March 2013 Contents
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Editor’s Letter
This City
The Moment The long- awaited return of the Leafs
Q&A Doc filmmaker Rob Stewart, of Sharkwater fame, on his plan to save the world
Urban Diplomat Advice on how to be a civilized Torontonian
Camera The month’s best parties
The Audit Toronto’s fiscal sins and successes
Society Watch Conrad Black, party animal
Ego Meter What’s making and shaking the city’s self-image this month
Columns
Philip Preville A sober assessment of Rob Ford’s shining achievements—yes, you read that right
Features
Mixie Me
I used to be the only biracial kid in the room. Now, my exponentially expanding cohort promises a future where everyone is mixed. Will Toronto be the world’s first post-racial city? By Nicholas Hune-Brown
The Impresario
Life is one endless party inside Charles Khabouth’s growing roster of restaurants and nightclubs. The scraps, stunts and multi-million-dollar investments that make an empire of cool By Robert Hough
My Doomed Marriage
The kids of divorce are far more likely to get divorced themselves. How I tried and failed to beat the odds By Leah McLaren
Navigator
The Thing Cognac-scented candles—for manly men with money to burn
The List Ten things play- wright Hannah Moscovitch can’t live without
The Look Might as well face it, you’re addicted to gloves
Great Spaces A super-mod Yorkville bachelor pad custom-made for bacchanalia
Real Estate Ninety grand over asking on a Kensington row house
Food & Drink
Must-try Hawker Bar’s Singaporean stingray
The Critic JaBistro—Guu for grown-ups—brings prestige sushi to Toronto
Flavour of the Month The classic caesar, resuscitated
Wine Ports, sherries and other cold weather warmers
Culture
Spotlight Opera ingénue Wallis Giunta’s sinful perfor- mance at Glenn Gould Studio
The Argument Tod Machover’s crazy crowd- sourced symphony at the TSO
See, Hear, Read Our picks for the best movie, music and book releases of the month
Current Obsession Peter Harris’s eerie urban land- scapes
Going Out
Restaurants, Theatre, Music, Art, Dance, Family, Etc.
Memoir
Confessions of a reluctant hockey dad By Michael Redhill
