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Jean Grant

Jean Grant has been a freelance writer since 2015, covering a range of lifestyle topics like shopping, interiors, wellness and culture for publications like Maclean’s and Toronto Life. She also enjoys working with brands to develop custom content, and shares personal essays through her Substack newsletter, Nobody is Thinking About You.

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What Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman loves about midtown

What Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman loves about midtown

Including cookies and cream gelato, a bougie butcher’s, manicured garden trails, and a high-end grocer in a historic Canada Post building

Neighbourhood Crawl: What multimedia artist Sook-Yin Lee loves about Kensington Market

Neighbourhood Crawl: What multimedia artist Sook-Yin Lee loves about Kensington Market

Including vintage finds, quality leather, local butter and more

Neighbourhood Crawl: What comedian Jasmeet Raina loves about Bloordale

Neighbourhood Crawl: What comedian Jasmeet Raina loves about Bloordale

Including vegan ice cream, Mexican imports, fresh juices and kimchi chopped cheese sandwiches

Neighbourhood Crawl: What National Ballet principal dancer Guillaume Côté loves about Leslieville

Neighbourhood Crawl: What National Ballet principal dancer Guillaume Côté loves about Leslieville

Including a welcoming espresso bar, a historic concert venue and a superior local alternative to Costco

What costume designer Mara Zigler is coveting in home decor

What costume designer Mara Zigler is coveting in home decor

A sardine throw pillow, a strawberry pincushion, whimsical pottery and more

What sculptor and photographer Briony Douglas is coveting in home decor

What sculptor and photographer Briony Douglas is coveting in home decor

A brutalist cement espresso machine, scenic landscape wallpaper, an art deco marble coffee table and more

What MOCA's new artistic director, Rui Mateus Amaral, is coveting in home decor

What MOCA’s new artistic director, Rui Mateus Amaral, is coveting in home decor

Portuguese pottery, a pillowy seventies sofa, the perfect vase for a single branch, and more

What designer turned boutique owner Kaelen Haworth is coveting in home decor

What designer turned boutique owner Kaelen Haworth is coveting in home decor

A leather-bound landline phone, a skateboarding-inspired wood sconce, a mouth-blown Italian glass vase and more

Ten outdoor chairs for stylish summer lounging

Ten outdoor chairs for stylish summer lounging

Including a luxurious bouclé chaise, a mid-century modern throne and a design-forward Roly Poly armchair

What lawyer turned stylist Irene Kim is coveting in home decor

What lawyer turned stylist Irene Kim is coveting in home decor

Including mouth-blown wine glasses, a 1960s Adrian Pearsall chaise and a bowl turned from a 200-year-old sycamore

What Denesuliné artist and fashion designer Sage Paul is coveting in home decor

What Denesuliné artist and fashion designer Sage Paul is coveting in home decor

A tapestry of Inuit life, scented candles from a Métis-founded brand, an onyx lampshade and more

What pop artist Maria Qamar, a.k.a. Hatecopy, is coveting in home decor

What pop artist Maria Qamar, a.k.a. Hatecopy, is coveting in home decor

Pottery moulded by nature, a metallic silver sofa, a porcelain PC and more

What Top Chef Canada host Eden Grinshpan is coveting in home decor

What Top Chef Canada host Eden Grinshpan is coveting in home decor

Featuring stylish spice mills, a ’70s-inspired sofa and a sexy walnut-stained nightstand

What Ellie Mae Waters, the Taylor Swift–approved Toronto designer, is coveting in home decor

What Ellie Mae Waters, the Taylor Swift–approved Toronto designer, is coveting in home decor

Including a chic brass book holder, LA-inspired art and a pastel backgammon set

What Kenneth Montague, the city’s most stylish art lover, is coveting in home decor

What Kenneth Montague, the city’s most stylish art lover, is coveting in home decor

Including an artisanal broom, a vintage tape deck and an expertly curated selection of works by Black Canadian artists

What Salah Bachir, the city's most stylish philanthropist, is coveting in home decor

What Salah Bachir, the city’s most stylish philanthropist, is coveting in home decor

Including a goth all-black chandelier, a designer modular sofa and a huge geometric piece by Lebanese sculptor Anachar Basbous

What Joe Mimran, the city's most style-savvy entrepreneur, is coveting in home decor

What Joe Mimran, the city’s most style-savvy entrepreneur, is coveting in home decor

Including a sculptural chair made from a reclaimed fallen tree, a bluer-than-blue Yves Klein and a massive bronze gorilla

Real Weddings: Inside a Met Gala–themed rococo extravaganza

Real Weddings: Inside a Met Gala–themed rococo extravaganza

Featuring a runway entrance, winged ballerinas and a first dance performed by stunt doubles

Real Weddings: Inside a gothic ceremony at a pumpkin farm

Real Weddings: Inside a gothic ceremony at a pumpkin farm

They made custom leather plague doctor masks for the ceremony

Here are 10 last-minute local gifts you can still grab via curbside pickup

Here are 10 last-minute local gifts you can still grab via curbside pickup

Because no one will blame you if you weren't as organized this year

I tried it: How Philips’ Sonicare DiamondClean smart toothbrush blasted me out of my oral health rut

I tried it: How Philips’ Sonicare DiamondClean smart toothbrush blasted me out of my oral health rut

Here’s an embarrassing confession: I have become incredibly lazy about my oral health over the past few years. After my previous...

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My kids’ schooling was in flux, so I took them on a three-week educational road trip

My kids’ schooling was in flux, so I took them on a three-week educational road trip

They camped at national parks and stopped at the Terry Fox Monument

Fourteen sophisticated board games for a homebound winter

Fourteen sophisticated board games for a homebound winter

Including a trio of chess boards Beth Harmon would swoon over

The coziest, glitziest and cutest face masks for every person in your life

The coziest, glitziest and cutest face masks for every person in your life

Save the socks for 2021

Summer Camp Guide

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Summer Camp Directory 2026

Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages

Best New Restaurants

Toronto Life ’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

Toronto Life’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8

General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks

Big Stories

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026

This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team

After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with SNL rookie Veronika Slowikowska

Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of Saturday Night Live in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer

The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?

We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press

My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin

Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?

Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?

Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI

It’s hard out here for a 20-something

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market

Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI

Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world

Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband

When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone

The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes

If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”

Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian

Young and Retired: Meet the super-savers quitting work decades before the average Canadian

In the age of doomspending, these ultra-driven Torontonians give up their weekends, work multiple jobs and never, ever eat out. The upside: they’ll retire long before the rest of us

Just Listed

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

For Sale: 171 Durant Ave

This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

For Sale: 50 First Avenue

A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive

A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

For Sale: 75 Queen Street

Guelph is having a moment

For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

For Sale: 112 Mildenhall Rd

A rare opportunity to own a custom-built masterpiece in the heart of Lawrence Park beautifully designed by Gray Smith and Arca Design for the most discerning buyer