Toronto Life articles from January 2004

Toronto Life archives from January 2004

Busted.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Busted The media lynchinq was inevitable. When Lord Black of Crossharbour-possibly the world's most litigious newspaper baron-showed the same disdain for angry Hollinger shareholders ("corporate governance zealots") that he usually reserves for...

Peter's principle.(Profile.)(Interview)
January 1, 2004... News anchors are often derided for being little more than a pretty face with good hair and great teeth. So when you first meet Peter Keleghan, it's easy to see why he's famous for playing one. He has perfect teeth set within a TV-friendly jaw....

Tres cher.(Telling Tales)(Cher rents out "This Is London" nightspot to celebrate end of farewell tour, Toronto, Ontario)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... The tattooed diva's latest farewell tour ended Halloween night at SkyDome before a sold-out crowd of 25,000. But Cher also chose Toronto as the place to throw a private thank-you soiree for about 150 of her crew. The circuit-party icon rented...

A Bono-fied night.(Telling Tales)(Geoffrey Dawe, president of Kontent Pulishing, joins other Toronto celebrities in dining with U2 star Bono, Toronto, Ontario)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... When Bono appeared at the Paul Martin love-in at the Air Canada Centre to talk about the AIDS crisis in Africa, Torontonians clamoured to get up close and personal with the U2 demigod. The honour of dining with the do-gooder rock star and his...

Manji-cake.(Telling Tales)(Irshad Manji's book The Trouble With Islam to be published in United States)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Journalist, lecturer and author Irshad Manji has been in the eye of a media storm since the publication of her book The Trouble With Islam. Now the woman The New York Times called "Osama bin Laden's worst nightmare" is headed south. In January,...

Off the market.(Telling Tales)(business journalist Amanda Lang marries Barrick executive Peter Munk)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Brainy business babe Amanda Lang, who left her gig as a CNN anchor last year to headline at ROBtv and write a column for The Globe and Mail, has taken more than a passing interest in the financial beat she covers. The 30-something Market Pulse...

Urban decoder.(This City)(controversial home designs, Toronto, Ontario)(history of New Year's Day brunch held by lieutenant governor)(use of cameras for traffic policing)
January 1, 2004... Dear Urban Decoder: What's the story behind those two houses on the east side of Leslie north of Lawrence? They're geometric, blue and purple and look as if they belong in a cartoon. What are they worth? Who built them and why? -Lori...

Camera.(United Way fundraiser.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... All that jazz The basement of the Metro Convention Centre was an odd choice of venue for the annual United Way celebrity fundraiser. The theme was the Roarinq Twenties--you know, jazz joints, sassy flapper girls, wannabe Al Capones. True, the...

Smells like team spirit.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Smells like team spirit It's hard to say exactly when it happened, to pinpoint the precise moment our sports teams lost touch with the average fan. Was it when the ACC started serving sushi at Leafs games? Or when the action in the SkyDome...

Toronto Roundrunners.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Sport: Hockey (AHL) Owners: Edmonton businessman Lyle Abraham, lawyer Ernie Coetzee and partners Home ice: Ricoh Coliseum, capacity 9,200 Average attendance: 7,000 Coach: Geoff Ward, who last year helped lead the Hamilton...

Toronto Rock.(Lacrosse.)
January 1, 2004... Sport: Lacrosse Owner: Brad Watters, son of former Argonaut and ex-Leafs executive Bill Watters. Also a part-owner of the CFLs Ottawa Renegades Home field: Air Canada Centre, capacity 18,819 Average attendance: 16,500 Coach:...

Toronto Aeros.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Sport: Women's hockey Owner: Colin MacKenzie, a sales manager for eyewear manufacturer Safilo Canada, has owned the team for 30 years Home ice: York Ice Gardens, capacity 1,500 Average attendance: 250 Coach: Ken Dufton, LCBO...

Toronto Lynx.(Round Up)(local soccer team, Toronto, Ontario)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Sport: Soccer Owner: Former teacher Nicole Hartrell, whose accountant husband Bruno is COO. The couple have reportedly spent $5 million on the team thus far Home field: Centennial Park Stadium, capacity 4,500 Average attendance:...

