October 2011 Contents
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Editor’s Letter
The summer of our discontent
This City
The Moment A celebration of Jack Layton
Q&A Intervention Canada’s Andrew Galloway: Bay Street crackhead–turned–rehab guru
Urban Diplomat Advice on how to be a civilized Torontonian
Camera Feting Norman Jewison at the Lightbox
Ego Meter What’s making and shaking the city’s self-image this month
Columns
Jan Wong Our kids are failing the three Rs, and we’re teaching them to garden. The folly of the new enviro-propaganda
Michelle Dean Toronto isn’t a city for starry-eyed dreamers. It’s a city for pragmatists—and, scarily, it’s okay with that
Tony Keller Daily deal websites have spawned a breed of belligerent, bargain-addicted consumers
Features
The Hudak Agenda
Tim Hudak has spent his adult life climbing the Tory ladder. Now that he has a shot at taking over Queen’s Park, can he convince voters he’s more than just Mike Harris Lite? By Trevor Cole
Best of Fall
There’s simply too much to see and do this season. The solution: prioritize wisely. Or let us do it for you. Our critics pick the top 10, absolutely-not-to-be-missed cultural events of the fall
The King of Cottage Country
In the middle of the recession, the Israeli developer Gil Blutrich snapped up $120 million worth of high-end hotels, resorts and waterfront. How he built his empire of vacation destinations for the yachting class By Leah McLaren
Navigator
The Thing Taking the boob out of boob tube
The List What Adrienne Clarkson can’t live without
Great Spaces A High Park gut job 20 years in the making
Real Estate The search for a $400,000 fixer-upper
Food & Drink
Introducing Ruby Eats, Lynn Crawford’s gourmet grocery
The Critic Acadia, the new College Street restaurant, blows Chris Nuttall-Smith’s mind (and that doesn’t happen very often)
Flavour of the Month The sweet ubiquity of formaggio di bufala
Wine Pinot noirs for your desert island list
The Dish Grace’s gingerbread cheesecake
Going Out
Restaurants, Theatre, Music, Art, Dance, Family, Etc.
