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October 6, 2007

Torontoist commenters now have avatars! If you have a profile (and if you don't yet, why not register?), just go to "Edit Profile" and upload a 100 x 100 pixel image. Then try commenting (on this post!), and bask in the glory of our ever-improving commenting system. For now, the default icon for registered users across the Gothamist network is a panda, for some reason that we aren't entirely sure of ourselves. (Seriously, we actually......

Continue Reading "Iconic"

October 2, 2007

If you were a child passing through Toronto since the early 1970s, there's a good chance you may have eaten at The Old Spaghetti Factory. Kitschy antique decor, the pots of whipped garlic butter that arrived with the loaf of bread and a family-friendly atmosphere have kept the crowds coming for nearly four decades. The Old Spaghetti Factory opened its first location in Portland, Oregon in 1969, a period when themed sit-down restaurant chains......

Continue Reading "Vintage Toronto Ads: The Little Tramp Likes Spaghetti"

August 2, 2007

Torontoist finished Book 7 last night, and we're feeling a little down about the Harry Potter saga being over. Sure, everything turned out alright (and Mrs. Weasley said the B-word!) but we can't help feeling like the wizarding world no longer needs our support. Under normal circumstances, we would be binge eating and watching Prisoner of Azkaban on repeat. Thankfully, Toronto will be flooded with Harry Potter fans this weekend, keeping the wizarding spirit......

Continue Reading "Harry And The Potters At Whippersnapper"

January 24, 2007

Not only are you eating rice noodles out of that Styrofoam takeout container, you may be feeding yourself tasty carcinogens. Oh, and you'll pollute the environment when you toss the container in the garbage (or on the sidewalk, for all the difference it makes). Of course, that won't matter if the styrene in the Styrofoam gets to you first. But this is a scenario that can be avoided! NaturoPack is here to help. The......

Continue Reading "Sugar Cane, Corn, and Potato Starch to Go, Please"

January 11, 2007

Yesterday marked the official release of Google Earth 4 (the public beta has been available since the summer), a free product with a cleaner interface and a beefed-up focus on 3-D architectural imagery. Part of the appeal Google Earth holds is "flying" through three-dimensional terrain as if in a 90s-era flight simulator, and Google wants to map bridges, skyscrapers, and landmarks as well. Television news networks have relied on the paid, enhanced version Google......

Continue Reading "I Can See My House From Here!"

February 8, 2005

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November 8, 2004

Enough with this 'we're moving to Canada' blather. How many people are actually going to marry a canadian? And now, courtesy of metafilter, Torontoist has come across The Republic of Cascadia, an all too real to be fake website that promotes the idea of a sovereign nation comprised of Oregon, Washington and B.C. Too bad they couldn't have come up with a better name. Of course, Albumbia was already taken. That said, we have to......

Continue Reading "Soap or Sovereigty?"

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