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The Informer

Gimme Shelter
May 25, 2011 | 2:18 pm

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House of the Week: $1.7 million for a green-minded home overlooking the Don Valley

ADDRESS: 118 Parkview Hills Crescent

NEIGHBOURHOOD: O’Connor-Parkview

AGENT: Raza Haider Naqi, Re/Max Vision Realty Inc., Brokerage.

PRICE: $1,749,000

THE PLACE: Designed by Toronto-based sustainable design firm Urbaneco, this open-concept home is the ultimate in eco-friendly modernism. Twelve-foot glass walls in the kitchen and living rooms retract to seamlessly integrate the interior living space with the professionally landscaped backyard, while the master bathroom overlooks the Don River ravine, creating the feeling of a pastoral oasis within the busy urban environment.

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The Hype

TIFF Talk
September 14, 2010 | 11:45 am

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The swag series: what Megan Fox and Mickey Rourke are receiving

(Image: JJ Thomson)

What it is: Bask-It-Style presented a media lounge in the Royal York’s Prime Minister’s suite to preview the swag it will be giving stars. Rather than make the celebs trudge all the way downtown (after all, that Avenue Road and Bloor construction makes travel a nightmare), Bask-It delivers pieces to the Hollywood bigwigs’ suites.

Who gets it: Such celebs as Megan Fox and Mickey Rourke have already been sent bags.

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The Informer

Gimme Shelter
May 3, 2010 | 10:16 am

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House of the week: a $12.8-million customizable Yorkville penthouse

Sky’s the Limit

ADDRESS: Penthouse, 206 Bloor St. W.
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Yorkville
AGENT: Diane Stead, Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, Brokerage
PRICE: $12.8 million
THE PLACE: This unit is the kingpin of the 26 exclusive luxury suites that will sit atop MuseumHouse. The pre-built penthouse will occupy both the 18th and 19th floors,  providing 180-degree views of the city. Though all residents will have direct elevator access in their suites, the MuseumHouse team stresses that this building will be all about “community.” With just over two dozen units, occupants will have a hard time not getting to know their neighbours; we hear a mystery rock star, a bigwig athlete and a handful of financial giants are among them.

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The Informer

From the Print Edition
April 21, 2010 | 3:05 pm

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Escape Plan: five amazing Ontario getaways

Five off-the-radar summer destinations where you can eat, drink, fish, farm, bike or meditate to your heart’s content


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The Goods

Beauty School
February 10, 2010 | 10:07 am

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Donato Salon and Spa is the newest resident at the Shops at Don Mills

Despite the huffing and puffing indie book shop McNally Robinson made when it closed its Shops at Don Mills location (it blamed the mall for its poor performance), there are still businesses willing to move into the complex. The latest is the 6,000-square-foot Donato Salon and Spa, which celebrates its grand opening tomorrow—Leigh and Harlow and Roots are also slated to open. This is the fourth location of Toronto stylist John Donato’s salon; Donato was named best editorial stylist at the 2008 North American Hairstyling Awards.

The Goods

From the Print Edition
February 10, 2010 | 9:25 am

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Six budget spa deals

We’ve tracked down six treatments—for men and women—that will banish winter woes, including Toronto’s most affordable blow out, a $25 facial and $22 massage. See the list here >>

Click here for our annual Good Stuff Cheap Guide >>

The Goods

Beauty School
November 16, 2009 | 9:00 am

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Just Opened: The Cabinet Salon opens atop Queen West

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Alex MacDonald and Emma Rose, owners of Cabinet (Photo by Karon Liu)

Cabinet, a relative newcomer to the salon scene, has a slight speakeasy vibe about it. Open since early fall, it’s tucked away on the second floor of a century-old building, above the knick-knack haven Outer Layer, and has a turn-of-the-century look that could be mistaken for a Murdoch Mysteries set.

Named for the 17th-century French term for a place where people met to discuss the fine arts, Cabinet is unfussy in its decor, with dark wood floors, neutral walls and antique-looking furniture. The space, which was once a photo and film editing studio, also serves as a rotating gallery (the Toronto artist Steve Rose is currently featured). The large windows overlooking Queen Street make it a prime spot for people-watching.

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The Goods

Shop Talk
November 13, 2009 | 11:30 am

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Macho manis and powerful pedis: Mankind men’s salon opens

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Well manicured: Jason Culala and Noel Naguiat of Mankind (Photo by Karon Liu)

Wearing pink, shopping for clothes and getting highlights—the male sex has come a long way, but there are still a few milestones to hit, namely, having mani-pedis.

Noel Naguiat, who opened Mankind Grooming Studio for Men on Monday, remembers being laughed at when he went to a strip mall nail salon to have his nails cleaned. “It’s common for men to get manicures and pedicures in Europe and in parts of Asia, but here, a lot of guys feel embarrassed,” says Naguiat. “It shouldn’t be like that.” To create a masculine environment where men can get grooming advice without being gawked at, Naguiat, who is also an art director at an advertising agency, teamed up with his wife’s stylist, Jason Culala, to open Mankind.

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