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Says Charles DH Crosbie, who submitted the photo at right to our Flickr pool:

Yes, this is how the slice came: a used and soiled "Convenience Size" bottle of Vaseline moisturizer, as found in a Pizza Pizza, bagged slice of pizza; purchased in-store at 8:30PM (EST) 23 February 2008, Yonge St near Bloor St (Toronto, Canada).

Is your wardrobe lacking that all-important "pocket pizzazz"? Not feeling preppy enough as spring winds down? Need snazzier purple pants the next time you Hulk out? Look no further than today's ad!

Yesterday, the province gave Toronto $52,000 to test recycling programs in apartment complexes as part of the goal to divert 70 per cent of waste from landfill by 2010.

Attention all families: are you looking for something to do for Mother's Day that doesn't involve cheesy cards or impersonal gifts? If so, gather the kids this Sunday, and take them to the brand new Union Yoga Center (242 Carlton St.) for some quality family time. Ladyfest Toronto will be hosting Celebrating Motherhood at 2 p.m., featuring a yoga warm-up and songwriting workshop for kids. Space is limited and at only $5 (or PWYC) per family, it will fill up fast—so get there early.

It is nearly time for our third annual urban Easter Egg hunt, which marks the two year anniversary of Newmindspace. Early Sunday morning, dozens of nocturnal bunnies will hide eggs filled with hand-written messages of joy in nooks and crannies of all kinds. A few hours later, even littler bunnies will scramble around the 'hood looking for them. By popular demand, this year's hunt takes place on Bloor St. W between Yonge St. and Bathurst St. and begins at 11 AM! This event is meant for children and children-at-heart, so bring the little ones.

While North American documentaries are becoming increasingly political and divisive, Souvenirs, Iraeli filmmaker Shahar Cohen’s directorial debut doc, is the very human story of a father and son trying to understand where they came from so they might to understand who they are.

The 1960s and 1970s saw family dining restaurant chains explode across North America. Chains such as Steak n' Burger took staples of diners and greasy spoons and used cleanliness, low prices and conformity to draw in hungry families.

The elite of the documentary film world gathered this morning at Revival for a press conference announcing the lineup of this year's Hot Docs festival. It's a powerhouse program, which TVO's Rudy Buttingnol attributes to the filmmakers and the growing importance of the medium. "Documentaries are helping change the way people think," says Buttingnol, who will also receive the inaugural Outstanding Industry Achievement Award. "Just look at how governments around the world are now trying to address the problem of the environment...I can't help but think documentaries had something to do with it."

A few blocks east of Bloor and Bathurst, on the south side of Bloor St. and around Future Bakery, there’s an inconspicuous door facing Brunswick Ave. on the side of the building. Probably only studios or something upstairs, right? Not so on the second floor. Here is housed Toronto’s newest cinema, Brunswick Theatre.

March 8th marks International Women's Day each year, though it's sadly not yet a national holiday in Canada, as it is in a few countries. But official holiday or not, there are still a tonne of events happening in Toronto to mark the occasion. Here are some of Torontoist's best bets for celebrating feminism this week:

Jim Jones was not your typical self-proclaimed messiah. The man preached love for all races and classes, freedom of speech and socialism through Christianity. In 1978, Jones and more than 900 followers, known as Peoples Temple, moved from California to Guyana. They were going to build the ideal society. Dubbed Jonestown, after Jones himself, it was to be a utopia for the disenfranchised; a place where believers of all races and classes could lead self-sufficient lives as equals, far away from the oppression and immorality of the USA.

Tonight, the Toronto Public Space Committee's Streets to Screens series wraps up with a screening of Ron Mann's Rochdale College doc Dream Tower:

Look out for women in hoop skirts and men in stovepipe hats strolling down Bloor St. West tomorrow. It’s not the cast of A Christmas Carol doing a sidewalk performance (unfortunately) but the Kingsway holiday carolers. It’s your last chance to catch them on Bloor St. West, between Prince Edward Dr. and Montgomery Rd., for a few hours starting at 12 p.m. Yes, yes, we can’t stand yet another rendition of "Baby, it’s Cold Outside." But it’s just too cool to hear Victorian street carolers sing traditional tunes about the Duke of Bohemia.

Photo by Gary Campbell. Toronto has been called a city of neighbourhoods: The Beach, Yorkville, Chinatown, Little Italy, Greektown, The Annex; all have their defining characteristics that make them appealing to locals as well as visitors. And when it comes down to it, most of these areas are well-defined by the intersection of two major streets. Beginning a new column focused on these intersections with Yonge St. and Bloor St. may seem like an...

