Cynthia Cheng

Last week, the charity denim sale was held at the University of Toronto.  The event, hosted by Sororities at U of T, featured premium brands such as Seven for All Mankind, Joe’s Jeans and Paige Premium Denim, all selling for 50% off the regular price.  In total, 48 pairs of jeans and 28 tops [...]

Cynthia Cheng, with information from Aynsley Deluce
On November 14, 2008, the St. Michael’s Young Leaders’ team, an organization of young Toronto professionals, hosted its inaugural event, The Giver.  Held at one of Toronto’s hottest mid-town venues, the Rosehill Lounge, the event was to raise funds to build the Graduate Study Room at the Li Ka [...]

Queen’s University’s recent cancellation of Homecoming Weekend for the next couple of years shows that in many cases, today’s young people are wilder than the twenty-somethings have ever been - the cancellation was due to the wild after-parties held just off campus.  While the crazy homecoming incidents are predominantly the fault of outsiders, people who [...]

Throughout the first part of the twentieth century, drug stores in North American were generally small pharmacies that sold health-related products, and, if lucky, had a lunch counter or soda fountain.  In many towns and cities, these lunch counters/soda fountains have long gone, and what remained are a bunch of standard stores.  Quite boring, no?
This is [...]

While there was no indication of people camping out to ensure that they’d get the best pieces of this year’s H&M guest designer, Rei Kawakubo’s Comme des Garçons (CDG), there were certainly plenty of people waiting in line an hour prior to the opening of the store.  It wasn’t as crazy as I thought it would [...]

TU Dawood

Wine aficionados, young professionals, urbanites and socialites gathered at Yorkville Thursday night for Flourish, a fundraising wine-tasting reception with gourmet hors d’oeuvres, all set to a contemporary jazz background.
The welcoming ambiance of Manyata Courtyard in the lower atrium of Hazelton Lanes provided the perfect ambiance for guests to sample delectable treats, mingle and easily [...]

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Alfred Sung
“Fabulous” was the theme for this season’s L’Oreal Toronto Fashion Week and the festivities certainly opened on that note with a spectacular Alfred Sung Grace Kelly-inspired bridal collection.   This was the first time the legendary designer presented at Toronto Fashion Week and he’s still at the top of his [...]

TU Dawood
The Third Annual Chocolate Ball was held on October 17, 2008 in support of prostate and breast cancer initiatives for the Princess Margaret Hospital, Credit Valley Hospital (Mississauga) and The Prostate Cancer Foundation.
A night of elegance and glamour, the theme was old Hollywood.  Under the direction of event producer Joey Cee, the beautiful setting [...]

Sonia Minasian
Upon stepping into the urban oasis that is Chakra, one of Yonge and Eglinton’s premier Indian restaurants, one immediately feels a sense of calm. The elegant gold and ruby toned décor is striking and the aroma of fresh, spicy fare being prepared in the open concept kitchen - interestingly nestled in the dining room [...]