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Skaters Gonna Skate
Family Skating Party at Monarch Park! By Daniel Polowin The 12th annual Earl Beatty Community Centre Skating Party happens tomorrow, Sunday, February 10th, from 2–4 pm at Monarch Park Rink. Bring your skates, family, and friends for music, games, and fun. Most importantly, bring your wackiest scarf for the Crazy Scarf Contest. There will be prizes for most colourful, weirdest, and biggest scarves. The Earl Beatty Advisory Council will be providing refreshments: coffee, baked goods, and hot cocoa and marshmallows! Bring a mug from home! It’ll be fun for the whole family*, so lace up, scarf up, and we’ll see you on the ice! View Larger Map *Children under six must wear…
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Broadview and Danforth in the 1920s
Photo of the Week It you look down Danforth you will notice streetcar tracks, and power lines. The streetcars were removed when the Bloor-Danforth Subway Line was completed.
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The Midwinter Masquerade Ball!
masquerade ball, events, JaneAustenDancing, dance
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The Perfect Place to Party
Event Planning with It’s My Party By Amanda Kirsten Grant You can tell from the amazing window displays that Danforth party-supplies store It’s My Party offers a range of products to meet your event needs. Whether you’re throwing a kids birthday party or a corporate gathering, It’s My Party offers thousands of products to help you achieve the look you want. Owner Stephane Abbat has been providing customers with party supplies for decades. “We’ve been open in this half of the building since 1990, and then when the restaurant next door closed, we took over that half as well.” Originally, Abbat opened as a temporary Halloween party-supply store, but they…
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Video Killed the Business Card
Marketing in the Digital Age with Multimedia Business Cards By Corie Benjamin Presentation is everything. This is the motto in the age of instant information and constant connection. Compactness and efficiency are the marks of distinction between individuals competing in today’s market. In this quicksand economy, the difference between the dream job and temp work, the big break and the overlooked executive lies in a well-presented delicate marriage of functionality and efficacy. A new product that is advancing this marketing principle is the video business card. These innovative cards are the size of a credit card—8×5 cm wide and about 1.2 mm thick—and contain a built-in flash drive that can…
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The Devil Can’t Afford Prada
Five Handy Tips for Finding Great Garments While Thrift Store Shopping By Kiley Bell 1. Inspect Carefully It’s important to keep in mind that just because an item is cheaper in thrift stores than it normally is elsewhere, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a great find. Be sure to inspect each garment carefully, looking closely for broken zippers, stains, discolouration, loose threads, and rips. Loose threads can easily be fixed with a quick stitch, but large tears may not be worth the time or money it takes to repair. Don’t base the quality on a missing button either; often, old shirts can look better with a set of new buttons.
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A Year of Firsts
Rediscover Your City Today By Natasha Tsakiris Do you remember the first time you learned to ride a bike? What about driving a car? The first time you learned to read or tie your shoes? Do you remember the excitement and pride that you felt as a child when you discovered you could accomplish something new? When was the last time you did something spontaneous? In the spirit of the New Year, I made some resolutions and goals: exercise more, write more, and many others. The most important goal I made though is to be an adventurer of sorts, using each and every day as a chance to learn and…
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East Lynn Park on a Foggy Winter Night
Photo of the Week
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Weekly Poll: Cufflink to the Past
Are Cufflinks Making a Comeback? By Rebecca Taylor In the past week I have been seeing more and more fashionable men wearing cufflink shirts, with some really funky cufflinks The best ones I saw were a pair with Batman emblems. So my question to you, dear readers: are cufflinks the newest fashion trend? [poll id=”23″]