Victoria Day events in Toronto 2012:

FOOD & DRINK | The Brewer’s Backyard
Following the success of the Evergreen Brickworks’ Brewery Market, the creation of the Brewer’s Backyard was inevitable. This is a “beer series,” and today’s kickoff event has b…

Ken Rosenthal, Fox Sports:If the Red Sox rally to make the postseason, they might look back to a players-only meeting on May 11 as a turning point.The night before, right-hander Josh Beckett had allowed seven runs in 2.1 innings and the Sox had lost to…

Grocery shopping in the city can be a bit of a hassle. Any city slicker who has to trek or drive more than 5 minutes to pick up avocados and yogurt will attest to that. And in the winter? Forget about it… So what do you call a new development that has a grocery store at its base? You call it ultra-convenient. You also call it The Carnaby. The Streetcar Development and Dundee Realty project has been a hit because … Read More

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Photo by StivicH in the blogTO Flickr pool

"Didn’t Obama bully somebody, though?” h/t KevinB…

Yesterday, Matthew and I celebrated twelve (!) years of being married, and twelve-and-a-half years of being together. My original plan was to do what I always do for our anniversary or his birthday; write a sappy post about how much … Continue reading →

Scented candles for men….

The family of Robin Gibb announced last night that the 62-year-old member of the brother-group Bee Gees had succumbed to cancer. Tonight’s Tips music features a ballad, characteristic of the group’s well-crafted pop confections, in which Robin’s distin…

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@HondaIndy brings Alex Tagliani, Simon Pagenaud and Jean Alesi drop to Toronto after the Indy 500 Bump Day to meet the media and visit with fans on Monday May 21, 2012. Joining the drivers will be Charlie Johnstone, VP and GM of Honda Indy Toronto. Y…

Northwestern Europe harbors one of the best known biotas, thanks to the long faunistic and floristic traditions practiced there. However, some animal groups are far better known than others. The diversity of true flies there is fascinating, and undescr…

Polish model Marcelina Sowa, photographed by Kevin Sinclair, is on the cover of the May 2012 issue of Elle Vietnam. Transtastic!

Czech model Karo Mrozkova covers the May 2012 issue of Elle Oriental.

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Top plus-size model Tara Lynn, covers the May 2012 issue of Elle Norway.

“Does the Christian church today represent “the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth” according to the teaching of Jesus Christ?

British actress Emily Blunt is on the May 2012 cover of Elle Indonesia, photographed by Thomas Schenk.

It’s time for the Canadians Welcome, Eh Giveaway hop hosted by Simply Stacie and Sassy Mama in LA. Since I’m a Manitoba girl, I decided to feature a great giveaway Prize Pack from 2 of my favorite Manitoba companies! Naosap Harvest harvests…

Drew Barrymore covers the May 2012 issue of Elle Hungary. I’m pretty sure this is from the same Carter Smith lensed shoot that landed Drew on the cover of the American edition of Elle magazine back in August 2010.