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Find Your Community: East End Arts
I grew up in India where playing an active role in your community was extremely important. The neighbours knew each other and celebrated festivals together. Whenever my mother ran out of an important ingredient while cooking, she would give me the sacred responsibility of asking my neighbour to lend us some. For me, community was something you could rely on. After moving to Toronto for further education in 2021, I experienced a serious culture shock. For the first time, I was without a community. I felt as if my own skin was missing from my body and the task of building a community from scratch seemed vital. I attended different…
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Warm Weather for Winter: Five Summer Pieces You Can Still Wear Now
It’s that time of year again. We’ve lost an hour of sun, our breath is becoming visible outdoors, and you’re hitting delivery on your Domino’s order lest having to leave the warm enfolding of your apartment. Your skin gets all dry, your hair gets staticky, and your wardrobe quickly morphs into mounds of greys and neutrals. I know. I feel you. I am you. But let me tell you, it doesn’t have to be this way. Those light and flowy pieces that made you feel some kind of way during the warm summer months need not be retired so soon. With a little imagination, here are five items from your…
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Review of Allure Body Bar Waxing Specialists: Offering More Than Just A Stylish Package
Toronto’s Danforth Ave. is quickly becoming a playground for the young and the established. The mecca of sophisticated restaurants, designer coffee shops, and contemporary boutiques have a uniquely southeastern European feel. Nestled among some of Danforth’s hot spots you will find a little piece of heaven dedicated to all your waxing needs by the specialists at Allure Body Bar. Allure Body Bar offers various waxing services and caters to both men and women and prides itself on making everyone feel welcome. The Waxing Specialists promise their clients a clean and relaxing atmosphere where they can feel at ease while their Curly Q’s receive the special treatment they deserve. Continually well informed,…
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In the Heart of Toronto: Exclusive Rogers Centre Tour
Calling all Blue Jays fans, concert goers, and Torontonians! Below lies a behind-the-scenes tour of the well-known Rogers Centre from January 25th, 2016. The Roof Control Room Our first stop was the (newly renovated) roof control room where we met the building operator and electrician. Here, we learned that when the Rogers Centre, then the Skydome, opened in 1989, it held the first operating panel (see picture below) in the world for a retractable roof. Just four people are involved with the process of controlling the roof: the building operator, a plumber, an electrician, and the panel control manager. The panel control manager has several jobs aside from managing the…
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5 Places You Can Go to Escape Your Cellphone
In this day and age, we live by the internet and especially through social media. We eat with it, we sleep with it, and we even walk our dogs with it. For many, it takes as much as the inability to connect—being physically unable to access social media—to make us log offline. Below is a list of places and events in Toronto that either do not allow for the use of cellphones or simply do not have WiFi or connection signals, giving you the ability to escape from your cellphone, even for just a few minutes (or hours). The Subway For just $3.00, you can travel underground on Toronto’s subway…
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Dating on the Danforth
BY SARAH ZOSCHKE Summer is around the corner and we’re all looking forward to enjoying every second of the sunny days and warm evenings to come. Say ‘goodbye’ to hibernating under those blankets and ‘hello’ to going out on the town. Dating season is also in full swing, so why not start planning your nights out with that crush you’ve had your eye on? No matter your age, whether it’s a first date or a night out with your long-term partner, here are some perfect places we’ve found along the Danforth for you to enjoy. CASUAL OUTINGS: THE GET-TO-KNOW-YOU STAGE Summer is the perfect time to go for a walk…
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Behind the Scenes: The Executives Behind On the Danforth
A few words from the ladies behind OTD’s Summer 2014 issue On the Danforth is right around the corner! In anticipation for the magazine’s release, we spoke to the Associate Publisher, as well as the Editor-in-Chief and the Sales Director behind the summer issue about their roles in the magazine. Kayla Calder, Associate Publisher 2014 As Associate Publisher of On the Danforth, I am lucky to have one of the most inspiring roles on the magazine. As an intermediary between the two issues, I get to sample every aspect of building the publication, just as one might sample spiced kebabs at Taste of the Danforth. The most amazing aspect of…
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Let the Sun Shine In
Movies, music, and books to help you kick those tired, winter blues.
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5 Tips to Get in Your Best Shape this Summer
Do you want to get into shape this summer? Drop that spare tire? Tone those glutes? You CAN make it happen in time for that July wedding.
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Behind The Scenes: Cover Shoot For OTD’s Summer Issue
Here is another sneak peek behind the scenes of On The Danforth Magazine. We channeled the surf spirit and brought a little summer into our cover photoshoot.