Toronto Argonauts.(This City)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Sport: Football (CFL) Owners: Developer Howard Sokolowski and KIK Corporation head David Cynamon Home field: SkyDome, capacity 52,500 Average attendance: 16,345 Coach: Pinball Clemons MVP: Quarterback Damon Allen, the...

Toronto Inferno.(This City)(local women's soccer team, Toronto, Ontario)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Sport: Women's soccer Owner: Tony Marmo, a credit manager for Para Paints Home field: Birchmount Stadium, capacity 5,000 Average attendance: 275 Coach: Owner Tony Marmo, who also coached a women's team from Scarborough on a...

Toronto Maple Leafs.(This City)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Sport: Baseball (Intercounty League) Owners: Jack and Lynne Dominico, who also own Dominico Promotions, the company that produces the yearbooks for the Ontario Hockey League Home field: Christie Pits; capacity, as many as the park will...

This issue.(covering mayoral elections, Toronto, Ontario)(Editorial)
January 1, 2004... THIRTY-ONE YEARS AGO, I COMMISSIONED A WRITER NAMED John Aitken to do a cover story for Toronto Life called "The Making of the Mayor, 1972." I was stealing from Theodore H. White, whose book about the presidential race between Richard Nixon and...

Trial and error.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2004... It was refreshing to read your article paying tribute to our "City of Scientists" [November]. But I was deeply disappointed that only the University of Toronto and Mount Sinai were identified as places where great research is carried out in...

Pet peeve.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2004... My two-year-old Shih Tzu-Lhasa Apse cross, Maximus, my partner and I read (or, in Maximus's case, digested) with amusement Ellen Vanstone's piece on a day in the life of Fifi, a pampered Yorkville poodle ["A Dog's Life," September]. Although...

Oops!(Letters)(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2004... A review of Koffman Music in the 2003 Entertaining Guide should have read: Rochelle Koffman recruits the city's top musicians. As well, the December' Shopping With Chefs photograph of Chris Zielinski was taken at Fiesta Gardens, not at Yong...

Theatre.(This Month)(list of productions, playwrights, actors, Toronto, Ontario)(Calendar)
January 1, 2004... OPENINGS Blood. It's sibling rivalry month in Toronto theatre: this play and two others (Tara, Restitution) look at troubled sibling relationships. Not for the squeamish, Tom Walmsley's hard-hitting 1995 drama goes after one of our few...

Pulp fiction.(This Month)(One Good Marriage by playwright Sean Reycraft)(Theater Review)
January 1, 2004... A heroin-addicted journalist sells fabricated news stories for drug money. An adolescent girl gives birth in a toilet stall at a school dance. Toronto-based playwright Sean Reycraft has a twisted passion for the stories behind tabloid...

Nouveau soul.(This Month)(jazz vocalist Denzal Sinclaire)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Few musical styles sound as outmoded as vocal jazz. Born in the 1920s, this sub-genre provided a whimsical escape in the pre- and post--Second World War eras, but the platitudinous lyrics and cartoonishly cheery delivery seem jejune in the era...

Classical music.(This Month)(performances)(Calendar)
January 1, 2004... ORCHESTRAL Les idees fixes. Esprit Orchestra presents an evening of modern works, including two by the fascinating Argentinian-German composer Mauricio Kagel, a master of music theatre, pastiche, collage and whimsy. Kagel's Das Konzert...

Force of nature.(This Month)(etchings by Lucian Freud)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... In the hands of Lucian Freud, the greatest living draftsman, a 29-by-22-inch etching of a human face has the presence of a 60-foot-high visage carved into the side of Mount Rushmore. The planes, hollows and ridges of his Head of an Irishman...

Dance.(This Month)(calendar of works and performances)(Calendar)
January 1, 2004... And. Two years ago, Louis Laberge-Cote, Lincoln Shand and Marvin Vergara--outstanding dancers all--founded 3M Dances. Short for Three Men, the company has a bold mandate: to present contemporary works created and performed by men. Their second...

