Tobogganing in T.O.

When there’s snow, tobogganing’s the perfect date. It’s tax-free fun, and it’s dangerous to boot!* A little danger leads to all kinds of indiscretion. So try any of our favourite hills. Chorley Park / Rosedale It descends into the Don Valley Brickworks. Watch your head. Glenview Ravine / Lawrence Park … Read More

Great Date Suggestions

This week, your friends at XYYC bring you the first in a series of date suggestions around Calgary. Each has been carefully approved by a genuine woman, as an event that would prolong the evening. Go get ’em, tiger! For Thrills: Thrill seekers should try North America’s fastest zip-line, “The … Read More

Meet Hipster Chicks: Bars on Ossington

Driven in part by art-heavy Queen West scenesters to the south and some progressive entrepreneurs north on Dundas, three short blocks of Ossington have become the most elitist of all Toronto – if you’re into culture. They are now populated by the A.W.O.L Gallery, design/architecture firms, Babel Books & Music, … Read More

Five Things You Should Know About Jazz

Theme and variations: these are the essential elements of jazz. Simple. The vast majority of jazz is one or more musicians establishing a theme – a song, riff or line – and futzing around with it. America’s gift to the arts, jazz started when the descendants of slaves brought sophisticated … Read More

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