Holiday Gift Guide: Home For The Holidays
We once had a boyfriend who sent his sister an Alien doll for Christmas – with a note that read “Thinking of you.” It didn’t go over well. There was another friend we knew who received the signature red-and-gold Cartier watch box for…
Toronto’s Tasty Temptations
You’ve just got to love a city that erects a bronze statue of a local gay magistrate accused of too closely examining the nether regions of three male suspects. On a bronze frieze, at the base of the Alexander Wood statue on the corner of Church and…
Holiday Gift Guide: Kitchen & Comestibles
Whoa, it’s the holiday season again. That most wonderful time of year when we head home for Yuletide cheer to witness: drama at the dinner table, breakdown in the bedroom, and mayhem at the mall. And this year promises to be even more exciting, thanks to…
Mengrai: Toronto, Canada
Arguably, and often-accepted as, the best Thai restaurant in Toronto, Mengrai also proves to be one of the more convivial dining experiences in a city well-known for unassuming style, thanks in no small part to the charms of owner Allan Lim. Toronto’s…
Fragrances More Intoxicating Than Wine
As with wine, fragrance is about pleasure: the pleasure of intoxicating aromas that fill your nose and open your memory. The intent is to make you feel good. And the more you drink wine, and the more you talk about it, the more you learn: about what you…
Manhattan’s Art Deco Masterpiece: The Essex House
We once knew a very fashionable New York couple, a terribly chic pair of interior designers who, though they lived in a posh midtown apartment, would, periodically, check into a grand New York hotel for a celebratory weekend. For it is true that one of…
Montreal’s Big French Kiss to the Gays
For those of us living in large American cities where winning is paramount and money the raison d’être (and the scream of sirens ongoing…), there is a great deal of comfort to be found in a city where civility is celebrated. Few cities in North…
Opus Hotel: Montreal, Canada
Partially housed in an historic 1914 Art Nouveau building (the first poured concrete edifice in North America), the Opus Hotel Montreal’s other half features a completely contemporary concrete addition designed by Dan Hanganu and award-winning interior…