Art.(This Month)(listing of exhibitions)(Calendar)
January 1, 2004... Dyan Marie. For the past three years, this landscape architect and artist has been spearheading community efforts to safeguard her west end neighbourhood, and her paintings tell the tale. Abstracts, painted in lush oil glazes on canvas, are...

Nightlife.(This Month)(Bette Midler, Smokey Robinson to perform)(listing of bars and nightclubs)
January 1, 2004... CONCERTS Bette Midler. The very mention of her name conjures up misty-eyed memories of cheesy movie nights (the kind featuring the triplehanky flick Beaches). One thing is for sure: the Divine Miss M is at least as well known for her...

Rules of engagement.(This Month)(Cinematheque Ontario runs retrospective of films by Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Yasujiro Ozu has the rare distinction of being better known for his singular filmmaking style than for individual movies. The Japanese director made 54 films over half a century--ranging from I Was Born, but... (1932), a comedy of...

Jazz and standards.(This Month)(scheduled performances)(Calendar)
January 1, 2004... CONCERTS B.B. King. What more can one say about the King of the Blues, still a dynamic force at age 78? Since his debut in the 1940s, King has brought an elegance to the blues, from the warm embrace of his voice to the stinging sweetness...

Kid's events.(This Month)(Calendar)
January 1, 2004... Casa Loma. Sleeping Beauty, the storied victim of a spindle-related finger pricking, has succumbed to a snoring spell that's threatening to spread throughout the castle; already, the entire royal family is slumbering in the castle library. In...

Diversions.(This Month)(exhibitions, literary readings, lectures and more)(Calendar)
January 1, 2004... Carrot Top. Inventor of the Dr. Kevorkian bath toy (rubber duck with electrical cord attached), this American comedian has also cornered the market on the Whitney Houston microphone-with-bong. Expect the unexpected from this Vegas headliner....

The IT spot.(This Month)(C Lounge)(Nightclub Review)
January 1, 2004... C Lounqe, 456 Wellington St. W., 416-Z60-9393 WHERE: South of the shmatte district, C Lounge inhabits a formerly bland and boxy office space. Designed by the ubiquitous Liberty Group (Left Bank, Velvet Underground, etc.), C is anything but...

Strategies for success: investing can seem daunting to even the most experienced investor. Ever-changing markets, a virtual flood of investor information, and endless lists of products and services contribute to the complexity of building and managing a successful investment portfolio.(Special Advertising Feature)(Advertisement)
January 1, 2004... Everyone has their own ideas about investing; but, it helps when these ideas are based on solid principles that have been proven over time. Whether you're a novice or an experienced investor, and regardless of the size of your portfolio or the...

Body work: when Dr. Michael Clarfield graduated from med school in 1980, there wasn't a single sports medicine clinic in Toronto. Today, his midtown practice sees up to 1,500 patients each week. His biggest clients? The Maple Leafs, the National Ballet of Canada and a growing contingent of injury-prone weekend warriors.(Health)(Interview)(Biography)
January 1, 2004... I SUSPECT THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS won't be entirely thrilled by this disclosure, but here's your chance to play celebrity voyeur. The next time you've got a gimpy knee or a stiff neck, ask your GP to send you to the Sports Medicine Specialists,...

The scam artist: when his best friend in the New York Mafia was murdered, John D'Rosa fled the country, fearing he might be next. He planned to stay in Toronto only a few months but found it the perfect place to swindle a living. Portrait of a con man in a welcoming town.(Crime)(Interview)(Biography)
January 1, 2004... IT WAS A BLUSTERY FALL DAY when John D'Rosa, a mobster in his late 40s, walked into a welfare office near Charles and Jarvis. He told the ministry clerk that he had come from Montreal for a job but it had fallen through; he gave a fake address....

The ascent of David Miller: talk about lousy odds. He was a lefty from the west end with little money and a low profile. How a crack campaign team turned a long shot into the king of the city.(Interview)
January 1, 2004... On the final morning of the great municipal marathon of 2003, David Miller folded his large frame into my station wagon for a last interview. He was between hurried appearances at a cozy Riverdale church and the rollicking Prayer Palace off...

