In today’s edition of This City: how a Casa Loma couple spends their combined income, the dashed transit plans of Toronto’s past four mayors, and the Urban Diplomat tackles a Drake-concert conundrum. Visit torontolife.com for all our coverage on the city. |
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Alyssa Giddings and her partner, Nicholas Posthumus, make a combined $120,000 a year. She’s a senior special events coordinator for a national human rights NGO, and he’s a musician and a high-rise window washer. Most of their income goes toward rent for their one-bedroom walk-up at Avenue and St. Clair (and, recently, toward the weddings of various friends). See how they spend and save the rest of their money. |
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| | You could win a $5,000 grocery gift card. Bonus! Get an exclusive Celebrate Summer in Canada guide from Chatelaine |
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| | Am I betraying my best friend by accepting a free Drake ticket? The answer to this concert-related conundrum and more in this month’s roundup of questions for our Urban Diplomat to solve. |
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What to read, watch and listen to in July |
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| | Set in an infernal industrial underworld, Hadestown may literally be the hottest show of the summer. The 2019 Tony Award winner for best musical is a blazingly imaginative retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. Anaïs Mitchell weds themes of exploitation, unionization and the perils of the climate crisis with an exuberant folk-jazz score. Until August 20, Royal Alexandra Theatre |
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| | Toronto used to have one of the best transit systems in North America. Now it’s crowded, unreliable, underfunded and dangerous. In our July issue, the inside story of what went wrong and who’s to blame. Also in this issue: Shania Twain’s Toronto years, essential stuff for the pampered pooch, the summer’s best street food, and more. Still not receiving Toronto Life at home? Subscribe today. |
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