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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

How two boutique owners and the Drake’s designer transformed a ramshackle home into a minimalist retreat

How two boutique owners and the Drake’s designer transformed a ramshackle home into a minimalist retreat

A stylish, contemporary space that still blends in with its quaint Riverdale neighbours

Street Style: Toronto Flower Market on Queen West

Street Style: Toronto Flower Market on Queen West

West-enders shopped for spiky succulents and pretty bouquets in fashionably laid-back apparel

"Working on myself," and other things University of Toronto grads are planning on doing next

“Working on myself,” and other things University of Toronto grads are planning on doing next

Fifteen new grads share their plans for post-student life

Father's Day Gift Guide: 20 great ideas for every kind of dad

Father’s Day Gift Guide: 20 great ideas for every kind of dad

Including a playful ice-cream maker, a manly facial and a rowdy Game of Thrones edition of Risk

Inside alcohol distributor Corby's liquor-filled King West office

Inside alcohol distributor Corby’s liquor-filled King West office

This Theatre District office is packed with enough bottles to fuel more than a few Drake mansion parties

Ten of the coolest ways to bring the cottage home this summer

Ten of the coolest ways to bring the cottage home this summer

Ten ways to invoke Kawarthan charm at an urban address

The coolest unofficial Blue Jays gear

The coolest unofficial Blue Jays gear

Way-cool swag to show hometown pride

Street Style: Pride Month kick-off party at the AGO

Street Style: Pride Month kick-off party at the AGO

Featuring Christmas pajamas and Memoirs of a Geisha—inspired kimonos

Inside SapientNitro's futuristic office in the QRC West building

Inside SapientNitro’s futuristic office in the QRC West building

The three-floor space is full of interactive art, artificial intelligence, and lots of video games

I went to a "cosmetic chiropractor" who promised to make me more beautiful, and here's what happened

I went to a “cosmetic chiropractor” who promised to make me more beautiful, and here’s what happened

What it's like to get a spinal adjustment that purportedly makes you more beautiful

Inside Facebook Canada's colourful, art-filled office

Inside Facebook Canada’s colourful, art-filled office

With catered meals, an NHL-approved penalty box and plenty of Instagrammable photo ops

Street Style: Beyoncé fans at the Rogers Centre

Street Style: Beyoncé fans at the Rogers Centre

Beyoncé's biggest fans embroidered hats, printed tees and glued lemons to their jackets for the singer's Toronto show

Street Style: Friday Night Live at the ROM

Street Style: Friday Night Live at the ROM

Hundreds of sartorially minded partiers gathered at the ROM for a fashion-focused edition of Friday Night Live

What Justin Bieber fans bought at his Purpose pop-up shop

What Justin Bieber fans bought at his Purpose pop-up shop

Fans lined up on Queen Street as early as 7 a.m. to buy Bieber-branded merch

How Leilanni makes stylish and seriously saucy swimwear from scratch

How Leilanni makes stylish and seriously saucy swimwear from scratch

The designer's suits and separates feature cheeky artist prints

How Guild makes celebrity-inspired bespoke eyeglasses worthy of Elton John

How Guild makes celebrity-inspired bespoke eyeglasses worthy of Elton John

It's the city’s funkiest celebrity-inspired eyewear brand

How designer Megan Campagnolo turns food, emojis and Leonardo DiCaprio's face into bratty lapel pins

How designer Megan Campagnolo turns food, emojis and Leonardo DiCaprio’s face into bratty lapel pins

Designs also include a pack of Rizzo-worthy pink cigarettes and a bottle of Chanel No. 5

How Uppdoo makes luxury leather bags (that won't break the bank)

How Uppdoo makes luxury leather bags (that won’t break the bank)

Ricky Shi makes modern, timeless satchels and purses by hand

How Coup de Tête uses fire and steam to craft cool retro hats

How Coup de Tête uses fire and steam to craft cool retro hats

Jay Mitchell got hooked on millinery after taking a job at the old-timey Queen West hat shop Goorin Brothers

How Joti Gill makes gem-studded gold and silver jewellery as bold as it is delicate

How Joti Gill makes gem-studded gold and silver jewellery as bold as it is delicate

Gill sketches her designs on the exposed brick wall of her Roncesvalles studio

How The Common-Folk makes warm weather–ready menswear from small-batch Japanese denim

How The Common-Folk makes warm weather–ready menswear from small-batch Japanese denim

The brand’s spring collection marks their first venture into apparel

Warby Parker is opening a Toronto store this summer

Warby Parker is opening a Toronto store this summer

It's setting up shop at Queen and Euclid

Seven local designers making gorgeous goods in Toronto

Seven local designers making gorgeous goods in Toronto

This season's must-have goods are made right here at home

Inside Travelzoo's sky-high office, with stellar city views and an indoor "park"

Inside Travelzoo’s sky-high office, with stellar city views and an indoor “park”

In a corporate tower, the space is designed to be a breath of fresh air

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