November 2010 Contents
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Editor’s Letter
The new post-recession Toronto
This City
Reason to Love Toronto Because we’re a safe haven for anti-terrorists
Q&A Brian Burke on becoming an unlikely gay icon
Urban Diplomat Advice on how to be a civilized Torontonian
Camera Inside George Christy’s legendary Veuve-soaked film fest affair
Ego Meter What’s making and shaking the city’s self-image this month
Column
Jan Wong Monster homes are hard on the eyes, eco-unconscionable and bad for families. What’s not to hate?
Features
Download My App
An army of young tech entrepreneurs is transforming Toronto into the new Silicon Valley—and making buckets of money By Katrina Onstad
The 1% Club
Victims of the alleged fraudster Weizhen Tang—a.k.a. the Chinese Bernie Madoff—want their $30 million back. What are the chances? By Nicholas Stein
Department Store Rehab
How The Bay is scheming to win the loyalty of high-society shopaholics and steal the fashion crown from Holts By Leah McLaren
Tycoon School
First-year MBA students on their plans for world domination By Andrew D’Cruz and Patrick Bennett
Navigator
The Thing Our primer on the season’s sartorial schoolboy
Super Shopper The city’s best stuff
The List Ten things celeb chef David Adjey can’t live without
Great Spaces A crumbling Corktown machine shop turned bachelor pad
Real Estate A six-month, 75-house search
Food & Drink
Introducing Chocolate-dipped chips, the ultimate savoury sweet
The Critic Chris Nuttall-Smith on Scarpetta’s branch plant blunders
Flavour of the Month Tea’s genteel takeover as the hot beverage of choice
Best Grilled Sandwiches (bonus: one involves oozing molten Nutella)
The Dish Buca’s ethereal eggplant parmigiana
Culture
Spotlight Gallant popster Royal Wood’s breakout moment
The Argument Why we pay rock concert prices for Robert Lepage
The Conversation Sexpert Claudia Dey and biologist Bridget Stutchbury on the birds and the bees
Going Out
Restaurants, Theatre, Music, Art, Dance, Family, Etc. Our recommendations for making the most of the month
Memoir
I married Mo Pete
