Archive for August, 2007

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Winehouse Off the Record: New Line Up for Virgin Fest

I’ve been sitting on the edge of the fence, deciding whether I wanna pay my $80, for day one of Virgin Festival on Toronto Island September 8th. I would’ve gone for Amy Winehouse and Bjork but now the bitchy crooner has dropped out and I don’t feel like paying the bucks to see cute little [...]

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Monday, August 27th, 2007

Toronto’s Total Lunar Eclipse

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Photographers and astrologers in Toronto take note, if you’re able to get up at 4:51am tomorrow morning you’re in for a treat. Get outdoors and you’ll catch a total lunar eclipse as the earth’s shadow slowly passes in [...]

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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

Who Doesn’t Love a Little S’Mac?

I’ve been eating mac and cheese since I was a key kid and, as Gridskipper’s Chris Mohney puts it best, I expect to be gumming it down well into my dotage. The best place for the chewy cheese in Toronto is, hands down, Freshwood Grill on Roncesvalles. Made with four cheeses, fun spiral [...]

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Saturday, August 11th, 2007

Walking Into the Floating World

I’ve been captivated by woodblock prints for sometime and finally made my way to the ROM Friday night to see their exhibit Drama & Desire: Japanese Paintings from the Floating World. This is the last weekend the exceptional collection is on display. While the pieces are predominantly from the early period, before colour technologies [...]

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