Year in Review: what you cared about in 2013 (or, the 50 most-read stories of the year)

Meet the woman who’s dating her way into meals at top Toronto restaurants 6. The Binge List: top 20 Toronto sandwiches 7. The Best Places to Live in the City: a (mostly) scientific ranking of all 140 neighbourhoods in Toronto 8. The Woman Behind the Mayor: who is Renata Ford? 9. Slideshow: 18 photos of the $17-million Vaughan palace that real estate watchers can’t stop talking about 10. The top seven Rob Ford jokes on American talk shows, from Jon Stewart to Howard Stern to Jay Leno 11. Condo of the Week: $1.75 million for an Annex loft with a private rooftop patio 12. Great Offices: Google’s envy-inducing home base at Bay and Richmond 13. Wedding Guide: 34 of Toronto’s best wedding venues 14. House of the Week: $3.6 million for a live-work building in the Fashion District 15. A massive new outlet mall west of Toronto will have the first ever Hudson’s Bay outlet store 16. Winterlicious 2013: Toronto Life’s 61 best bets 17. 10 most romantic Toronto restaurants—good for everything from popping the question to illicit affairs 18. Condo of the Week: $730,000 for a one-bedroom suite in a Georgian mansion in Casa Loma 19. House of the Week: $4.45 million for a swank townhome in a converted Victorian church 20. Get Outside: the 10 best new Toronto patios 21. The 50 Most Influential People in Toronto: who really runs this city? 22. VIDEOS: last night’s best Rob Ford jokes from Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brian and more 23. The shocking new Rob Ford video, in which he says “I need f—ing 10 minutes to make sure he’s dead” 24. An inside look at Coca-Cola’s brand new King Street East headquarters 25. Toronto Christmas Gift Ideas 2013: our guide to the perfect gifts for mom, dad, kids and everyone else 26. House of the Week: $2.9 million for a classy family home in The Beach 27. Eaton Centre Casanovas: so-called “pickup artists” are hitting the mall en masse to try and seduce women 28. VIDEOS: late-night talk shows from November 14 get in their digs at Rob Ford’s sexy talk—from Jon Stewart to Stephen Colbert to Conan O’Brian 29. Toronto’s Best Dressed 2013: our annual list of the city’s most stylish people 30. Condo Showdown: five industrial lofts for less than $1 million 31. The Parlour Game: a behind-the-scenes tour of Toronto’s thriving rub ’n’ tug industry 32. Street Style: west enders step out on spring’s first warm day 33. Condo of the Week: $970,000 for a three-bedroom in a stone church in Roncesvalles 34. Reasons to Love Toronto 2013: our fifth annual mash note to the city 35. Wedding Guide: the top 12 wedding trends for 2013 36. The 10 most unbelievable quotes from the past 36 hours of Rob Ford insanity, from Charlie Sheen to Kathleen Wynne 37. Condo of the Week: $2.4 million for an upgraded two-bedroom in the Museum House on Bloor Street 38. Nuit Blanche 2013 Guide: 15 must-see spectacles at Toronto’s eighth annual all-night art crawl 39. A new mixed-raced generation is transforming the city: will Toronto be the world’s first post-racial metropolis? 40. 10 best Toronto vintage stores 41. Late-Night Food: Toronto’s 15 Best Snack Bars Open After 11 p.m. 42. Introducing: El Catrin, the Distillery District’s new Mexican restaurant 43. If the Sriracha plant is forced to close, it may be time to start hoarding rooster sauce 44. Shocking new details surface about Rob Ford: booze, cocaine and “even a suspected prostitute” in the mayor’s office 45. Toronto Sex Poll: the titillating results of our peek into the city’s bedrooms 46. Teeming crowds and designer discounts at Toronto’s newest and biggest outlet mall 47. Sold: a five-bedroom home on a landscaped lot in Islington for $1.65 million 48. Love and War in the House of McCain: inside the divorce that exposed the famous family’s deepest secrets 49. A mesmerizing GIF that sums up one all-important way that the TTC trumps cars 50. Cheap Eats: 11 Toronto restaurants (and bars and food shops) where you can eat well for less

(Images: Rob Ford: Christopher Drost; Doug Ford: dougford.ca; Jon Stewart: Comedy Network/screengrab; sandwich: Christopher Stevenson; Sriracha: Sriracha/Facebook)