April 2008 Contents

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The Many Trials of Robin Kay
She made a lot of enemies on her climb to the top of Toronto’s fashion world. Now they’re calling for her head. Her friends say it’s a smear campaign, organized by a jealous wing nut. Inside the big fugly at fashion week By Bert Archer

Best New Restaurants
From boutique hotel to major museum to wacky boîte, it was a very good year for new restaurants in Toronto. James Chatto picks the top 10. Plus, the hottest dishes, kickiest cocktails, wallet-busting (but worth it) steaks and more
(Find out which restaurants almost made the cut.)

Matters of the Flesh
The city’s socialites routinely disappear to be nipped and tucked. But they’d rather die than look “done.” How Trevor Born became the king of the invisible facelift By Trevor Cole

THIS CITY

Porter air’s turbulent flight path to Newark • A spice girl’s second coming • The Blue Jays dress for success •  The search for sari stripping in Bollywood North

COLUMNS

POLITICS
Monster Jam
The average Torontonian spends seven hours a week in traffic. For some, it’s a badge of honour; for others, it’s a soul-sucking grind. For the city, it’s paralyzing—and it’s getting worse by the day By Philip Preville

ENVIRONMENT
Petrified Forest
Toronto’s trees are water deprived, stressed out, bug infested and old. If we don’t stop killing them, they might just kill us By Andrea Curtis

CITY SURVIVOR

The List
Ten things supermodel Yasmin Warsame can’t live without By Amy Verner

Design
Fashioning low-carb luncheon wear for glitter girls By Olivia Stren

Great Spaces
A painter turns her reno’d Rosedale Georgian into an art project

Real Estate
The rise of the super-luxe rental By Bert Archer

Food
The $15 cup of coffee has arrived By Sasha Chapman

Drink
Niagara’s reign of terroir By David Lawrason

Restaurants
Three 100-milers get creative with slim pickings; a roundup of the best local Latin dishes; plus, our star-rated reviews

This Month
The Cliks bring their gender-blending act to Sound Academy; a neophyte’s guide to the brilliantly bent Images Festival; and a trio of novelists make Toronto their bitch

DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS
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THE TORONTO POLL