You know when you eat a big spoonful of ice cream in summer and, despite the scorching heat of the season, you get a bad case of head freeze which leaves you in momentary agony? Well, right now I feel like I’m living the opposite of that. It’s arctic cold outside yet my head is burning Hot. Worse…

During wickedly cold weather snaps Torontonians pretty much remain entrenched indoors venturing out as little as possible. Sure we’ll dash to the grocer, the bank or run errands but the desire to take a leisurely stroll around, say, Kensington Market, diminishes somewhat when you’re walking with a wind chill of…

Diamond Sapphire Starbursts are my favourites! I write of the Fireworks variety (Click Musical Accompaniment HERE) And while I’ll never be your girlfriend, make mental note to self that if yours ever says “Diamond Sapphire Starbursts are my favourite!”, unless she’s obsessed with pyrotechnics like me she probably means this:     Which is what bride to…

Ok, so in my Spring 2011 Real Estate Forecast I predicted Toronto, and Canada, are poised to become the ‘to go’ global destination for stable real estate invesment. Here’s an article published in The Globe and Mail yesterday on the recent sale of Toronto’s most expensive property ($17,500,000) to, guess who? A European Investor! Is this…

On Saturday evening I trekked through a snow squall to meet friends at the Varsity Cinema to enjoy the film that is receiving a lot of Oscar buzz… “The King’s Speech”. I had been told this movie was charming, amusing, and engaging, but no one had mentioned the phenomenal set design. Set in mid 1930s…

One of Toronto’s most impressive cultural institutions is the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Located on the southeast corner of University Avenue and Queen Street West, this spectacular performance space is home to the National Ballet of Canada and the Canadian Opera Company. Completed in 2006, this 2071-seat…

Right now winter has its grip on Toronto. And its near-strangling us! The Arctic deep freeze has brought heaps of snow, salty roads, slushy sidewalks, and icicles hanging from every eavestrough like icy claws slashing at unsuspecting passers-by. Brrrr. On the streets our teeth chatter and our bodies shiver enroute to locations offering hot steaming caffeinated beverages which stave our Canadian desire to hibernate. To fight off the…

First, for your listening and viewing pleasure, here’s the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Spring 2011 show – can you tear yourself away from those models to read this?  For those of you who are wondering why I occasionally toss in some fashion here at the urbaneer.com blog, let it be…

One of the next dreams I’m going to manifest is a Green House, but I don’t mean a place to grow tomatoes. I mean a residence which has a heck of a lot more sustainability than the majority of urban architecture. Having spent almost two decades engaged in the design, redevelopment, and sales of adaptive reuse…

Three days ago I was up to my eye balls in stress while a barrage of boxes and furniture negotiated by three strapping movers crossed the threshold of my temporary vintage apartment in The Annex. As each mover passed I barked the room where each item was destined and, to…