How rude is it if a guy tells a woman he doesn’t know about his relationship issues? For example, three guys, whom we’ll call Mike, Dave and Ben, are deep in conversation at a bar. They’re talking about Ben’s intention of sleeping with a girl he’s seeing. OK. But Mike and [...]

Cynthia Cheng
Sequel Restaurant and Catering, located on Yonge, a few blocks north of Lawrence opened in 2004. The restaurant, owned by Lisa and Eric, recently “went green” by teaming up with Local Food Plus (LFP), a non-profit organization that promotes environmentally and socially responsible food production. Around the same time, they also switched from regular [...]

The Society Toronto once again put on an amazing event last week. Elaine Lui of Laney Gossip flew all the way to Toronto from Vancouver to dish dirt on celebrities with over 100 guests! Along with its celebrity theme was the hilarious group of “fans” that greeted guest when they arrived at the [...]

Petite Fashionista Presents, hosted by Christa Jean of Petite Fashionista, occurred on June 22, 2008. From the fashion show, to the vendors, to the speakers and the celebrity auction, everyone had a great time. The first hour was mostly shopping, and I bought a Fernanda Carneiro dress fairly quickly. This same dress was featured [...]

Kyle Bernstein
Many articles in professional magazines state that a large number of very successful women who own or run Fortune 500 companies don’t do any networking. Lots of CEOs of corporations have never gone to college, don’t read up on the industry, have no idea what the competition is up to and feel very secure [...]

I heard a very interesting piece of news yesterday.  A 12-year-old girl successfully sues her father for grouding her.  Why was she grounded?  She was chatting on blocked sites and posting “inappropriate pictures” from a friend’s computer.  Dad decides that his daughter cannot go on a three day school trip.   A fair and reasonable punishment, right?  WRONG!  At least [...]

Cynthia Cheng
After studying fashion design at the International Academy of Design, Juliana Corona-Mclean spent some time working as a manager in an alterations shop. However, she wanted to venture out, to try new things. Eventually, she began to make her own clothes. This later expanded to what is now Benedicto. Named [...]

Inspired by vintage looks, Catherine Bui launched Megumi Moon in 2006. The name was later changed to Lovelina, a made-up derivative of the word “lovely,” as lovely is how a woman should feel when she wear’s Catherine’s clothes. Not only does Lovelina have a vintage look, but Catherine tends to use vintage fabrics [...]

Cynthia Cheng
Note: I don’t normally post more than one “Cynthia’s Thoughts” article per week.
Canada’s Industry Minister, Jim Prentice and Heritage Minister, Josee Verner introduced Bill C-61, an updated version of the Copyright Act. The Bill does sound attractive if you look at it: private downloading fines have been reduced from $20,000 to $500. This means [...]