Toronto Life Magazine - May, 2006

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FEATURES
Club Single
Everyone and their grandmother has a Lavalife profile. The average starter marriage lasts three years. And, depending on whom you ask, Toronto is either sin city or the world's cold shoulder capital. The new rules of single life By Anne Kingston. Plus, tales from the dating trenches By Denise Balkissoon, advice from the masters By Stéphanie Verge, and where to get lucky By Karen Steward

Acting Out
Caustic yet irresistibly entertaining, Daniel MacIvor is renowned for his manic one-man plays. But in the midst of a cathartic mid-life crisis, he's talking about radically transforming his work. Portrait of the artist as a not-so-young man By Mark Pupo

Paved Paradise
At its worst, the Don Valley is in perpetual gridlock. At its best, it's a nostalgic reminder of the innocent days of car travel, when six lanes seemed more than enough. Our love-hate relationship with the DVP By David Macfarlane

THIS CITY
OCAD's brilliantly loopy leader, Sara Diamond • How our subway stacks up • Why GTA supermodels are taking over the catwalk • Renting versus buying, the real estate game • Plus, telling tales on LuluLemon and Pam Anderson

COLUMNS
Grudge Match After two crushing defeats, Olivia Chow finally wrested Trinity-Spadina from Tony Ianno. The campaign was anything but pretty By Philip Preville

Restoration Drama A modern reinterpretation of a Cabbagetown cottage may irk the preservation association, but spirit trumps historical accuracy By Katherine Ashenburg

CITY SURVIVOR
24 Hours With
The National Ballet's Sonia Rodriguez By Denise Balkissoon

Super Shopper
The city's best loot By Nancy Won

On the Block
Aww-inspiring Port Hope By Olivia Stren

Dining
Egg hunt: a toast to the best weekend brunches By James Chatto

Food
Stalking spring: asparagus as it should be By Sasha Chapman

Drink
Red alert: Prince Edward County pinots noirs are ready By David Lawrason

Restaurants
Chris McDonald's move uptown and down-market • Torito's braised tongue and cheek • Quest for the best bulgogi • Searching high and low for spring rolls • Plus, our star-rated reviews

This Month
Jackie Mason kvetches comedic at Roy Thomson Hall • Werner Herzog screens his outsize oeuvre at Hot Docs • Contact photography fest colonizes the city

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