Juanita Koo, grand prize winner of Torontoist’s Birthday Cupcake Bake-Off, almost didn’t enter the contest. “I saw it mentioned on Twitter after the deadline was extended,” she said while sipping her green tea. “I started planning and sketching at noon, worked until about 1 a.m., went to sleep, made a last-minute change in the morning, [...]

Kevin McBride’s Butt. Courtesy of Kevin McBride and Nancy Draws. ART: Some of Toronto’s favourite graphic artists make asses of themselves in an exhibit called “I Know That Butt” opening at the Cameron House tonight (on until March 28). Curator Nancy Draws invited thirty artists (including former Torontoist contributor Kevin McBride, featured above) to have [...]

Original photo by whoaa buddy from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. “Knock, knock!” “Who’s there?” “Torontoist’s cupcake bake-off deadline.” “Oh, crap…hang on a second. I think I see a bran muffin I can decorate.” Right. So. We realize we were a little hasty (and perhaps even unreasonable) with our bake-off submission deadline. And we want to [...]

Original photo by whoaa buddy from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. The time has come for us to say “bonne fête à toi, Toronto”—and we want you (yes, you!) to help us get the message across. By way of… cupcakes. Obviously. We want you to create a cupcake that says “Toronto”—to you. (And by “says,” we [...]