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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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Pop-Up Pick: collect chic, fresh-cut flower arrangements from Anthropologie on Valentine's Day

Pop-Up Pick: collect chic, fresh-cut flower arrangements from Anthropologie on Valentine’s Day

In addition to selling pretty party dresses and quaint housewares, Anthropologie' s new Queen West location is also consistently...

Valentine's Day Gift Guide: 28 great ideas for every kind of relationship

Valentine’s Day Gift Guide: 28 great ideas for every kind of relationship

Choosing the right Valentine's Day gift can be a delicate business. Most long-term beaus expect more than just a funny card, but a...

Target shoppers tell us about their liquidation “deals” and why they think the American big box flopped

Target shoppers tell us about their liquidation “deals” and why they think the American big box flopped

When the news hit that Target would be closing up shop north of the border , there was one teeny tiny silver lining: liquidation...

You can now get a Gwyneth Paltrow–approved blowout in Topshop

You can now get a Gwyneth Paltrow–approved blowout in Topshop

Blo , the popular, Gwyneth Paltrow– backed blow-dry bar, is permanently setting up its signature hot-pink shops in a few Topshop...

The Find: a kaleidoscopic collection of Danish-designed dining chairs

The Find: a kaleidoscopic collection of Danish-designed dining chairs

Carl Hansen and Son's Wishbone chair, named after its delicate Y-shaped backrest, has been beloved by furniture buffs and design...

There's a new boutique stocked with Paige Denim at Avenue and Wilson

There’s a new boutique stocked with Paige Denim at Avenue and Wilson

The stretch of Avenue Road just south of Wilson has always been something of a retail dead zone—at least for style-conscious...

Trendy athleisure wear arrives on Roncesvalles

Trendy athleisure wear arrives on Roncesvalles

Ardith opened a few weeks ago on Roncesvalles, giving west-end health goths , normcore addicts and neighbourhood moms a new...

The Find: beautifully patterned yoga mats for a zen-filled practice

The Find: beautifully patterned yoga mats for a zen-filled practice

To achieve ultimate zen this year, Toronto yogis should consider trading their worn-out rubber pads for something a bit more...

Uniqlo's coming to Toronto

Uniqlo’s coming to Toronto

Japanese brand Uniqlo is officially setting up shop in Toronto. Rumours have been flying for the past few years (remember when it...

Retro kitchens, hippie chic and other big trends at this year's Interior Design Show

Retro kitchens, hippie chic and other big trends at this year’s Interior Design Show

Toronto's Interior Design Show, which kicked off Thursday at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, is a great place to gawk at cool...

Pop-Up Pick: shop cool products from local talents at the Toronto Design Offsite Festival's temporary shop

Pop-Up Pick: shop cool products from local talents at the Toronto Design Offsite Festival’s temporary shop

The Toronto Design Offsite Festival, the citywide celebration of Canadian design, includes tons of cool events, including this...

Store Guide: Anthropologie's new Queen West flagship, housed in a 19th-century church

Store Guide: Anthropologie’s new Queen West flagship, housed in a 19th-century church

Name: Anthropologie Sells: Women's wear, kid's wear, accessories and home furnishings Contact info: 761 Queen...

Target is closing all its Canadian stores

Target is closing all its Canadian stores

In a shocking but not altogether surprising move, Target announced this morning that it will be shutting down its entire Canadian...

How Lush hand-makes one of its (almost) edible soaps

How Lush hand-makes one of its (almost) edible soaps

With their fragrant concoctions of lotions, scrubs and bath bombs, it's easy to sniff out Lush’s shops from a block away. At...

Street Style: bundled-up out-of-towners and students show off their ice-skating style at Nathan Phillips Square

Street Style: bundled-up out-of-towners and students show off their ice-skating style at Nathan Phillips Square

Whether it's a bejewelled headband, leopard-print scarf or loud legwarmers, there's something about ice skating that gets people...

The Find: winter running essentials, for the motivated jogger

The Find: winter running essentials, for the motivated jogger

Jogging during a Toronto winter takes determination, but it also takes something else: proper gear. Fortunately, shelling out for...

Pop-Up Pick: score massive discounts on winter goods at the Drake General Store's warehouse sale

Pop-Up Pick: score massive discounts on winter goods at the Drake General Store’s warehouse sale

If, like us, you're someone who blitzed through all their Christmas shopping at the Drake General Store, racking up quite the bill...

Rosedale gets a new designer resale boutique from a former Holt's bigwig

Rosedale gets a new designer resale boutique from a former Holt’s bigwig

Christina McDowell has a ton of luxury retail experience: for more than a decade, she was a national image consultant and...

The 10 biggest Toronto store openings of 2014

The 10 biggest Toronto store openings of 2014

This year was a big one for Toronto's shopping scene. Major international players—like Japanese cult-favourite Muji and Say Yes...

The 20 best Toronto street style looks of 2014

The 20 best Toronto street style looks of 2014

Torontonians were a seriously stylish bunch in 2014. Sure, models and fashion bloggers flaunted tons of daring looks over the...

Drake's OVO store is here to stay on Dundas West

Drake’s OVO store is here to stay on Dundas West

Drake' s latest expression of Toronto pride is his much-hyped October's Very Own shop on Dundas West. The store is actually the...

Hazelton Lanes will become “Yorkville Village” as part of a major neighbourhood revamp

Hazelton Lanes will become “Yorkville Village” as part of a major neighbourhood revamp

News of First Capital Realty' s upcoming $100 million renovation of the Hazelton Lanes shopping centre in Yorkville surfaced last...

The Find: pretty hand-painted paddles from Norquay Company

The Find: pretty hand-painted paddles from Norquay Company

Natasha Wittke , founder of camping brand Norquay Company , designs beautiful paddles that would look equally at home in a rustic...

Modern furniture maker Stylegarage has an expansive new home on Ossington

Modern furniture maker Stylegarage has an expansive new home on Ossington

After almost 15 years at the corner of Queen and Shaw, mod furniture maker Stylegarage has moved to a significantly larger home on...

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