The year that was.(anecdotes about Toronto and Torontonians in 2003)(Cover Story)
January 1, 2004... We weathered Norwalk, West Nile and the Great Summer Blackout. We awaited stampeding mad cows and voracious Asian long-horned beetles. We got walloped, more severely than any other North American city, by SARS. And yet, 2003 wasn't a total...

Liberte, egalite et ... the.(Super Shopper)(French tea company Mariage Freres)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... France's oldest tea house, Mariage Freres, was founded in 1854 by brothers Henri and Edouard Mariage. Today, the company celebrates variety as well as tradition, creating more than 450 richly perfumed flavours, spiked with such fairy-tale...

Stocked market.(Super Shopper)(D Lovely boutique, Toronto, Ontario)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Diana Kraus and Adam Grainger opened this bitty boutique, D Lovely, in Kensington last summer affectionately furnishing it with wardrobe enhancers from current trendies Luscious and Ben Scherman plus a handful of little-known locals....

On a roll.(Super Shopper)(stroller from Dutch designer Max Barenburg)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... The snazziest cruiser to hit the sidewalk style pageant since Peg Perego, the Bugaboo Frog demotes most other prams to Flintstonian status. Dutch industrial designer Max Barenburg first engineered the mod stroller as s grad project for the...

Full swaddle.(Super Shopper)(blankets designed by Sonay Barnett)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... After seven years as a graphic designer Toronto-born Sonya Barnett founded her own clean-lined home decor collection and called it Stush--British slang for "stylish," with an umlaut to reflect the line's Scandy aesthetic. Each of her sleek...

Running hot and cold: blown away.(Super Shopper)(glass vases designed by Caleb Siemon)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... With undulating bands of Popsicle-bright hues, Caleb Siemon's shapely vases vitrify a childhood spent by the sea: tones of turquoise lapping against sunset oranges and bright yellows. Hailing from Newport Beach, California, Siemon, a former...

Lofty ambitions: thirty years ago, Howard Cohen was derided for his bold city-planning policies. Now, as a condo developer, he is realizing his vision of a livable downtown, one modern structure at a time.(Design)(Context Development Inc.)(Biography)
January 1, 2004... WHEN IT COMES TO CONDOMINIUMS AND townhouses, the landscape of Canada's most sophisticated city stretches from pedestrian to embarrassing. The pedestrian ones tend to be contemporary and ignorable, ho-hum exercises that may have crossed an...

Trustworthy: at Perigee (a promising newcomer) and Avalon (a perennial favourite), adventurous patrons leave it up to the chef to devise the evening's tasting menu.(Food)(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... MIST CREEPS IN AFTER DARK, NOSING DOWN cobbled alleyways, stroking rough brick walls with tentative fingers. A cold night, especially here, so close to the warm: The man moves deeper into the shadows of a doorway as laughing revellers pass arm...

Tasting notes.(Drink)(sale of wine in restaurants declined in 2003 due to economic slowdown, Toronto, Ontario)(review of various wines)
January 1, 2004... Help is on its way After the SARS-ravaged spring and summer of 2003, things can only get rosier for Toronto's hospitality scene in 2004. Restaurant wine sales are a telling anecdotal barometer of the devastation. Crush, one of the hottest...

Goldfish.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... Votive candles lined up in a row, on tables empty or occupied, cast a warm, romantic glow throughout the otherwise stark room. A subdued colour palette is repeated in blocks of painted canvas; dried fruits and flowers are the only...

Scaramouche.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... Maintaining such serenely accomplished standards year after year is the toughest trick in the game, but Scaramouche's regulars expect and receive nothing less. Timeless decor, retouched in a warm grey and subtly lit, exudes a sophisticated...

Two Japanese restaurants, Megumi and Kobe, failed to find lasting happiness in their spacious premises on Church Street, south of Front.(Tidbits)(chef Jamie Kennedy plans new restaurant in same spot, Toronto, Ontario)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Two Japanese restaurants, Megumi and Kobe, failed to find lasting happiness in their spacious premises on Church Street, south of Front. Jamie Kennedy reckons he'll have better luck. The renowned chef has taken the property and split it into a...

