House of Vintage

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571 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON, M5V2B6

Life changing event: Finding this store made me believe in magic & unicorns. vintage pucci is life & hauling ass to the paperbag princess in yorkville BLOWS - dennis & his house of vintage have saved my life. thank you.

• favourite thing(s) at this place:
• life changing event

Adrift

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G2-116 Spadina Ave, Toronto, ON, M5V2K6

Kensington locale...: I actually don’t skateboard & have never bought anything at Adrift… ever. But the guy that works there has the same hair as me… & let’s be serious, he needs to be commended for that.

• favourite thing(s) at this place:
• kensington locale...

New Ho King Restaurant

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416 Spadina Ave, Toronto, ON, M5T2G7

Late night chinese food: Its late. I’m hungry. They’re open. sadly... i usually puke afterwards. but its great at the time!!

• favourite thing(s) at this place:
• late night Chinese food

Beck Taxi Ltd

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1 Credit Union Dr, North York, ON, M4A2S6

Late night best friend: If Beck Taxi ever puts out a TV commercial, they should use the theme song from Full House. i love Beck Taxi & cab #3932 is my knight in shining armour.

• favourite thing(s) at this place:
• Late Night Best Friend

Dufflet Pastries

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787 Queen W, Toronto, ON, M6J1G1

Bakery girl: Well - I once had the pleasure of conducting an interview with one Ms. Dufflet Rosenberg. She's nice. I liked her. (despite the fact Dufflet is not her real name - which was a HUGE disappointment) But I do have a request. Dufflet: Can you help a vegan out here? There needs to be WAY more sans-dairy options. That being said - she does employ the coolest bakery girl ever, Sora. This girl has awesome tattoos & if you ask nicely she MAY even show you... MAYBE. but you'll have to buy something

• favourite thing(s) at this place:
• Bakery Girl

The Bay

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176 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON, M5C 2L7

Holiday store: The photo ops alone are worth the five flight crawl at the Yonge & Queen locale. I mean, you can also buy decorations there too - but thats entirely up to you. I haven't. the dollar store kids, the dollar store!

• favourite thing(s) at this place:
• holiday store

Poppies

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1094 Queen St W, Toronto, ON, M6J1H9

Flower shop: I think people underestimate the value of a good flower arrangement & Laura at Poppies is a bl**ming genious! I, for one, put flowers everywhere… bedroom, bathtub, ‘office’, graves.

El Trompo Taco Bar & Cactus Grill

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277 Augusta Ave, Toronto, ON, M5T2M1

Guacamole: If you like Guacamole: go here. If you like sour cream: do not go here. *There are also quesadillas, fajitas, tacos & 85cent ‘juice’… this may or may not act as a factor in your decision.

• favourite thing(s) at this place:
• guacamole

Extreme Fitness

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8281 Yonge, Thornhill, ON, L3T2C7

Health club: Extreme fitness is basically building a new generation of health clubs for the 'young, fabulous & frugal'. Which pretty much describes me! This concept offers the 'hip & healthy' the same 'hip & haute' environments and lavish ammenities as Toronto's old 'it' clubs... but for a fraction of the cost. The newest location is the old Ballys on Bloor which they're revamping entirely. Rumour has it there will be dj booths & big-screens... ie. IM IN!

• favourite thing(s) at this place:
• health club

Hot Box Cafe

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191-A Baldwin Street, Toronto, ON, M5T 1M1

Lazy sunday hangspot…: This is possibly THE most chill patio in the city... for, well, a lot of reasons. But contrary to popular belief, you do not have to smoke to chill here... you really can just chill here & to be honest it's the quickest way to fake an afternoon in Jamaica for the price of a small coffee

• favourite thing(s) at this place:
• Lazy Sunday Hangspot…

Kensington Market

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S. of College St., W. of Spadina Ave., Toronto, ON, M5L1G4

'hood: We rock the party that rocks the par-ty! its true.

• favourite thing(s) at this place:
• 'hood

The Beaconsfield

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1154 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON, M6J 1J5

Sunday pint: A fairly small bar in the middle of the Quest; it’s usually overshadowed by its evil neighbour, The Drake Hotel. This does not bother me, I assure you. The Beaconsfield is a great place to grab a pint Sunday night after a hectic weekend. The Sunday DJ is beyond awesome as well. His name is ‘Your Boy Brian’ & the last time I was there he played New Kids on the Block, Radiohead, The Cars, Biggie, Bloc Party, Mickey Avalon & Feist. He wins.

• favourite thing(s) at this place:
• Sunday Pint