Post City Magazines - June 2009

Archive » Biz News
	Local sweet shop just getting sweeter Chocolada recently expanded, adding an ice cream parlour to their original location. For the last 22 years, the store has offered cakes, cupcakes, cookies and a variety of sweet and savoury pastries.
	SPA’S SUCCESS LEADS TO EXPANSION Yonge MedSpa & Salon’s owners are opening a home health care store on the first floor of their 3360 Yonge St. location.
	‘EVERYTHING IS OUR SPECIALTY’ People’s Food has been a local neighbourhood landmark for the last half a century. The old school diner offers homemade burgers, sandwiches, fries, onion rings, milkshakes and all-day breakfast.
	Bra Boutique Celebrates 11 Years Supporting Area
Archive » Entree New
	Lining up for grill heaven Not much has changed in decor or format since this address’s last venture as Piatti, an all-you-can-eat Italian spot. by Kelly Jones
	A place for friends and food Erez Mizrahi and Joe Bonavota are turning out fresh, delish cuisine at Vero by Janice Warren
	How sweet it is Shoom Shoom is turning out fantastic food in a festive atmosphere by Kelly Jones
Archive » Looking Back
	Toronto's Timeless Beauties Beauty pageants in the city date back more than 80 years
Archive » Milestones
	$4 MILLION DONATION WILL FUND SCHOOL EXPANSION United Synagogue Day School received a $4 million gift from Larry Robbins in commemoration of his late wife, Miriam.
	BEAUTIFYING INTERIORS FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS Interiors by Decorating Den is celebrating 19 years of business in Richmond Hill.
	DESIGN LANDMARK MAKES A MOVE A Special Place, a mainstay in the area for 30 years, is moving to the Castlefield Design District.
	CELEBRITY PLAYGROUND MARKS 25TH YEAR Kidding Awound is celebrating its 25th anniversary in Yorkville.
	BAKING IS A PIECE OF CAKE Ayoma Cake Masterpieces has been a Bayview-Steeles mainstay for 15 years.
	DIVINE DEALS SOUTH OF STEELES Play ‘n’Wear is marking its 28th year in the area.
Archive » Fashion
	Race fans, hold onto your hats! Toronto photographer Caitlin Cronenberg prepares for the 150th running of the Queen’s Plate by picking the perfect lid for race day by Jen Selk
Archive » Break-Ins
	Bayview Break-Ins June 2009
	Village Break-Ins June 2009
	North York Break-Ins June 2009
	North Toronto/Midtown Break-Ins June 2009
	Thornhill/Richmond Hill Break-Ins June 2009
Archive » News You Can Use
	Nacho, nacho man Rookie sensation Travis Snider of the Toronto Blue Jays steps up to the plate(s) to taste-test the GTA’s best major league nachos by Malcolm Johnston
Archive » Local Grad
	Grand designs AS ONE OF the 10 finalists chosen from hundreds to be featured on HGTV's Designer Superstar Challenge, Holy Trinity School graduate Mariela Campo says she was thrilled to flex her creative muscles... by Robin Heron
	Life of the party ACCORDING TO THORNLEA Secondary School graduates Page and Jian Magen, high school was sometimes a challenge. The Thornhill twins say they often got into trouble for socializing and took six years... by Robin Heron
	Drawn to Disney LOOKING BACK ON the span of his 20- year career in the animation business, Andrew Wolf pinpoints the moment he first felt successful. It was 1996, and he’d just been hired by Disney. by Ann Ruppenstein
	Sky’s the limit for legendary rocker’s Best Of album COMMEMORATING THEIR 20TH anniversary as a band ranked highest among reasons why Josh Finlayson and his Juno-winning folk rock band the Skydiggers decided to make a compilation record, The Truth... by Ann Ruppenstein
	Bayview’s big debut IT’S THE BEGINNING of summer 1988, and Ben Spector, a high-school kid from North York, is headed to the Bob Dylan concert. by Malcolm Johnston
	Call in the cavalry THE BEST CANADIAN player on last year’s Grey Cup–winning Calgary Stampeders team wasn’t much of a football fan, at least not in the early going. by Malcolm Johnston
Archive » Wine
	Make way for the Groovy grape AN AUSTRIAN SOMMELIER in New York habitually asks his diners, “What would you like to drink — red, white or green?” He’s not offering them a St. Patrick’s Day special. by Tony Aspler
Archive » Parent to Parent
	Tantrums are traumatizing, but kids need to hear ‘no’ We all know this scene. There is a cute, chubby-cheeked toddler in the supermarket shopping cart, which is brimming with diapers, juice, carrots, potatoes, canned tomatoes, milk, eggs, family-size... by Joanne Kates
Archive » Counter Culture
	From Italy with love & linguine FOR THE LAST 15 years, Nino Ciuffi has been travelling back and forth between Sorrento, Italy, and Toronto in an awe-inspiring, long-distance relationship. by Ron Johnson
Archive » Entrepeneur
	T.O. ENTREPRENEUR PROVES BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN Toronto’s Jeff Carefoote spent 18 years knee-deep in someone else’s hops and barley before deciding it was time to strike out on his own.
Archive » Yummy Mummy
	Ballerina dances on, but motherhood is centre stage It's official. Sonia Rodriguez, principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada and I, media person who sits on her butt and writes, are at opposite ends of the motherhood spectrum. by Erica Ehm
Archive » Day Tripper
	An insider’s guide to Little India I'm on Gerrard street east in the heart of Little India, dazzled by the sights, sounds and smells of this vibrant east end shopping district. by Robin Heron
Archive » Dream Homes
	BUILDER’S BLISS Tear downs are a way to get your foot in the door of some of the city’s oldest and most affluent neighbourhoods while the getting’s good. by Jen Selk
Archive » Ecks And The City
	Happily spending a day in detox Time to clean house! Rebecca Eckler prepares for her head-to-toe makeover by Rebecca Eckler
Archive » Secret Recipe
	Catch of the day In the summer, I love to get away from my oven and out to the barbecue, but lately, we’ve been reading about the dangers of a diet containing excess meat. by Rose Reisman
Archive » How They Met
	Small-screen surprise From a chance meeting at a downtown club, it soon became clear to Richmond Hill funnyman Frank Spadone and dance instructor Natalie Papa that they were a perfect match.
	A (wedding) day at the races It was love at first sight for Morey Chaplick when he spotted his future wife, Jennifer, from across the room.
	A wedding worth waiting for Though Brian and Risa Chelsky had known each other for years, it wasn’t until university that sparks began to fly.
Archive » Local Politics
	Never too old to party hard JUNE IS SENIORS’ month across the province, and Richmond Hill will be celebrating.
	Locals to learn new road rules A MAJOR CONCERN for taxpayers is the everincreasing traffic congestion due to rapidly growing developments in the city of Vaughan.
	A Union Station of the north LAST JUNE, I began my column with: “Imagine — Yonge and Highway 7 as Union Station of the north!” A year later, the area known as Richmond Hill Regional Centre shall indeed transform into not...
	The Build Toronto takeover AMONG THE INITIATIVES Mayor Miller has pushed through is a new city corporation named Build Toronto.
	Communication is the key A recent promise of $4.6 billion for the proposed Eglinton-Crosstown LRT and an expected transformation of the vacant TTC bus yard around the corner, Yonge and Eglinton is poised for continued and...
	New LRTs to make traffic worse TAKE HEED. ALL that traffic you find yourself stuck in is going to get worse. by DAVID SHINER Ward 24 Councillor
	Economy means more go hungry DAVE OTTY DOESN’T need the newspaper to track the course of the recession. by JOHN FILION Ward 23 Councillor
Archive » Makeover
	The Newspaper Great Makeover They’ve cut their Monday edition for summer, and many of their star staffers have jumped ship.
Archive » Local Hero
	Alexis’ Angels on the move Richmond Hill's Jason Brommet has travelled the most difficult road a parent can face. In February of 2008, he and his wife Amanda lost their three-year-old daughter Alexis by Robin Heron
	Hope for kids is on the next horizon Eighteen years ago, Lisa Phillips was your average camper, making s’mores and roasting hot dogs, telling scary tales and singing songs around a campfire. by Ann Ruppenstein
	Area resident behind musical mentorship program Every week for the past 23 years Bayview resident Dan Blachford has had a standing date with the Encore Symphonic Concert Band by Robin Heron