Fourteen women engineering students were killed because they were just that - women studying engineering. On December 6, 1989, an anti-feminist gunman entered l'École Polytechnique de Montréal and murdered them.

Last night, while out for a stroll, Torontoist stumbled upon a brand-new, two-story bookstore just east of Brunswick. It was rather late at night, yet the line-up at the cash register was still over twenty people deep. Lo and behold, it’s the newest location for one of the city’s finest used bookstores, BMV Books. You may recall it was announced this past summer that a new location was being built in the Annex, and yesterday was the grand opening.

Energy efficient LED lights in the sky are as enchanting and romantic as the starry nights of the countryside. Perhaps that’s a lie. Regardless, LED lighting displays have been set up in 19 neighbourhoods across the city for the 40th annual Cavalcade of Lights. Even in the less than attractive Bloordale Village, “blue and white illuminated festoons [are] suspended on light poles lining Bloor St from Lansdowne to Dufferin.” Festoons, eh?

Looking for something to do Saturday afternoon besides antiquing? Check out the Toronto Small Press Fair at Trinity St.Paul Centre (427 Bloor St W.) between 11am-6pm. Stroll around different tables set up with some of our favorite indie rags like Kiss Machine and puddlepress. For extra indie lit points, go see Emily Schultz, John Terpstra and more read later that day at The Victory Cafe, 6-9pm.

Peter Kuitenbrower writes about the Bloor St. Redesign in the National Post today. At first glance, the plan seems great, lots of trees, public art, better walkways for pedestrians and fewer parking spots. All good things if you want to make a more walkable neighbourhood.

Ok we admit it, this post is just an excuse for us to post this brilliant barechested image of our favourite '70s Scottish disco band. But really if you're bored and didn't get completely tired out from last weekend's Over the Top fest there's a fair amount to do tonight.

Incumbent Trinity-Spadina MP Tony Ianno looking...interested just before last night's candidates debate at the Bloor St. JCC. Taken as Torontoist was ejected by some rude JCC workers.

An evidently cold (and mildly crazy) old man on Bloor St. this morning: Hellllloooooo winter! Oh CA-NA-DA!

A club-goers alternative for alternative club-goers. Virtually every journalist/band/college student/artiste has come here on at least one occasion, and the same demographic are amongst the regular visitors. There's a good chance you'll run into the same people that were there last week, which is both good and bad for one-night stands (On one hand, that girl with the dress-over-the-pants look will be there every Saturday, on the other it's awkward city since that time in the booth.) But the student-friendly Dance Cave (free with student card) always has a good mix of forward and forward-thinking individuals ready and willing for whatever. Stay till the last song and it's highly likely that you'll be making it happen to that slower Jet song.

When a movie festival runs for five days and shows over 230 films, calling it 'short' seems a little misleading. But the organizers of the World Wide Short Film Festival have decided to go ahead and use the 'short' qualifer to describe the bigtime, 11-years and counting event. Starting tonight until this Sunday, June 14-19, films like Taika Waititi's "Sons of War," Craig Goodwill's "My Own Revolution," Jeff Moneo's "Plastic Bitch," Monica Rho's "Stationary," Brian Stockton's "All the Teachers I Have Known," and Michael White's "Branding Mupatu" are the highlights. And as anyone can guess from that cut-and-paste job, the only film we recognize here is Chris Landreth's now famous Academy-Award winning "Ryan." But you can find out more by buying tickets at venues Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor St W), Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles St W), Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Ave), and Emmanuel College (Queen's Park Circle). Or online here.

Counting down the top used record stores in Toronto....

Torontoist will take some time off from long-weekend drinking and head to church. Not to atone for his sins, of which there are plenty, but to check out what the independent literary artists of Toronto have been cooking up while squirelled away in their basement apartments, lofts and bedrooms over the winter at the Small Press Book Fair.

Not all Irish, but serving green beer:

Often referred to as the Broken Social Scene babes (of which Feist is included), Emily Haines of Metric and Amy Milan of Stars are indeed scorching hot. However that is not the issue here. The constant recognition of their natural, milk-fed beauty shouldn't trump the importance of their musical contributions to our fair city, or their actual music. So Torontoist will have to drool over the two in a later post. (This will be necessary since Chart Magazine dedicated a whole issue to Emily Haines's hotness, unfairly ignoring the hot Amy Milan).