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After a deal 2 decades in the making between Canada and China, a pair of giant pandas are coming to The Toronto Zoo this spring 2013 from Chengdu, China. They will be on loan to the Toronto Zoo for 5 years followed by another 5 years at the Calgary Zoo. Er Shun and Da Mao will be flown in special containers for a 19,000 km trip via FedEx. FedEx has also committed to shipping 600 to 900 kilograms of bamboo…
To kick things off for the Terroir Symposium on April 8, 2013, a bunch of local chefs got together to create Toronto’s “Biggest Hero” sandwich, which consisted of an 8 foot long sub bun baked by the O&B bakery crew, cold cuts from Seed to Sausage, preserves from Stasis Preserves, hot sauce by Supicucu and pickles and chips from McClure’s Pickles. The sandwich was indeed very large, even when cut into pieces but it was very delicious and definitely a…
UPDATE: check out some of the best photos from Bud Light Sensation here: http://www.bestoftoronto.net/2013/06/bud-light-sensation-photos-from-around-the-twitterverse/ Those of you that missed the majorness that was the “#OneLastTour” of Swedish House Mafia last week or those who are just hungry for more EDM maybe you can look forward to Sensation, an EDM ocean of white on June 1st, 2013 at the Rogers Centre. Tickets for the highly anticipated Sensation will start at $125 (for a Regular ticket), and they start to go on…
To kick off the celebration of the Reel Artists Film Festival’s 10 year anniversary, the opening night screening featured internationally acclaimed director, Megumi Sasaki, and her excerpted version of HERB & DOROTHY 50X50 which is a documentary of an elderly couple that amassed so much works of modern art at their home that they decided to donate 50 pieces of their collected art to each of the 50 US states. This is one of the largest philanthropic initiatives in US…
Fuse Marketing Group celebrated their 10th anniversary with a big bash at 99 Sudbury last week. Joining them in the festivities were clients, friends and Fuse MG alumni. The evening had a vodka bar ice luge, hors d’oeurves, candy bar, cake, DJ, dancing, and good times. It was also a nice surprise to see friends from Snapz Photo Booth there. It sounds like the party went on late and I wish I could have stayed longer! Congrats on your 10…