August 2009 Contents
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Best of the City
Blowouts, bankruptcy consultants, butt-beautifying undies, divorce lawyers, tailors,
tattoo artists, pawnshops, pet spas, plumbers, raccoon removers and tons more. Our
deeply researched, highly discerning, entirely useful guide to all things excellent
When Girls Want to Be Boys
What’s causing the surge in children who want a sex change? They assume a new identity
at school, take hormones to suppress puberty and dream about the day they can have radical surgery. One CAMH psychologist says he can stop the urge if he treats them early enough. His critics say the kids don’t need to be cured By Wendy Dennis
Cito’s Last Chance
The first time he managed the Jays, despite his two World Series wins, everyone said he
was too quiet, not a leader, a dud. After a decade in exile, he’s back, and the team is hot again. Is Toronto finally ready to appreciate the most underrated guy in baseball? By Philip Marchand
COLUMNS
Other People’s Money
It’s been a tough year for Gluskin Sheff, money managers to the rich and famous. Their clients lost millions in the meltdown. How Bay Street’s most exclusive investment firm is restoring the faith By Siri Agrell
We’re here. We’re Tamil. Get used to it
After six months of relentless protesting, Toronto Tamils have become
a serious political force. How a 20-year-old kid from Scarborough helped mobilize
a generation By Richard Poplak
THIS CITY
City Slicker
Michael Bryant, the new, spotlight-loving CEO of Invest Toronto, wants to bring big bucks to the Big Smoke By Chris Selley
The Moment: Strung Out
Toronto guitar heroes go for the Guinness By Serena Trevis
Northern Exposure
Our map to celeb homes in Muskoka
Party Watch
The biggest bashes this month
The Temperature
Our Monthly Assessment of all things faddish and fleeting
CITY SURVIVOR
The List
Ten things talk show two-timer Seamus O’Regan can’t live without By Amy Verner
Great Spaces
An off-the-grid, modular dream cottage in Haliburton By Andrea Carson
Happy Decampers
Notes on a recession-era boomer exodus By Bert Archer
The Chase: Business Class
A frequent flyer with just four days to house-hunt
An Artist’s Abode
Jack Bush, of Painters Eleven fame, slept here
Eating and Drinking
Food
One family’s transformation from diehard downtowners to groundhog-slaying rednecks. A memoir By Brent Preston
Drink
Like everything ’80s that was loved and then loathed, chardonnay’s making a comeback By David Lawrason
Hot Spot
New barbecue snob spot Stockyards
Splendour in a Glass
Fierce and fizzy summer cocktails By Stéphanie Verge
This Month
The women dial up the drama at the Rogers cup • Contemplating the eerily ageless Bryan Adams • Gamers, Trekkies and gore devotees geek out at Fan Expo
