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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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The most envy-inducing displays at this year's Interior Design Show

The most envy-inducing displays at this year’s Interior Design Show

It's basically an IRL Pinterest board

Airbnb of the Week: $193 per night for a former dance studio at Queen and Parliament

Real Estate News

Airbnb of the Week: $193 per night for a former dance studio at Queen and Parliament

See inside a loft in a former shoe factory that's up for rent by the night

Inside Yorkville's new, exceptionally swanky Hermès flagship

Inside Yorkville’s new, exceptionally swanky Hermès flagship

It's 6,000 square feet of pure Parisian elegance

Airbnb of the Week: $80 per night for a spacious Kensington Market room above a gelato shop

Real Estate News

Airbnb of the Week: $80 per night for a spacious Kensington Market room above a gelato shop

See inside an artsy shared space that's up for rent by the night

Everywhere Toronto's rich and famous are vacationing

Everywhere Toronto’s rich and famous are vacationing

It's the season for getting out of town

Real Weddings: Inside a dance-filled same-sex celebration at the Four Seasons

Real Weddings: Inside a dance-filled same-sex celebration at the Four Seasons

It was the first time two women were married at the hotel

Airbnb of the Week: $75 per night for an urban cottage with a wood-burning stove

Real Estate News

Airbnb of the Week: $75 per night for an urban cottage with a wood-burning stove

See inside a cozy home that's up for rent by the night

How Toronto notables spent New Year's Eve

How Toronto notables spent New Year’s Eve

Hint: definitely more fabulously than you

What Toronto notables got for Christmas

What Toronto notables got for Christmas

Hint: there were no socks

Airbnb of the Week: $99 per night for an art-filled Little Italy loft

Real Estate News

Airbnb of the Week: $99 per night for an art-filled Little Italy loft

See inside a beautifully restored loft that's up for rent by the night

How a couple transformed a west-end bungalow into a bit of Palm Springs

Real Estate News

How a couple transformed a west-end bungalow into a bit of Palm Springs

They added a second storey and rear addition to create a California-chic living space

Fifteen great last-minute gifts for procrastination-prone shoppers

Fifteen great last-minute gifts for procrastination-prone shoppers

It's not time to panic...yet

Airbnb of the Week: $418 per night for a designer semi across from Stanley Park

Real Estate News

Airbnb of the Week: $418 per night for a designer semi across from Stanley Park

See inside a parkside semi that's up for rent by the night

Inside YouTube star Jus Reign's jungle-themed downtown condo

Inside YouTube star Jus Reign’s jungle-themed downtown condo

He calls it "the Reignforest"

Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life

Six endurance events for endorphin-chasing masochists

Golden Getaways

Golden Getaways

Spas for quieting the mind, calibrating the qi and pampering the body, all within a day’s drive of downtown

This year's hottest holiday gifts, according to Toronto retailers

This year’s hottest holiday gifts, according to Toronto retailers

This season's must-have toys, gadgets, cookware, jewellery and books

Airbnb of the Week: $501 per night for a chic Collingwood townhome

Real Estate News

Airbnb of the Week: $501 per night for a chic Collingwood townhome

See inside a chalet that's up for rent by the night

Downtown Toronto's best holiday window displays, ranked

Downtown Toronto’s best holiday window displays, ranked

Ranked from "Fa-la-la-la fine" to "Ho, ho, holy moly"

Real Weddings: Inside a contemporary Indian extravaganza at the Brick Works

Real Weddings: Inside a contemporary Indian extravaganza at the Brick Works

Complete with an outfit change and 800 home-grown marigolds

Airbnb of the Week: $650 per night for a beautiful family home in Moore Park

Real Estate News

Airbnb of the Week: $650 per night for a beautiful family home in Moore Park

See inside a sunny semi that's up for rent by the night

Nine of Meghan Markle's favourite Canadian brands

Nine of Meghan Markle’s favourite Canadian brands

The California actor has some seriously Canadian style

Inside the stunning new Chanel flagship in Yorkville

Inside the stunning new Chanel flagship in Yorkville

Two very swanky storeys

Airbnb of the Week: From $250 per night for a west-end Victorian suite dubbed the "opium den"

Real Estate News

Airbnb of the Week: From $250 per night for a west-end Victorian suite dubbed the “opium den”

See inside a saucy suite that's up for rent

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