January 2013 Contents
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Editor’s Letter
This City
The Moment Coach Ford (clear eyes, full heart, yada yada) brings home the championship
Q&A Post-confession confessions from doping cyclist Michael Barry
Urban Diplomat Advice on how to be a civilized Torontonian
Camera A love-in at the Ritz-Carlton, starring Christine Lagarde, Mark Carney and other masters of the financial universe
Reason to Love Toronto The superhuman feats of Andrew Wiggins, the world’s best high school basketball player
Ego Meter What’s making and shaking the city’s self-image this month
Columns
Philip Preville How the crumbling Gardiner became a symbol for all that ails Toronto
Features
Where to Get Good Stuff Cheap
Be smart about money, then reward yourself for your bargain-finding brilliance. The frugalist’s guide to designer clothes, gourmet groceries, top-of-the-line tech toys, and other stuff we want right now
Send in the Clowns
Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole, the wise-cracking hosts of TSN’s SportsCentre, can’t stop laughing—at fumbling athletes, at ranting coaches and especially at their own jokes By Malcolm Johnston
Fetal Position
Lia Mills is the 16-year-old leader of a new generation of student crusaders. Her goal: a total ban on abortion By Lauren McKeon
Navigator
The Thing It’s hard to get excited about thermostats, until you meet the Nest
The List Ten things Colm Wilkinson can’t live without
The Look Velvet crush
Travel Awesome ski destinations, near and far
Great Spaces Itinerant architects stash their finds in a 3,300-square-foot Edwardian near Avenue and St. Clair
Real Estate A first-time condo buyer does her homework, reaps big rewards
Food & Drink
Must-try Splendido’s dazzling smoked Rocky Point oyster
The Way We Eat Now Momofuku fever: everything you need to know about Toronto’s new mega-restaurant
Just Opened The city’s hottest new restaurants reviewed
Wine Ontario bubblies for New Year’s: twice as good at half the price
Culture
Spotlight Kristen Thomson faces down middle-age malaise in her unsettling new play, Someone Else
The Profile Calum de Hartog, the frontline cop behind CBC’s new police drama, Cracked
See, Hear, Read Know-it-alls pick the movie, music and book release of the month
The Interview The Factory Theatre’s new artistic directors on how to ride out a small-stage scandal
Going Out
Restaurants, Theatre, Music, Art, Dance, Family, Etc.
Memoir
My year of boozing dangerously By Scaachi Koul
