In today’s edition of This City: the first instalment in our new series about the steamy and surprising world of Toronto dating. Plus, a real estate fraudster with a killer charm offensive, a Q&A with beloved children’s musicians Sharon and Bram, and more. Visit torontolife.com for all our coverage on the city. |
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In this new series, we’re sharing stories about the steamy, surprising and frequently absurd world of Toronto dating. In this edition: Luke, a 43-year-old advertising professional, was looking for love. Instead, he got a crash course in public fornication. Read the full raunchy account here. |
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| | From a young age, Courtney Wallis Simpson had big plans, and she was ruthlessly ambitious when it came to achieving them. To finance her lifestyle, she hatched a series of property schemes that would cost her victims—more than 100 of them—millions. Read the complete story here. |
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| | Meet Happi Builds, the innovators bringing climate-friendly housing to your backyard |
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What to read, watch and listen to in June |
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| | In 1915, 19-year-old New York heiress Eugenia Kelly had an affair with a tango dancer, leading her outraged mother, Helen, to have her thrown in jail. Their stormy court battle made headlines a century ago. Now, it comes to the stage in Kelly v. Kelly, a new musical by Dora Award–winning composer Britta Johnson (Life After) and playwright-actor Sara Farb (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child). May 26 to June 18, Berkeley Street Theatre |
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| | How to take financial control of your living situation |
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| | TL Insiders are invited to join Curryish Tavern, one of this year’s Toronto Life Best New Restaurants, for an interactive cooking demo on Monday, June 5. Chef Miheer Shete will prepare family recipes, provide a lesson on how to use spices and share tips to create simple Indian dishes. After the demo, participants will enjoy a delicious homestyle Indian meal. Get tickets here. |
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| | After two years of takeout and home cooking, Toronto diners are keen to splurge on caviar, seafood towers and prime cuts of beef. And this is all happening at a time when chicken breasts are going for $23 a kilogram and we’re price-matching at supermarkets like it’s a bloodsport. The message, in short, is that if people choose to dine out, they’re going big. In our June issue, 20 restaurants where we’re more than happy to put our money where our mouths are. Still not receiving Toronto Life at home? Subscribe today. |
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