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Jean Grant

Jean Grant has been a freelance writer since 2015, covering a range of lifestyle topics like shopping, interiors, wellness and culture for publications like Maclean’s and Toronto Life. She also enjoys working with brands to develop custom content, and shares personal essays through her Substack newsletter, Nobody is Thinking About You.

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Real Weddings: These couples got married at a whimsical Drake Devonshire pop-up ceremony

Real Weddings: These couples got married at a whimsical Drake Devonshire pop-up ceremony

Each couple got a beautifully decorated venue, florals galore, an official ceremony with 20 guests and a professional photographer

How a stager made an old farmhouse look like a trendy boutique hotel

Real Estate News

How a stager made an old farmhouse look like a trendy boutique hotel

See inside a Stouffville farmhouse before and after it was staged for sale

Real Weddings: Inside Natasha Koifman's lavish country affair in King City

Real Weddings: Inside Natasha Koifman’s lavish country affair in King City

Featuring a glamorous barn, a lot of Vera Wang and a star-studded guest list

Some photos of the protest outside Doug Ford's all-night meeting to cut city council

Some photos of the protest outside Doug Ford’s all-night meeting to cut city council

Hundreds gathered to protest Bill 31

Inside Mindset, a new brain gym in Yorkville

Inside Mindset, a new brain gym in Yorkville

Featuring ergonomic bolsters, LED light displays and brain-monitoring headbands

Spotted at TIFF 2018: Kristen Stewart and Stella Maxwell hold hands at Pearson and Melissa McCarthy tries on a Mountie hat

Spotted at TIFF 2018: Kristen Stewart and Stella Maxwell hold hands at Pearson and Melissa McCarthy tries on a Mountie hat

Everywhere celebs were spotted over TIFF's final weekend

Spotted at TIFF 2018: Timothée Chalamet meets Ryan Gosling at the airport and KJ Apa makes an appearance

Spotted at TIFF 2018: Timothée Chalamet meets Ryan Gosling at the airport and KJ Apa makes an appearance

Everywhere celebs were spotted in the last 24 hours

Spotted at TIFF 2018: Ryan Gosling visits a Leslieville coffee shop and Dave Chappelle sings "Oh Canada"

Spotted at TIFF 2018: Ryan Gosling visits a Leslieville coffee shop and Dave Chappelle sings “Oh Canada”

Everywhere celebs were spotted in the last 24 hours

Spotted at TIFF 2018: Ryan Gosling arrives and Salma Hayek poses with a Frida Kahlo mural at Baro

Spotted at TIFF 2018: Ryan Gosling arrives and Salma Hayek poses with a Frida Kahlo mural at Baro

Everywhere stars were spotted over the past 24 hours

Spotted at TIFF 2018: Matthew McConaughey and Timothée Chalamet hug it out and Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson hit the party circuit

Spotted at TIFF 2018: Matthew McConaughey and Timothée Chalamet hug it out and Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson hit the party circuit

Everywhere stars were spotted over the weekend

Spotted at TIFF 2018: Chris Pine cuddles a puppy and Julia Roberts strikes a pose

Spotted at TIFF 2018: Chris Pine cuddles a puppy and Julia Roberts strikes a pose

Everywhere celebs have been spotted in the last 24 hours

Spotted at TIFF 2018: Timothée Chalamet and Olivia Munn arrive at the airport and Michael Moore poses with handmaids

Spotted at TIFF 2018: Timothée Chalamet and Olivia Munn arrive at the airport and Michael Moore poses with handmaids

Everywhere celebs have been spotted over the last 24 hours

Cottage of the Week: $3.5 million for a retro Kawarthas compound with its own art gallery

Real Estate News

Cottage of the Week: $3.5 million for a retro Kawarthas compound with its own art gallery

See inside a two-for-one deal on Buckhorn Lake

Inside Kandl Artistique, a super-swanky custom candle shop in Yorkville

Inside Kandl Artistique, a super-swanky custom candle shop in Yorkville

Complete with craft cocktails and a candle-making studio

How a stager turned a tired house into a stylish sanctuary

Real Estate News

How a stager turned a tired house into a stylish sanctuary

See inside a Forest Hill property before and after it was staged for sale

Cottage of the Week: $2.3 million for a Muskoka property steeped in history

Real Estate News

Cottage of the Week: $2.3 million for a Muskoka property steeped in history

See inside an idyllic property with a treehouse and a private sandy beach

Inside the robot-inspired office of Borealis AI, with basketball hoops, chess tables and a swing room

Inside the robot-inspired office of Borealis AI, with basketball hoops, chess tables and a swing room

RBC's branch that focuses on artificial intelligence and machine learning has a hip new office

Cottage of the Week: $2.7 million for a homey Lake Simcoe property an hour from Toronto

Real Estate News

Cottage of the Week: $2.7 million for a homey Lake Simcoe property an hour from Toronto

See inside a timber-frame cottage that's up for sale

Here are the A-list celebrities we can expect to see at TIFF next month

Here are the A-list celebrities we can expect to see at TIFF next month

Expect to see Bradley Cooper, Julia Roberts, Timothée Chalamet and other favourites

Cottage of the Week: $1.6 million for a luxurious townhouse in the middle of Port Carling

Real Estate News

Cottage of the Week: $1.6 million for a luxurious townhouse in the middle of Port Carling

See inside a slick three-bedroom property in cottage country

Real Weddings: Inside a Burning Man-inspired extravaganza in France

Real Weddings: Inside a Burning Man-inspired extravaganza in France

Featuring fruit crowns, a "space love capsule" and an evening of surprise gifts

Cottage of the Week: $2.5 million for a Lake of Bays cottage with a killer boathouse

Real Estate News

Cottage of the Week: $2.5 million for a Lake of Bays cottage with a killer boathouse

See inside a red cedar retreat that's up for sale

How a stager turned an empty condo into a sleek, modern home

Real Estate News

How a stager turned an empty condo into a sleek, modern home

See inside a condo before and after it was staged for sale

Inside Inkbox's King West headquarters, with a tattoo studio and a mixing lab

Inside Inkbox’s King West headquarters, with a tattoo studio and a mixing lab

Staff members get $500 per year to use on ink and can get a tattoo during any nine-to-five workday

Summer Camp Guide

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages

Best New Restaurants

Toronto Life ’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

Toronto Life’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks

Big Stories

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of Saturday Night Live in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

It’s hard out here for a 20-something

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”

Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian

Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian

In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. The upside: they’ll retire long before the rest of us

Just Listed

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

Guelph is having a moment

For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

A rare opportunity to own a custom-built masterpiece in the heart of Lawrence Park beautifully designed by Gray Smith and Arca Design for the most discerning buyer