In today’s edition of This City: how two Ontario sisters turned a $1.4-million manor home into a bed and breakfast. Plus, a 28-year-old medical aesthetician who sends 10-point questionnaires to men on dating apps, the early days of Mandarin restaurant, and more. Visit torontolife.com for all our city coverage. |
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Sisters Kristen and Kathryn Groom sold their two-unit bungalow in Fonthill, Ontario, to buy a $1.4-million Tudor Revival–style manor home in Welland. They spent two months and $60,000 turning the house into a functional bed and breakfast. Here’s how they pulled it off. |
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| | Becca, a 28-year-old medical aesthetician and makeup artist, needed an efficient way to cull the herd on dating apps. So she created a 10-point questionnaire to send to potential suitors. “I decided that failing to provide full-sentence answers would be a deal breaker—even if the guy was really hot.” Her story, here. |
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| | Since the late ’80s, Mandarin’s all-you-can-eat Chinese-Canadian buffet has been a go-to for family feasts, birthday parties and celebrations—but, when it opened in Brampton in 1979, it actually offered an à la carte menu. Here, co-founder James Chiu tells us about the early days. |
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What to read, watch and listen to this month |
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| | Montreal-born singer-songwriter Sam Roberts and his band are back on tour, this time for their eighth full-length album, The Adventures of Ben Blank. Released last October, the new LP tries on a Sgt. Pepper–style concept, featuring a mysterious fictional character, Blank, as the album’s narrator. February 9, History |
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