June 2012 Contents
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Editor’s Letter
What’s not to love?
This City
The Moment Trump takes Toronto
Q&A Paul Godfrey makes the case for a casino
Urban Diplomat Advice on how to be a civilized Torontonian
Camera Jerry Seinfeld yuks it up for a good cause
Social Networks Who sits where at La Société
Ego Meter What’s making and shaking the city’s self-image this month
Columns
Jesse Brown Every trip to the mall, every phone call, every email can be stored and potentially used against us in the future. Why aren’t we afraid?
Rob Granatstein We have a dearth of power plants and an aging grid. By this time next year, we’ll be paying one of the highest hydro rates on the continent
Features
Reasons to Love Toronto Now
That giddy feeling is back in the air—the euphoria of great expectations—and here are some reasons why: we’ve got a wildly resilient housing market; we started a 21st-century suffragette movement; our philistine mayor is inspiring art; white-linen restaurants are back in vogue; the murder rate is at a 25-year low; and, well, we could go on. In fact, we do, in our fourth annual mash note to the city
Navigator
The Thing Your wildest two-wheeled fantasy
The List What the Power Plant’s new director, Gaëtane Verna, can’t live without
Great Spaces A rare mid-century modern box in Little Italy
Real Estate One family’s adventures in house flipping
Food & Drink
Must-try Chantecler’s sensational sweet-tart parfait
Flavour of the Month Toronto’s top 25 burgers
The Way We Eat Now The best of the wurst, and other Eastern European finds
Just Opened The hottest new restaurants reviewed
Wine Rieslings for summer sipping
Culture
Spotlight Angsty synthpop band Metric has one foot on Ossington and one in Hollywood
The Argument Why Richard Ford, the quintessential American novelist, is writing about Canada
See, Hear, Read Know-it-alls pick the movie, music and book release of the month
Current Obsession Larry Towell’s unforgettable shots of war-torn Afghanistan
Celebrity Watch Neil Young, the cranky king of self-sabotage
Going Out
Restaurants, Theatre, Music, Art, Dance, Family, Etc.
Memoir
My near-death experience with the neighbours By Katrina Onstad