	Bilaal Rajan AT A COFFEE SHOP on Elgin Mills Road just west of the 404, I’m meeting fundraiser, author and UN ambassador Bilaal Rajan. He’s been called a fundraising phenom. by Jesse Kinos-Goodin
	John Roberts IN HIS LAST year of high school, future CNN anchor John Roberts would sneak over to the local pub, the only place he could get a beer at his young age. by Jennifer Paterson
	The Midway State The Midway State is not your typical angsty indie rock outfit. They’ve got a hit record, two Juno nominations, international tours, a slot playing this month’s Edgefest concert at Downsview... by Barrett Hooper
	Ennis Esmer ENNIS ESMER IS standing in the dark on the stage of Earl Haig Secondary School’s Cragin Hall for the first time in more than a decade. by Jennifer Paterson
	Enrico Colantoni STROLLING ALONG ST. CLAIR on a glorious spring morning after coffee at a neighbourhood café, Enrico Colantoni rhapsodizes about the city that raised him. by Alison Broverman
	Yannick Bisson Toronto’s most dashing TV detective talks marital bliss, his hit television show and a boyhood happily misspentin Bayview BY LAURA PRATT
	TORONTO'S DESIGN DIVA As a kid, when Rosedale’s Sarah Richardson was sent to her room, she would just rearrange the furniture — something stuck by Malcolm Johnston

Post City Magazines - June 2009

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How They Met

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