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 [...]

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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 [...]

Cynthia Cheng

ONE Restaurant is located at the Hazelton Hotel at 116 Yorkville Avenue in Toronto.  This is a unique restaurant.  It serves family style, rather than individual portions, meaning that the food is meant to be shared.  This is generally something that isn’t seen outside of the home or Chinese restaurants. In addition, ONE offers [...]

Cynthia Cheng
The Four Seasons Private Residences had its groundbreaking ceremony in great fanfare on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 in Yorkville. In attendance at the event were City Councillor, Kyle Rae, local Member of Provincial Parliament, George Smitherman, the Honourable Jim Watson, Minister of Municipal Affairs for Ontario and Isador Sharp, founder, CEO and [...]

The Prince Arthur location of The Host Fine Indian Cuisine is one of this year’s Summerlicious participants. In addition to the downtown location, The Host also has restaurants in Richmond Hill and Mississauga. Recently, I had the chance to have dinner at its Richmond Hill location, where I sampled several dishes which will be featured [...]

Cynthia Cheng

Juliana Corona-Mclean’s fashion line, Benedicto made its runway debut on Saturday, May 24, 2008 at the Proof Bar and Sky Lounge. The event, which featured clothing for women, men as well as girls’ was very well attended. It was great to see a change from fashion shows seen at Fashion Weeks around [...]

Cynthia Cheng
The predominantly organic True Restaurant opened at 69 Yorkville last week (former home of the Sequel Lounge). With a menu of mostly locally-grown foods, True is also very true to modern, twenty-first century tastes, with its decor being very minimalist. The furniture is mostly white (swivel chairs inside, regular white chairs on the [...]