MUSIC: It is highly recommended that you check out tonight's EP release party for Toronto band We Take Lovers. The show is at Sneaky Dee's, and features performances from friends and local favourites The Guest Bedroom and Femme Generation, as well as We Take Lovers themselves. DJ Rob spins in between sets. Sneaky Dee's (451 College Street), doors at 9:00 p.m., $10 includes a copy of the EP, $6 does not. KIDS: This afternoon at......

No, those aren't Tibetan prayer flags strung up at Yonge and Carlton—it's Toronto Hydro airing their dirty laundry for all to see, and if our own observations are any indicator, the windblown apparel is attracting a lot of mystified attention from pedestrians below. The stunt is a reminder that they're giving out free clotheslines at Costco, Wal-Mart, and Home Depot for two more weekends. The campaign is targeting clothes dryers because the average dryer......

December is party season, but what if you don't feel like dancing? There's more to holiday dressing than disco-ball metallics and electro-shock hues. Indeed, in today's ever-flashier scene, you're most likely to stand out in a standby—the little black dress. Luckily for you nineties types, local label Common Cloth is a step ahead on the road back to minimalism. For their current fall/winter collection, scissor sisters Melanie Talbot and Kristina Bozzo cut refined, modern......

Torontoist's frustration with H&M has, in the past, been limited to its button-flys and men's selection; not exactly earth-shattering stuff. H&M is, by most definitions, a public darling, helping to break apart the retail store stereotype that cheap in cost must mean cheap in quality, helping us all afford cashmere and merino wool. But it's not all roses and Madonnas for H&M. Known for aggressive advertising, the store has taken it to the next......

Torontonians are, to say the least, an opinionated bunch. So instead of a simple "Best Of" list to cap 2006 off, the Torontoist staffers have racked their brains about everything (books, songs, restaurants, people, places, stores, newspapers, politicians, musicians, and a lot more) to bring you their choices for the very best and the very worst of our city this past year. It's Torontoist Love/Hate 2006, and you can find a new one every......