staff, the […]

Pizza Review: Cavolo Nero at Trattoria Mercatto

Last week I dined at Trattoria Mercatto at the Toronto Eaton Centre. It wasn’t my first trip to the new restaurant, but my third.  However, it was the first time I had a full pizza there.  There are several on the menu to choose from, about seven in total.  The one I had this time […]

Lizz Reviews The Golden Lotus Restaurant

While recently on a trip to Niagara Falls, my husband and I found ourselves looking for a nice place to eat dinner at 11:30 at night. Although we knew this is a relatively late time to be searching for a decent restaurant, we assumed that a city whose main attractions are the casinos would be […]

Product Review: L’Oreal – The One Sweep Easy Eye Shadow

This was an interesting looking product. The claims of this one is “…with one sweep, define, color and highlight like a pro” – from the L’Oreal Website.  The unique sponge applicator is designed to pick up the eye shadow and apply it in two steps taking away the need to apply each colour individually with […]