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See Ya, 2012!
Happy New Year from On the Danforth Well, 2012 was good, but 2013’s going to be the best year yet. Wishing all our readers all the best. We can’t wait to come back in the new year with a whole more for you. Have an amazing NYE, and be safe out there!
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Top 10 Canadian Albums of 2012
One Great Year for CanCon! By Daniel Polowin 10. Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas After a somewhat unfortunate decade, this septuagenarian Canadian icon staged a comeback in 2012 with a worldwide tour and this platinum-selling album. Cohen is at top form in this, his first album of new material in eight years. Accompanying the bluesy instrumentation and the smoky baritone vocals we’ve come to expect from Cohen are some of his most moving lyrics yet. Cohen returns to his familiar meditations on love, sex, and God but with the added poignancy of a poet in the autumn of his life. 9. A Tribe Called Red – A Tribe Called Red Combining electronic, hip hop,…
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Poll of the Week: Best Holiday Movie
The Best in Holiday Entertainment By Rebecca Taylor If you’re like me, you have spent the majority of the past few days watching holiday movies. Everyone has a different holiday tradition about what movie they watch with their family. This got me thinking about what movies you, our readers, like to watch during this festive time. Take the poll below to let us know what your favourite holiday movie are. [poll id=”20″]
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It’s “Facebook Official”!
Adventures in Digitally Declared Dating By Alysse Kennedy My journey with Facebook began when I was 17. I had just begun to successfully navigate high school social life: I got my braces taken off, outgrew my glasses, decided full bangs were my signature look (years before Zooey Deschanel made them cool), and started dating my first boyfriend. Around this time, Facebook swept in, bringing new modes for communicating with the world and portraying your position within it. Just like in high school, on Facebook, everyone loves a good love story—or a good scandal. Back then, my Facebook “friends” loved to see relationship status stories flash on their newsfeeds, prefaced with…
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Happy Holidays!
A Very Danforth Christmas On behalf of the entire On the Danforth team, I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. I hope you’re all among loved ones and having a safe, happy, meaningful holiday. It’s been a great first week of the relaunched OTD Online. We’ll be back after Boxing Day with a whole lot more.
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Making the East Danforth Pop
The Renew East Danforth Initiative Brings Pop-up Shops to the Danforth By Kaavya Sivakumaran ‘Tis the season for last-minute budget shopping, and the Danforth East Community Association (DECA) has—for a limited time only—transformed their side of our renowned avenue into the perfect little shopping village equipped with a variety of activities and pop-up retail. The goal of the Renew East Danforth initiative is to eventually rent out the storefronts on a permanent basis in order to increase foot traffic and bring vibrancy, fun, and safety to the East Danforth neighbourhood. “Everyone refers to the place by the Carrot Common…as the Danforth. If you say you’re going to the Danforth, that’s…
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Stay in the Groove!
Playlists to Keep Your Legs Moving By Jessica Herrington Whether you’re a seasoned runner or an eager beginner, you might need a little boost here and there when it comes to giving it your all in a run. Winter is a time I find it especially hard to get moving. Thankfully, music can be a powerful motivator and performance enhancer; the right tune can be just what I need to push myself hard for those last 60 seconds. I’ve included two playlists—one for those who are partial to pop, dance, or hip-hop (provided by fellow runner Stephanie Chow), and one for those (like me) who like metal, rock and alternative.…
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All Aboard for Family Fun!
Miniature Train Rides for a Good Cause By Stephanie Chow Looking for a place to get your holiday shopping done while your kids have fun? This holiday season, indulge your Christmas spirit by taking a magical tour of Shops at Don Mills aboard a miniature train! For only $3, the ride will take you on a tour of the property and through the centre square, where your whole family can enjoy new shopping sites and take in the beautiful Christmas atmosphere! See the delightfully lit trees, decorative window displays, and unique shops that make you feel like you are touring the North Pole! The best part: all net proceeds go…
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Burgers, “Broads” and a Ball
An Evening with the Women Redefining Burger Culture By Anoja Muthucumaru Photos by Meghan Gribben The BurgerBroads Dawna Marie Wright, better known as Ms.D-Madame of The BroadHouse, is the founder and fearless leader of the “BurgerBroads,” a blog and community of female burger aficionados. Before I visited the BurgerBroads blog, I expected to see posts simply about burgers and photographs of burger joints in Toronto, but to my delight I stumbled onto videos of women chowing down and pontificating on juicy burgers. In the videos, the women lovingly discussed the textures and the ingredients of the burgers. The short clips are filmed in a documentary style, showing women loving what they…
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Winter with the Withrow Park Farmer’s Market
Local Food, in from the Cold By Amanda Kirsten Grant The colder winter weather may have arrived, but that’s not stopping the farmer’s market from providing the Danforth with fresh, local food. Since their first full season in 2007, the Withrow Park Farmer’s Market has been providing Danforth residents with fresh, local produce and food products. The market was created by Roberta Stimac, in response to a need for greater access to local produce. Stimac believes that the Danforth area needs a place to buy the produce grown by local farmers and the food products made by people in this very area. “The vendors are all hard working people,” says…
