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A look inside the fabulous 519 Gala at the Ritz-Carlton
In attendance—and looking divine—were John Irving, Nelly Furtado, Audra McDonald, Margaret Atwood and many more
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Inside
Real Housewives
star Roxy Earle’s birthday party at One King West
A fancy birthday get-together turned into a partial RHOT cast reunion
City News
Toronto’s best bashes of 2015
The most fun we had all year—a ranking
Culture
Toronto’s seven most important parties: an invitation is proof that you’ve arrived
Anyone can throw a party, but throwing a party of the year requires a precise combination of food, luxury, and notable guests. In...
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Shopping
What to Wear to Christmas Parties: tuxedo blazers, skater skirts and more top trends for the holiday season
The holiday season brings with it a certain set of headaches: wacky relatives coming to stay, panicked shopping trips, and the...
City News
Q&A: Saadi Gadhafi’s bodyguard on his boss’s legendary parties, fast-food habit and escape from Libya
What’s it like to be Saadi Gadhafi’s hired gun? Gary Peters, trusted protector of Libya’s playboy prince, lived to tell...
Style
Great Spaces: a Yorkville condo becomes the ultimate party pad
Leerom Segal’s Yorkville penthouse exists, almost exclusively, for parties. Segal, the 33-year-old president and CEO of the...
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City News
Dear Urban Diplomat: Am I obligated to provide a gluten-free option at my kid’s birthday party?
Dear Urban Diplomat, Last week we sent out e-vites for our son’s 10th birthday. The RSVPs started coming back, and in two...
City News
Sex Without Borders: the complicated couplings of Toronto’s pleasure-seeking polyamorists
Stephane and Samantha’s open marriage includes shared girlfriends, bacchanalian house parties and always asking permission...
Shopping
The Find: festive party clothes to wear to holiday bashes
December is usually a swirling mess of office parties, open houses, cocktails with friends and family dinners. While we can’t...
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City News
THE SCENE: Elton John, supermodels and sparkly eveningwear at the 25th Fashion Cares gala
With performances by the likes of the Scissor Sisters, Janelle Monae and Elton John, the 25th Fashion Cares gala was one of last...
Culture
QUOTED: the one thing you should never ask a publicist on TIFF duty
— Arts and Communications senior vice president Charlene Lo with a little real talk for those trying to get into parties...
Culture
TIFF 2012 Insider’s Guide: top 10 places to eat
Amid the cocktail swilling and celebrity gawking, eating can be an afterthought during TIFF. Good news: there are plenty of...
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City News
Party Pages: Toronto’s high society attends a Flo Rida concert
Last night at the Liberty Grand, Flo Rida and Mia Martina performed at a truly bumping party for the Bay Street Grand Prix, a...
Culture
The first official TIFF party location has been announced
By now, most people are aware that Soho House is opening its Toronto digs in time for TIFF this year, but there has been no...
City News
Party Pages: Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Jorn Weisbrodt and more at Sunday night’s hottest Luminato after-party
On Sunday night, after Rufus Wainwright sang his heart out to a massive crowd at David Pecaut Square for Luminato, the Shore Club...
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43 cuddly and cute pups from this weekend’s Doggy High Tea at the King Edward Hotel
Yesterday afternoon at the King Edward Hotel, Woofstock launched with a Doggy High Tea celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee...
Style
Like Revenge? One of the Graysons is hosting a party at Joe Fresh next week
Season one of Revenge is coming to a close, and as sad as that is, Joe Fresh wants to keep the Revenge fire burning by throwing a...
Style
Should Casa Loma open a retro supper club and dance hall?
Casa Loma needs $20 million for external repairs, and because the castle only nets about $1 million a year from entry fees and...
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More than 1800 arts patrons packed the Art Gallery of Ontario for this year’s Massive Party
Last Thursday, 1800 people packed into the Art Gallery of Ontario for one of the biggest galas of the year: the AGO’s Massive...
Real Estate News
Condomonium: $600,000 for a two-level condo where you can party like a rockstar all night long
ADDRESS: 1173 Dundas Street East, Unit 232 NEIGHBOURHOOD: South Riverdale AGENT: Evan Sage , Sage Real Estate Limited PRICE:...
City News
Toronto’s well heeled celebrated The Obamas author Jodi Kantor at Victoria Webster’s Rosedale home
Fabulous Rosedale homes are meant for more than just real estate porn and housing Toronto’s aristocracy—they also provide a...
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Dear Urban Diplomat: is arriving late to parties just part of Toronto culture?
Dear Urban Diplomat, I moved to Toronto from Tokyo about a year ago. Maybe it’s just a difference in cultures, but no one shows...
Culture
Literary elite gather in honour of Canadian authors for the 26th annual Writers’ Trust Gala
Forty-three of Canada’s most distinguished authors were invited to share an evening with over 400 guests last night, raising...
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Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
Deep Dives
The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
Deep Dives
The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
Deep Dives
Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
Deep Dives
Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
The
Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
Deep Dives
Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
Deep Dives
Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
Deep Dives
The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
Deep Dives
Almost
Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
Deep Dives
“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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Food & Drink
“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
Food & Drink
These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions
Food & Drink
“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business