Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'ariehsinger'
February 11, 2008
Photo by Arieh Singer from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. The hearts-and-kisses holiday isn't just for cute couples and kindergarten kids, no siree—or, uh, madam-ee! After the hop, skip and jump, Torontoist has Valentine's Day (or night) suggestions for every romantic situation.......
Continue Reading "Valentine's Day(ist)"December 6, 2007
It's the holiday season, which means that stress is high and we're not always thinking when we spend our money. But this time of year is also a busy season for fraudsters, who love to take advantage of people's holiday forgetfulness. Paying by debit is one of the easiest ways of paying for your goods, but it's the easiest to compromise. We know several people who have had thousands of dollars drained from their......
Continue Reading "Keep Your Eye On Your Dough"August 6, 2007
There are few things more irksome to a cyclist than a needlessly blocked bike lane. So while some people are making their own, others have created a service to help defend the far-too-few bike lanes we have already. This is precisely the idea behind MyBikeLane Toronto. A North American network of blogs launched in 2006, MyBikeLane is dedicated to outing the road hogs and other boobs blocking the way. All cyclists who have experienced......
Continue Reading "Blog Tracks Bleepin' Boobs Who Block Our Bike Lanes"July 28, 2007
Where can you find popcorn lovers and peaceniks together? At a politically conscious film fest—in a park, no less! Tomorrow is the final night of Peace Reel: an anti-war focused outdoor film festival co-presented by the Toronto-based collective, Artists Against War (AAW) and by CitizenShift, an initiative of the National Film Board. Over the past month, Peace Reel has organized a free Sunday-night series of short films and documentaries at Christie Pits Park. This week,......
Continue Reading "Pontecorvo In The Park For Peace"May 31, 2007
Every day, since October of last year, Michael Takasaki has been photographing a door. About a year ago, the TTC installed an automatic door at the Pleasant Boulevard entrance of St. Clair station. Progress stalled, however, and, for months, the doors were functionless, existing solely as decorative glass with masking-taped X's on them. Around the same time, Takasaki bought a camera and decided that he wanted to do "one of those picture-a-day-for-a-year projects," and......
Continue Reading "Let Mike's Love Open The Door"