Sam Gassira attracted a lot of public attention and critical praise during his time at Focaccia, Bill Iuele's cozy little bistro on Hayden Street.(Tidbits)(chef now joins staff of new restaurant called Bloom)(Toronto, Ontario)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... * Sam Gassira attracted a lot of public attention and critical praise during his time at Focaccia, Bill luele's cozy little bistro on Hayden Street. After a wellearned season of rest, he now returns to a different kitchen at Bloom, a new...

In May, chef Masayuki Tamaru left Crush, Jamieson Kerr's wine-savvy King West bistro.(Tidbits)(sous-chef Scott Kapitan was promoted to chef)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... * In May, chef Masayuki Tamaru left Crush, Jamieson Kerr's wine-savvy King West bistro. "It was an entirely amicable departure," says Kerr, "and we were delighted that Masayuki's sous-chef, Scott Kapitan, stayed on here as chef." Kapitan's new...

Congratulations to Igor Ryjenkov, a Vintaqes product consultant with the LCBO, who has just earned the right to call himself a Master of Wine, considered the wine world's most challenging diploma.(Tidbits)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... * Congratulations to Igor Ryjenkov, a Vintages product consultant with the LCBO, who has just earned the right to call himself a Master of Wine, considered the wine world's most challenging diploma. The first Russian to become an MW, Ryjenkov...

Paul Boehmer, most recently chef at Bellini's on Yorkville, is back in the limelight at Ultra, the dazzling new supper club created by nightclub maestro Charles Khabouth and Brenda Lowes, proprietor of Kindred Spirits Catering.(Tidbits)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... * Paul Boehmer, most recently chef at Bellini's on Yorkville, is back in the limelight at Ultra, the dazzling new supper club created by nightclub maestro Charles Khabouth and Sam Gassira Brenda Lowes, proprietor of Kindred Spirits Catering. A...

Splendido.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... While this tall-ceilinged dining room becomes more resplendent and whimsical with each renovation, the glass-fronted kitchen remains the focal point. You can watch, above the frosted swirls, black-capped staff assemble your dinner--from a...

1055.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... NEW They say too many cooks can spoil the broth, but at 1055, three could be the magic number. Recently opened on that notorious stretch of Yonge Street where restaurants have a tendency to flip, flop or fly, 1055 aims to beguile the...

Shopping with chefs.(Restaurant)(chef Tawfik Shehata of restaurant Eau)
January 1, 2004... Tawfik Shehata of Eau, 609 King St. W., 416-203-9399 Egyptian-born Tawfik Shehata has never imagined being anything other than a chef. The path that led him to his current success as head chef at Eau-one of a string of hot spots on newly...

Tasting Rooms.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... Four distinct dining rooms provide a wide array of settings for the largely business-oriented clientele. The terrace, situated amid towering skyscrapers, evokes swank, urban modernism, while the wine library boasts shelves and shelves lined...

Cafe la Gaffe.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... The decor is standard-issue faux French: dog-eared Toulouse-Lautrec posters, art dace ads, mellow yellow and racy red wails. But the space is cozy and intimate, and there's a pleasant patio from which to gaze out over the Baldwin Street mise en...

Vegetable antipasto.(Restaurants)
January 1, 2004... Neighbours of ours recently returned from Sicily with mouth-watering memories of fried, marinated and raw veggies accompanied by plump olives, home-cured capers and just-plucked herbs, which preceded the pasta and proteins of each evening's...

Cities.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... In the midst of Queen West West's sardine tin of restaurants, Cities is not particularly metropolitan. It is, however a friendly neighborhood destination for early diners, lovey-dovey couples and families alike (though young children must be on...

Herbs.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... An uptown neighbourliness reigns in this eclectically wrought, sandstone-toned room, its dimensions drawn together by a ceiling sash that furls along its length. The clientele ranges from well-pulled-together executive wives and their...

Lai Wah Haen.(at the Metropolitan Hotel)(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... Huge splashes of dancing black ink calligraphy adorn the walls, adding a simple but dramatic touch to a clean, modern decor. The two-level restaurant is filled with large, round tables reflecting the Chinese predilection for group...

