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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.

Latest from Jean Grant

Cottage of the Week: $2.2 million for a charming 90-year-old cottage on Lake of Bays

Real Estate News

Cottage of the Week: $2.2 million for a charming 90-year-old cottage on Lake of Bays

See inside a Craftsman cottage that's up for sale

Some of our favourite places to shop, primp and zen out along Danforth

Some of our favourite places to shop, primp and zen out along Danforth

Because the neighbourhood could use some love right now

Cottage of the Week: $3.3 million for a window-lined retreat on a private Georgian Bay island

Real Estate News

Cottage of the Week: $3.3 million for a window-lined retreat on a private Georgian Bay island

See inside a spectacular spot with 360-degree views of the bay

Cottage of the Week: $2.2 million for a spacious log cabin near Huntsville

Real Estate News

Cottage of the Week: $2.2 million for a spacious log cabin near Huntsville

See inside a rustic complex that's up for sale

Real Bar Mitzvahs: Inside a retro basketball-themed celebration

Real Bar Mitzvahs: Inside a retro basketball-themed celebration

Featuring a Fresh Prince-inspired music video, a cheesecake station and custom Supreme shop

Cottage of the Week: $3.8 million for a renovated retreat on Lake Joseph

Real Estate News

Cottage of the Week: $3.8 million for a renovated retreat on Lake Joseph

See inside a swanky cottage that's up for sale

Former CFL commissioner Mark Cohon is selling his Lake Simcoe cottage

Real Estate News

Former CFL commissioner Mark Cohon is selling his Lake Simcoe cottage

The modern bungalow is up for sale for $2.8 million

Inside Uberflip's sprawling Toronto office, with fully stocked beer fridges and a colouring station

Inside Uberflip’s sprawling Toronto office, with fully stocked beer fridges and a colouring station

The company restored an old warehouse to double the size of their former office space

Cottage of the Week: $1.9 million for a vintage home on Lake Rosseau

Real Estate News

Cottage of the Week: $1.9 million for a vintage home on Lake Rosseau

See inside a 1954 cottage with tons of character that's up for sale

Real Weddings: Inside a sporty celebration at a Jays game

Real Weddings: Inside a sporty celebration at a Jays game

Featuring vintage cars, Air Jordans and a home run

How Toronto notables spent the Canada Day long weekend

How Toronto notables spent the Canada Day long weekend

See where the other half escaped the heat

Cottage of the Week: $4.8 million for a palatial Georgian Bay estate

Real Estate News

Cottage of the Week: $4.8 million for a palatial Georgian Bay estate

See inside a dreamy Pointe au Baril compound that's up for sale

Cottage of the Week: $2.4 million for an island-based Lake Joseph retreat

Real Estate News

Cottage of the Week: $2.4 million for an island-based Lake Joseph retreat

See inside a gorgeously crafted cottage that's up for sale

How Toronto's most notable dads celebrated Father's Day

How Toronto’s most notable dads celebrated Father’s Day

See how Matty Matheson, Ben Mulroney and others spent the day

Inside the Saint George, Kimpton's first boutique hotel in Toronto

Inside the Saint George, Kimpton’s first boutique hotel in Toronto

The Bloor Street Holiday Inn looks a whole lot different

The ultimate Father's Day gift guide

The ultimate Father’s Day gift guide

Fifteen fantastic options for pops

Real Weddings: Inside a bride's over-the-top wedding—to herself

Real Weddings: Inside a bride’s over-the-top wedding—to herself

Featuring spontaneous performances, Kardashian-inspired extras and a Hello Kitty hype man

The best Toronto cameos from the Royal Wedding

The best Toronto cameos from the Royal Wedding

The Mulroney family was front and centre

Where to watch the royal wedding (in real time) in Toronto

Where to watch the royal wedding (in real time) in Toronto

Five places that aren't your living room (and where you can't just show up in PJs)

Inside Miniso, the much-hyped variety store's first Toronto location

Inside Miniso, the much-hyped variety store’s first Toronto location

Where to find stuffed animals, stationery and $25 speakers

Real Weddings: Inside coffee wizard Sam James's glam wintry bash at Casa Loma

Real Weddings: Inside coffee wizard Sam James’s glam wintry bash at Casa Loma

With a late-night McDonald's buffet and Sam James coffee, of course

Eight things we learned from James Comey's Toronto interview with Heather Reisman

Eight things we learned from James Comey’s Toronto interview with Heather Reisman

The former FBI director chatted with the Indigo CEO about his new book and all things Trump

Torontonians are transforming their lawns, terraces and backyards into opulent oases

Torontonians are transforming their lawns, terraces and backyards into opulent oases

A few of the city’s most creative landscape designs

Inside Fjällräven, the Swedish outerwear brand’s first Toronto store

Where to find those colourful boxy backpacks everyone's wearing

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