Branksome Hall’s Athletics and Wellness Centre contends to be one of Rosedale’s state-of-the-art landmark. Located on the corner of Mount Pleasant Road and Elm Avenue, the contemporary building is situated within the elementary and secondary all girl’s schools campuses.
It stands at 68,000 square feet as an award-winning building designed by MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects (MFMA), using many elements – limestone, oak, wood, glass, steel – in constructing its fine architecture.
The Italian restaurant, Coco Lezzone, located in the Yorkville district (137 Avenue Road), provided us the ultimate 4-course pairing dining experience on Tuesday November 17th. This event was hosted by the 360 Gourmet Club, a new pop-up event service that gives diners a taste of a chef’s creations, a guide-through of each course, as well as take-home recipes and specialty ingredients. Chef Marlon Graham and master mixologist/TV host, Jeremy Parsons, took us through the first interactive dining experience.
Cîroc celebrated the Toronto launch of their Ultra Premium Vodka in style with Cîroc sails on the water, water jet pack performances and custom shoes from designer label, Sully Wong. Cabana Pool Bar was painted in vivid blue and metallics silver for the occasion.
With international experience in tow, hair stylist, Félor Davachi celebrated the grand opening of her new venture, Salon Davachi in Yorkville on Thursday Aug 13th, 2015.
On July 21st, 2015 the first of a series of Dreaming Tree Groves was launched starting in Toronto including the planting of 29 new trees to reforest an area within Trinity Bellwoods Park.
The multi-city project was launched with Tree Canada and Dreaming Tree Wines. As you may know, the winery is a collaboration between musician Dave Matthews and Sean McKenzie.
The 29 new trees will certainly help Toronto’s urban green canopy as approximately 88 trees in Trinity Bellwoods Park must be…
Earlier this summer T-fal teamed up with Matt Basile of Fidel Gastro to celebrate the launch of their latest innovation: the Actifry Express. With the premise of marrying function and design to prepare gourmet dishes in record time: guests were treated to live demos which showcased just how little oil (1 tbsp or less!) was used to create the cooked and delicious fried canapés at each station. From mushroom topped crostini to spicy cauliflower bites the Actifry delivered on food…