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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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Airbnb of the Week: $430 per night for a lakeside bungalow in PEC with Drake Hotel cred

Airbnb of the Week: $430 per night for a lakeside bungalow in PEC with Drake Hotel cred

See inside a lakeside county retreat that's up for rent by the night

A dozen things we learned about Toronto actor Mena Massoud, Disney's new Aladdin, from his Instagram

A dozen things we learned about Toronto actor Mena Massoud, Disney’s new Aladdin, from his Instagram

The vegan star loves posting shirtless gym selfies

Airbnb of the Week: $249 per night for an adorable lakeside cottage in Prince Edward County

Airbnb of the Week: $249 per night for an adorable lakeside cottage in Prince Edward County

See inside a quaint county cottage that's up for rent by the night

How a CEO and a TV personality dressed up a downtown pied-à-terre

Real Estate News

How a CEO and a TV personality dressed up a downtown pied-à-terre

The three-storey home keeps epic bashes separate from private spaces and intimate dinners

Q&A: Alyssa Jagan, the 15-year-old slime creator with over 600,000 Instagram followers

Q&A: Alyssa Jagan, the 15-year-old slime creator with over 600,000 Instagram followers

We talk to the girl behind those weirdly mesmerizing videos

Airbnb of the Week: $179 a night for a light-filled Leslieville loft

Real Estate News

Airbnb of the Week: $179 a night for a light-filled Leslieville loft

See inside a revamped one-bedroom loft that's up for rent by the night

Inside the gorgeous June Motel, a boutique roadside inn in Prince Edward County

Inside the gorgeous June Motel, a boutique roadside inn in Prince Edward County

A very Instagrammable weekend getaway

Goat yoga, boozy yoga and a few other wacky ways to get your zen on this summer

Goat yoga, boozy yoga and a few other wacky ways to get your zen on this summer

Plus: under Niagara Falls, in a bar and in an aquarium

This Dufferin Mall store sells nothing but fidget spinners

This Dufferin Mall store sells nothing but fidget spinners

“We have people coming in here and spending over $200 on spinners"

Real Weddings: Inside a confetti-filled bash at the Four Seasons

Real Weddings: Inside a confetti-filled bash at the Four Seasons

Plus, plenty of Pizza Pizza

Five things we learned from Justin Trudeau's interview with the New York Times at U of T

Five things we learned from Justin Trudeau’s interview with the New York Times at U of T

Including whether or not that running photo was staged, and what baked good he compares his international relations strategy to

Airbnb of the Week: $1,000 per night for a three-bedroom penthouse with panoramic water views

Real Estate News

Airbnb of the Week: $1,000 per night for a three-bedroom penthouse with panoramic water views

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

The coolest gear for commemorating Canada's 150th birthday

The coolest gear for commemorating Canada’s 150th birthday

Nine non-kitschy ways to prove your patriotism

See inside Buffalo Farm, a glamping retreat where you can stay in a yurt

See inside Buffalo Farm, a glamping retreat where you can stay in a yurt

A former buffalo farm is now a luxurious campsite

Diamond designer Edan Twena on making custom jewels for celebs like Shay Mitchell

Diamond designer Edan Twena on making custom jewels for celebs like Shay Mitchell

The jeweller shares his sparkly secrets

See inside a Norfolk County glamping retreat where guests stay in "camping pods"

See inside a Norfolk County glamping retreat where guests stay in “camping pods”

Plus, axe-throwing competitions

Inside the new Jordan store, with a customization centre, barbershop and training facility

Inside the new Jordan store, with a customization centre, barbershop and training facility

Three full floors of jumpman

Airbnb of the Week: $205 per night for a photogenic loft in Corktown

Real Estate News

Airbnb of the Week: $205 per night for a photogenic loft in Corktown

See inside a cottage-y home that's up for rent by the night

The ultimate Father's Day gift guide

The ultimate Father’s Day gift guide

Twenty-one ways to prove you appreciate him

A look inside Elements, a safari-style glamping destination in a former theme park

A look inside Elements, a safari-style glamping destination in a former theme park

With a yoga studio where the roller rink used to be

A look inside a designer treehouse getaway in Durham

A look inside a designer treehouse getaway in Durham

Lynne Knowlton’s farm-country retreat includes a rentable treetop cottage

A look inside Fronterra, Prince Edward County's history-themed glamping retreat

A look inside Fronterra, Prince Edward County’s history-themed glamping retreat

Where you can sleep inside a 1770s-style prospecting hut

Inside an exclusive fundraiser at David Daniels' Casa Loma mansion

Inside an exclusive fundraiser at David Daniels’ Casa Loma mansion

With Conrad Black, Suzanne Boyd, Don McKellar and more

Real Weddings: Inside a quirky ceremony at a Kensington bar

Real Weddings: Inside a quirky ceremony at a Kensington bar

What happens when an extremely laid-back couple gets married

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