Family Weekend Fun in Toronto
Look up. Wayyy up. Catch the billowing clouds piercing the empty Saturday skyscrapers of the Southcore Financial Center, where more than 20,000 office employees and 10,000 residents live, work and play, making Southcore Financial...
followsummer’s Top 7 Toronto Restaurants
Toronto is, without a doubt, the most diverse of cities when it comes to restaurant choices. Managing our city’s plethora of restaurants and neighborhoods can be a foodie thrill at best and downright cheap and frightening...
Like a Local City Guide: Toronto MUSTS
Toronto is a four-season city full of eating and drinking patios, fabulous roof-top hotel views and foodie neighbourhoods, brimming over with tourists and locals alike. We love our city in the spring, summer, and this incredible...
In Toronto: Explore West Queen West!
I jump on the clanging 501 Queen West streetcar and join the worker-bees buried in their phones, the mothers with their over-sized strollers and the noisy, pre-drinking bar hoppers and hipsters, all clamoring for a red seat on...
DaiLo: Chef Nick Liu’s #sickasianfood
We ran into Chef Nick Liu a couple of nights ago at trendy DINE and Destinations launch party and got us thinking of our first great evening savouring Chef Liu’s fabulous ‘New Asian Cuisine’ appropriately hashtagged,...
Detox Diaries: The Final Chapter
Some unseasonably warm February weather brings with it a bombardment of targeted emails, Facebook ads, and general advertising touting the detox and cleanse phenom: ‘What to eat to feel better, boost fat burn and help prevent...
The Detox Diaries: A Long Weekend
I am eating Oatmeal now every morning: I throw in some almonds, sprinkle some cinnamon and ginger on top and toss the bowl in the microwave. Like many people, I have never been a breakfast eater: I feel nauseous at the thought of...
Day Four of The Detox Diaries: Craving Bread
Busy day work wise, and I have a volunteer meeting after work. This is the first day that I am not eating dinner at home and potentially eating out at a restaurant where my good friend Alcohol is available. And Bread. For today,...
The Detox Diaries: Work Day
Ok: It’s a work day. Let’s see how this goes. Gurgling stomach continues: I run to the bathroom two hours before my usual rising time. The Wild Rose Herbal laxative (the second set of three bitter pills) is definitely working. I...
Los Colibris: Mexican Anytime
Frankly, I will eat Mexican anytime, anywhere, and that includes the gloppy, salty, Tacos and Enchiladas, Tex-Mex so evident here in Toronto. I have always bemoaned the fact that we have no real Mexican food here in this city so...