Dubbed “An Evening to Discover”, the Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival Gala was a colourful night to remember. The warm, sunny weather was perfect for the evening starting off by being greeted at the Liberty Grand entrance by the elaborately decorated Junior Carnival King and Queen leading into the VIP reception at the outdoor courtyard for cocktails, silent auction and photo opportunities with the intricate, colorful costumed masqueraders. Dinner inside included speeches and special performances including Calypso/Soca music to dance the…
Save the Date! As we’ve mentioned before, Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary will be celebrating 60 years with a cosmopolitan fête themed after the era when it first started – in the 1950s on Sunday, September 22, 2013 at the Ritz Carlton in Toronto. Live music will be provided by Canada’s own charismatic jazz crooner, Matt Dusk, and his Big Band Orchestra. “Celebrate 60″ is about the commitment to rebuild Mount Sinai Hospital’s Labour and Delivery facility and provide sustaining funding…
The Stop’s Night Market is a fundraising event, held at the Honest Ed’s alleyway, bringing together various chefs, food vendors and artists in support of The Stop’s innovative anti-hunger programs. This year, the event was on June 18 and 19, spanning 2 days instead of 1 in response to the overwhelming demand. What an amazing deal at only $50 for unlimited eats and drinks for such a great cause! This year they raised $115,000!
The annual Boys Night Out event is like being in the manliest of man-caves. They have pretty much everything the youngest and oldest men could want including poker tournaments, golf, motorcycles, sports cars, cigars, fine spirits, tons of great food from local restauranteurs and tons of varieties of fine wine to discover from the Lifford Wine & Spirits portfolio. One unique experience was by the GotStyle section, where owner Melissa Austria would size you up and give you a pocket…
In this issue: Event Recaps Spirited Dinner Spirits Confidential Disaronno Mixing Star Dinner Upcoming Events Boys Night Out Crave TO It was back-to-back days for me with Beam Global starting with a Spirited Dinner with Jim Beam’s Great Grandson, Fred Noe III followed by the next afternoon with fine spirit sampling at Spirits Confidential. But even after 2 days, it’s incredible how varied the amount of spirits there are to sample with the large Jim Beam collection of brands ranging…
For this unique occasion for Polo for Heart, a charity event supporting Heart & Stroke Foundation, I arrived early in the morning when the gates opened at the Toronto Polo Club in Richmond Hill. With the rows of billboards lining the side of the road heading in, it was evident that this was going to be a special experience kicking off the first of 3 days of the annual Polo for Heart charity event. The boutique pop-up shops were a…