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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

The most adorable families at Field Trip

The most adorable families at Field Trip

20 shots of extremely cool kids and their hip parents

Airbnb of the Week: $335 per night for a three-bedroom Cabbagetown home

Real Estate News

Airbnb of the Week: $335 per night for a three-bedroom Cabbagetown home

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

Eight awesome umbrellas to properly protect you from all these spring showers

Eight awesome umbrellas to properly protect you from all these spring showers

Stay dry out there

Inside Broken Social Scene's emotional Manchester concert last night

Inside Broken Social Scene’s emotional Manchester concert last night

“It was emotional, it was brilliant”

Six of the best pop-up shops in Toronto this spring

Six of the best pop-up shops in Toronto this spring

Shop temporary boutiques from celebrity-approved labels

Street Style: Woofstock's high tea service for decked-out dogs

Street Style: Woofstock’s high tea service for decked-out dogs

See dogs dressed as their celebrity doppelgängers

Q&A: Petra Collins, the Toronto-raised Instagram star who's shot Kim Kardashian and Selena Gomez

Q&A: Petra Collins, the Toronto-raised Instagram star who’s shot Kim Kardashian and Selena Gomez

The artist shares some of the stories behind her intimate, family-focused portraits

Street Style: Cherry blossom season in High Park

Street Style: Cherry blossom season in High Park

The best bloomin' looks

Don Cherry's most bizarre blazers of the season, ranked in order of craziness

Don Cherry’s most bizarre blazers of the season, ranked in order of craziness

Prepare your eyeballs

Inside fancy fragrance brand Le Labo’s new Queen West flagship

Where to find bottles of Santal 33 and a $500 candle

Inside Rock-It Promotions' mod office, with baby Yeezy Boosts and a dog squad

Inside Rock-It Promotions’ mod office, with baby Yeezy Boosts and a dog squad

Take a peek inside the boutique agency that reps brands like Adidas, Etsy and Casper

Real Weddings 2017: Inside a Wes Anderson–inspired bash at Hotel Ocho

Real Weddings 2017: Inside a Wes Anderson–inspired bash at Hotel Ocho

Two trendy Torontonians tie the knot

Jagmeet Singh may or may not run for NDP leadership, but he's already the king of politician Instagram

Jagmeet Singh may or may not run for NDP leadership, but he’s already the king of politician Instagram

The Ontario NDP's deputy leader is one stylish guy

Real Weddings 2017: Inside a lavish, summery celebration at Magna Golf Club

Real Weddings 2017: Inside a lavish, summery celebration at Magna Golf Club

Two Toronto entrepreneurs tie the knot at Magna Golf Club

Real Weddings 2017: Inside a seriously Canadian affair, with pond hockey and BeaverTails

Real Weddings 2017: Inside a seriously Canadian affair, with pond hockey and BeaverTails

The bride wore Bauer

The craziest costumes spotted at Comicon

The craziest costumes spotted at Comicon

“You should have seen people's reactions when we put the masks on in the mall. It's fun to mess with people.”

Inside Shaftesbury Films' new space, with an indoor park, shipping container offices and plenty of props

Inside Shaftesbury Films’ new space, with an indoor park, shipping container offices and plenty of props

Some offices have plants. This office has 10 full-sized trees.

Inside Wealthsimple's new office, with a cozy library, sushi boats and free popsicles

Inside Wealthsimple’s new office, with a cozy library, sushi boats and free popsicles

It's a pretty comfy place to deal with the nine-to-five grind

Real Weddings 2017: Inside a Buddhist ceremony at Pai with a rowdy afterparty at the Burroughes

Real Weddings 2017: Inside a Buddhist ceremony at Pai with a rowdy afterparty at the Burroughes

A traditional celebration with plenty of modern flair

Inside ClutchPR's Junction office, with a secret room, a smoothie station and a “good news gong”

Inside ClutchPR’s Junction office, with a secret room, a smoothie station and a “good news gong”

The space is seriously zenned-out

Street Style: Honest Ed's farewell weekend

Street Style: Honest Ed’s farewell weekend

A bunch of unique looks that would make Mr. Mirvish proud

Inside PayPal's new office, with communal bikes, cold brew on tap and catered lunches four days a week

Inside PayPal’s new office, with communal bikes, cold brew on tap and catered lunches four days a week

And of course there's a Ping-Pong table

Three Toronto stylists discuss the Oscars' best looks

Three Toronto stylists discuss the Oscars’ best looks

Hot takes on looks from Jessica Biel, Janelle Monáe, Emma Stone, Ruth Negga and Brie Larson

Inside Scotiabank's new Digital Factory, with a bowling alley, a speakeasy behind a safe, and 18,000 square feet of whiteboards

Inside Scotiabank’s new Digital Factory, with a bowling alley, a speakeasy behind a safe, and 18,000 square feet of whiteboards

The digital banking hub is all sorts of awesome

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