@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…

Three lovely ladies from La Senza were at Yonge and Dundas giving away womens underwear outside the #Toronto Eaton Centre. The undies were cute but a little too tight for my taste.

Traffic jams on #Toronto highways are a fact of life and now that traffic is being rivaled within the inner harbour as a fleet of sailboats unfurled their sails and set course for adventure, probably a three hour tour.

A water taxi heads back to …

As summer weather comes back to TO the beaches around town come alive with activity. Down at Ashbridges Bay the volleyball courts are up and the teams, pickup games and tournaments start to fill the coming summer schedule. On Saturday during the Vi…

Clutch the Truck had a DJ perched on the roof high above Yonge-Dundas Square spinning some tunes during the EPIC customization tour. The NIKE Basketball promotion on Saturday and Sunday May 19-20 saw a small court set up with people shooting hoops….

Looking like a shiny silver dinosaur (probably a Vegiosaurus) that had escaped from the weird sculpture habitat in the #Toronto Historic Distillery District (http://torontogp.blogspot.ca/2009/06/freaky-sculptures-at-distillery.html) the new Shang…

It was getting a little crowded on the sidewalks of #Toronto as a police horse and rider joined the pedestrians on Yonge Street. The officer had stopped as he was flagged down by a pedestrian. The citizen had made a call to 911 regarding an inciden…

During the G20 meetings in Toronto in June 2010, police arrested over 1000 people. In the lead-up to the G20, police carried out extensive infiltration of activist groups, and a number of activists remain in jail today. Victims of the police repression…

Four figures walk together, the graffiti stencil underneath the figures reads “Stand Taller”. This graffiti stencil was in a alley along Queen Street East, a wild and woolly side of downtown #Toronto as I have seen. Foxes frolic as they …

@HondaIndy barely has the ink dry on their three year renewal agreement for the IndyCar race in the streets of #Toronto when they further announce additional sponsorship partners including Sony, CDW Canada and two craft beer brewers – Muskoka Brewe…

The weekend so famous it is named for Canada’s traditional beer containment system, a cardboard case of 24 beer and so we have the two-four long weekend! It might also have had something to do with Queen Victoria’s birthday on May 24, 1819, but my …

Just a few short weeks away is the #Toronto Pro SuperShow (@TOProSuperShow) and the MuscleMag Bikini Model Search, the Oxygen Fitness Model Search and also the REPS Men’s Fitness Model Search. The sports and fitness show runs Friday to Sunday…

One scoop or two? The green St Lawrence Steam Ship is docked at the #Toronto Redpath sugar production facility along Queen’s Quay as a large crane reaches deep into it’s hold to unload raw sugar. The large ship has many holds along it’s length, bro…

People all around the world are capturing images of daily life on May 15 as part of a campaign by Aday with  three major categories: Home, Work and Connections. A large part of my day is the commute from the western GTA to the heart of d…

The Canadian poet, novelist, and musician was honoured with the Glenn Gould Prize.

Leonard Cohen must have felt a sense of time’s great circle, Monday night. Honoured at Massey Hall as the Ninth Laureate of the Glenn Gould Prize, the iconic Montrealer doffed his fedora to the applauding crowd, cracking jokes and dryly sharing stories from early in his career. In that booming, legendary baritone, he recalled meeting [...]

Whether ruling over #Toronto citizens along Queen Street West or looking for cake to eat, Kate Mior – character and mime artist, looks absolutely regal as she waves her fan and smiles to pedestrians and/or lowly peasants. Off with your head if you …

The New Hamburg Conservative Mennonite Church choir, dressed in traditional attire, performed at #Toronto Old City Hall with a mini acappella concert over the weekend. They were also passing out free CDs of their “We Praise Thee Oh God” rocking alb…

Marge Simpson’s towering blue bouffant hairstyle created a shadow following behind the tiny, red convertible Mini Cooper driving along Queen Street West in #Toronto. The Mini Guy’s little car, sort of an open style clown car, had the driver and a p…

By Richard K. BarryThe keyboard player in our band, a very knowledgeable guy, just let me know that Tower of Power will be playing at the Toronto Jazz Festival this year. They’re at Nathan Phillips Square, which means they’ll be in a tent set up at Cit…

If you’ve been looking to update your wardrobe with a few stylish staples…then you’re in luck! On Tuesday, May 15th (from 5-8pm), a few stylish bloggers and I will get together at the Gap Store on Bloor St. to celebrate the launch of Gap’s Be Your Ow…