Elegant Eglinton
Eglinton West is the Broadway of Toronto. Not that it has massive marquees or neon nights. I mean it’s literally, broad.…
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I, dad
Whether I liked it or not, I was replacing my dad—taking on his projects, walking in his footsteps,…
Densification nation
Each morning, I climb into a taxi and join the torrent of traffic surging through Quito Sur. Traffic…
Body snatchers
After watching my father lie motionless for two weeks in the ICU, tubes pressed against his lips and…
I rode the LRT
I had butterflies in my stomach as I neared the LRT station and took the elevator down to the…
Your money or your dad
It was my 6-year-old who played a message on my phone last Saturday morning that said my father…
Underground fallout
A fellow dad at my daughter’s school told me he moved into his neighbourhood specifically because of Fairbank…
It’s finished
I used to own a jeep. After a couple of years of using it on Eglinton Avenue, the jeep’s…
Robbing Toronto
I’m not saying Toronto does everything right. I mean, the City raised property taxes at a time when…
Hostile takeover
Back-to-school always made me nervous as a kid. New teachers, new classrooms, new kids—it was the great unknown.…