Toronto (a.k.a. Accordion City)

Three Bedroom, Two Bath Downtown Toronto House Apartment — Available This Summer!

What with the departure of my housemate Paul for Europe for the summer, my housemate Rob getting married to his…

20 years ago

Found at Bay Street Video

Bay Street Video (1172 Bay Street, just south of Bloor) is one of the best damned video stores/rental shops in…

20 years ago

Mysterion’s Victoria Weekend Burlesque Revue

Click the picture to see the whole poster. MAY NOT BE SAFE FOR WORK or OLD SCHOOL MONARCHISTS (boobs, tassels,…

20 years ago

Kickass Karaoke Tonight

Attention karaoke fiends of Accordion City: there's a Kickass Karaoke tonight at Ciao Edie (489 College, just west of Bathrust)…

20 years ago

Maybe They Should’ve Called It "Dense" (or: "English as She is Wrote")

I wasn't expecting much in the way of brainpower from the new free alternative paper Dose, but I did expect…

20 years ago

Who’s Up for Seeing "The Old Soul" Tonight?

Tonight at Lee's Palace, for a mere 8 bucks, The Old Soul (featuring Luca Maolini on accordion), with Ratsicule (the…

20 years ago

It Must Be Spring

It must be spring. When it starts getting warm, people hit the sidewalks of Accordion City more often and my…

20 years ago

The Mysterious "I Love You Mom" Mother’s Day Mini-Posters

While running around picking up items for our mother's day dinner, I noticed that many of the ubiquitous Queen Street…

20 years ago

Follow-up on "A Poke at ‘eye’ With a Sharp Stick"

The letters to the editor page in this week's eye in response to last week's editorial (which I wrote about…

20 years ago

Speed Dating Gets Specialized

Chris recently posted this picture taken somewhere in my neighbourhood on a file-sharing site... Fressen -- the location of the…

20 years ago