I was eleven years old when my parents loaded me, my grandmother and aunt into our ‘65 Buick and drove downtown from Toronto’s west end...

An impromptu search for the perfect dress to wear to my book launch turned out to be an advertisement for Toronto as the best “livable”...

This year’s 100th anniversary celebration for the Town of Leaside (actually, no longer a town but part of the City of Toronto) is a reminder...

I still get goose bumps entering the building, my heart races when I hear music escaping from the walls as if it’s my turn again...

At first, it felt like a lazy, early June Saturday morning but then I hear the clatter of card tables and voices. No sleeping in...

Historic buildings in Toronto have a much better chance at survival these days than, say, the 1960’s, when we lost many of our beautiful buildings...

Toronto is a music town. As Canadian talent continues to reach new levels of popularity world-wide,  Toronto should be proud of the place it continues...

You may have had the experience of hosting overseas visitors and when proudly introducing them to Toronto get asked, “How far is it to Niagara...

This Sunday was an alumnae gathering of university friends—“High Tea” offered each week at the King Edward (Meridian) Hotel on King Street.
The King Edward...

Blog advisors say write about what you know—so as a true, born and lived-in-Toronto-all-my-life city dweller—each week I’ll feature a Toronto place, event or experience....