A Lake In Trinity Bellwoods Park?

Little Portugal, Queen West
After that record-breaking rainfall a few weeks back, Mackenzie Keast, an urban designer and member of Toronto based collective Distl, saw the deluge of flooding across our green spaces as the inspiration to illustrate how brilliant a lake might look in the middle of west end Trinity Bellwoods Park, one…
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Churchill In Little Portugal On Dundas West

Little Portugal
  We love Churchill, the charming bar located at 1212 Dundas West located next to the Beer Store on the corner of Lakeview Avenue just west of Ossington. Sun-drenched with a darling patio set under a canopy of mature trees, this corner spot has that comforting patina that comes with…
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How Safe Is Your Neighbourhood?

Annex / South Annex / Seaton Village, College Street / Little Italy, Leslieville/Riverside, Little Portugal, Queen West, Riverdale / Playter Estates, Roncesvalles Village, St. Lawrence Market, The Danforth, Wallace/Emerson & Brockton Village
That today is Halloween makes this post rather gruesome and haunting. After all, what’s more scary than the dark side of reality? CBC Toronto recently compiled police data spanning the last seven years to create a comprehensive map of crime occurrences and drug charges in each of Toronto’s 140 neighbourhoods.…
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Termites For Our Anniversary

College Street / Little Italy, Dufferin Grove / Bloorcourt Village, King West / Niagara / Liberty Village, Leslieville/Riverside, Little Portugal, Queen West, Riverdale / Playter Estates, Roncesvalles Village, St. Lawrence Market, The Danforth, Wallace/Emerson & Brockton Village
Recently I was both charmed and horrified when a pair of my fab newlywed buyers gave me a gift as a ‘One year Anniversary’. As I accepted their delicious sweets and treats (Hello Wine!), they saw a look of confusion pass across my face. I couldn’t compute how they had only recently got married…
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Pizzeria Libretto On Ossington

Little Portugal
My pal Todd and I decided to grab some lunch for a quick yaketty-yak catch-up and, when I asked him where he would like to go he replied with the very suggestion that was on the tip of my tongue….Pizzeria Libretto on Ossington! In perfect unison we admitted we felt…
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Union Restaurant And The Ossington

Little Portugal
Over the past few years Ossington Avenue, once the heart of ‘Little Portugal’ running north of Queen Street West just beyond Dundas West, has transitioned from the scary turf of feuding Vietnamese gangs into a fashionable feast of music, fashion, food and drink. In fact, it’s blossomed into a such a popular mecca of fun the…
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