Omonia.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... On this notorious strip of the Danforth, Greek restaurants are more common than pretty rooms with expensive strollers--but Omodia is one establishment that does the district proud. To begin, the platter of dips and spreads ($19.95) is better...

New: Bombay Host.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... A new subcontinetal arrival brings a badly needed dash of spice to the otherwise blah Yonge and Eglinton intersection. The menu is largely standard-issue northern Indian--a pity when India's regional cuisines, from the Keralan to Kashmiri,...

Accents.(in the Sutton Place Hotel, Toronto, Ontario)(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... Like many other hotel restaurants, Accents is innocuously decorated to look bland but comfortable. Dimly lit, carpeted rooms are spacious enough that each table has a sense of privacy, while CanCon pop tunes float down from the faux dome...

Coppi.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... It might seem odd at first to see an intimate dining room's teal blue and terra cotta walls hung with outsized photos of the famed cyclist Fausto Coppi, but it becomes obvious early on that this place is passionate about all things Italian....

Fusilli.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... Despite the recent wave of restaurants offering regionally specific Italian cooking, there's still a market for good old-fashioned "red sauce" restaurants like this one. Large oil paintings of frolicking, scantily clad nymphs dominate the...

Olive and Lemon.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... Huge windows send beams of light across dark wooden floors, brightening the long, narrow room. Stylish sahnon pink school desk chairs tuck under a line of tables along a room-length banquette. The classic ltalian menu is unfettered by...

Zucca.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... Chef Andrew Milne-Allan has drifted far from his Queen Street origins to just south of Yonge and Eg, where, with his seasonal menus, he continues to deliver the pure colours, textures and flavours of the best Italian cooking with the lightest...

Katsura.(in the Westin Prince Hotel, Toronto, Ontario)(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... A little piece of Japan sits at the base of the towering Westin Prince Hotel, surrounded by raked pebble gardens, stone pagodas and weeping katsura trees. It is here that a small, distinetly Japanese structure beckons, housing a restaurant that...

Amadeu's.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... This Portuguese veteran is two venues in one. In the casual, laid-back bar, neighbourhood locals conduct heated debates above the blare of the television and radio. In the sedate pink dining room--easily overlooked next to its rowdier...

Blu Lobster Bistro.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... NEW You want to love a new restaurant in the Beach because the chicken wing-favouring neighbourhood-sur-lac hasn't seen a decent restaurant since long-departed Loons. Happily--shockingly--brave BluLobster Bistro, at the old Loons address...

Juniper grill.(Orangeville, Ontario)(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... NEW Soigne? Tony? What word to choose for this snazzy newcomer to old O'ville? The elegance surprises but shouldn't, for today's "smalltown" patrons include monied mansion owners from the nearby Caledon Hills, well-got-up families with...

Rundles.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... The debonair modern design is filled with daylight at lunchtime, elegantly aglow after dark. Glimpses of gardens through glass and the view of Stratford's lake blur inside with out; whimsical sculptures add a delightful note of eccentricity....

Casa Do Churrasco de Dundas.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... NEW Bossa nova wafts through this recently renovated boito in the heart of Little Portugal. Earthy walls, a handsome wooden bar and an open kitchen create a calming oasis (too bad about the TVs, but at least the sound is muted). The menu...

The Foggy Dew.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... NEW Those in search of traditional Irish pub fare--and not counting calories--need look no further. Tempting starters such as County Clare chips (hand-cut French fries smothered in cheese and bacon, $6.95) or Irishman's bread (a sourdough...

Mi Mi Vietnamese Restaurant.(Restaurant Review)
January 1, 2004... NEW A friendly vibe emanates as much from the bright colours on the walls as from the restaurateurs themselves. With the father in the kitchen and his kids out front, questions about the 177 menu items are cheerfully and expertly answered....

The Lion King: March 30, 2000-January 4, 2004.(South African cast member comments on her experience performing in the show, Toronto, Ontario)
January 1, 2004... I've been with the show from day one. At first, I played a "bird lady"--I had a parrot attached to my head with wings that would flutter whenever I moved. Each night, I would come up the aisle, part of the pm'ade of African beasts, surrounded...