November 2011 Contents
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Editor’s Letter
This City
Reason to Love Toronto Because we’re the centre of the gaming universe
Q&A Political egghead Janice Gross Stein on the perils of Facebook
Urban Diplomat Advice on how to be a civilized Torontonian
Camera A fête for the mayor we wish we had
Ego Meter What’s making and shaking the city’s self-image this month
Columns
Philip Preville They’re not urban wildlife. They’re vermin. The case for killing raccoons
Features
The Loaded List
Our shamelessly gawking roundup of the highest-paid people in the city
Destination Munkistan
Peter Munk’s new champagne-drenched Adriatic playground for billionaires By Leah McLaren
Going Mobile
The last place to get a nice-size home for less than $150,000 in the GTA By Nicholas Hune-Brown
The Man in the Mouse
How a kid named Joel Zimmerman, a.k.a. Deadmau5, became a multi-millionaire DJ By Sarah Liss
Navigator
The Thing A fiery way to prolong backyard revelry
The List Ten things professional Dragon Kevin O’Leary can’t live without
Great Spaces Inside four churches born again as residences
Real Estate The search for a downtown dream condo comes full circle
Food & Drink
Introducing Organic fish ’n’ chips at Off the Hook
The Critic Adventures in Aboriginal dining
Flavour of the Month The city’s best tacos
Wine Tuscan reds
Culture
Spotlight Blythe Wilson adds a spoonful of sugar to Mary Poppins
The Argument The fatal flaw in David Hockney’s iPad art
The Conversation Artist-illustrators Gary Taxali and Graham Roumieu talk wine and wolverines
Current Obsession Photographer Joseph Hartman’s Neil Young Gothic
See, Hear, Read Know-it-alls pick the movie, music and book release of the month
Going Out
Restaurants, Theatre, Music, Art, Dance, Family, Etc.
Memoir
As a 59-year-old university professor with a wife and three children, the last thing I expected was to fall prey to opiates—again
