Lose the flab, attract a partner. Too honest? Too vain? Then Fit2SpeedDate is not for you. The latest joint venture from workout behemoth Extreme Fitness and FastLife.ca combines circuit training with speed dating. We know, it's hard to believe, but the press materials promise the opportunity to "connect with the opposite sex through friendly endurance competitions, strength challenges, and partner assisted stretches." What could be more entrancing than watching your well-coiffed companion start to......

You know, that unspeakably grotesque misgonyist (né James Sears) who lost his medical license after being convicted of sexually assaulting female patients? Who—after creating the persona of Dimitri the Lover—founded Toronto Real Men, an organization that teaches courses titled stuff like "Worship the Cock" and that is thus obviously unaware that Magnolia was not an instruction manual? Well, good news: the whole world hates him too, now that two unbelievable voicemail messages from Sears to......

Amid all the cute overloading our recent Internet history, all the LOLcatz and YouTube Charlies, we began to feel that something very important was missing. We just couldn't figure out what it was. Did we need more plush? More anime? More stuff on our cats? No, no, no. We needed... Cute. Boys! Yes, there is now a blog devoted exclusively to the pursuit of happy, daydreamy, or hipsterishly sullen boy faces. Honest, we don't......

Overheard by reader Tammy Yiu on the southbound Spadina streetcar last Thursday morning. Girl: So I was listening to this song last night, and all of a sudden he turns to me and is like... "I love you." Guy: Haha, really. Girl: Yeah, and I'm like, "Well, yeah, you're like my favourite older brother." I dunno. But you know, he's like been through a lot. His girlfriend cheated on him and got pregnant and whatever.......

What's better than sex? Maybe writing about sex. Sex and Our City is a special week-long series that looks for questions and answers about love and sex in our city. Photo by fdecomite. Before heading out for a night of dancing at El Convento Rico, a friend shared two things: a bottle of wine and a story about his high school days. Years ago, a male schoolmate had got into trouble with the girls when......

What's better than sex? Maybe writing about sex. Sex and Our City is a special week-long series that looks for questions and answers about love and sex in our city. Photo by PPDigital. Ah, the second date: dinner and a movie. (First date involves, of course, a course of non-alcoholic beverages.) Choosing the right restaurant is a chance to demonstrate compatibility ("You love sushi? No way! I love sushi!") and the right flick can demonstrate......

In the barter section of Craigslist's Toronto classifieds, some people are content to trade a small pot of "slowly cooling American fiddleheads, marinating in Gay Lea salted butter" for one or two "nice rounded goblets" of Stella. And some, like this gentleman, want more:UNLIMITED LOVE AND MUSIC FOR newMAC LAPTOP (TORONTO) Reply to: sale-694042090@craigslist.org Date: 2008-05-24, 11:49PM EDT Aspiring composer of symphonies needs new Mac laptop for composing purposes and in return I pledge my......

What's better than sex? Maybe writing about sex. Sex and Our City is a special week-long series that looks for questions and answers about love and sex in our city. Photo by Just-Us-3. In Toronto, a birthday celebration often isn’t complete without hearing the drunken whines of "I’m so old" (as the table scrambles to find their IDs to order beer). However, we’re taking longer to do the things that are associated with getting older:......

What's better than sex? Maybe writing about sex. Sex and Our City is a special week-long series that looks for questions and answers about love and sex in our city. Photo by Sontra. This is an age of convenience. With a single click, we can find the great apartment, the great shoes to fill the closet in our great apartment, and the great job to pay for it all. It follows, then, that online a......

Forget Harlequin––the results from NOW's massive love and sex survey are now out. It's got all the usual features of the Love and Sex issue, like a front cover (at left) that'll make prudes just as mildly uncomfortable as the usual back American Apparel ad will, and tons of glorious, glorious data, this year from just under 6,000 respondents. Among the salient points from the forty questions: we are getting gayer ("sexual fluidity is on......

Canada's first same-sex marriage was performed here, and according to 2006 census data released today, nearly a quarter of same-sex common law couples in Toronto have officially tied the knot. Strangely enough, hetero marriages haven't crumbled en masse since the unions became legal country-wide in 2005, nor have people started lobbying to marry their pets. Someone should tell the Americans. This is the first time that the question was asked on a census, with 7,465......

With the Rebel Alliance continually blowing up all the swanky Death Stars, what's an Imperial warrior to do when in the mood for a little R&R? If you're married stormtroopers Red and Jonny, you end up far, far away in the little town of Caledonia, Ontario, Earth. Normally, servants of the Galactic Empire might stand out like a bantha at the Mos Eisley spaceport, but distracted with an ongoing First Nations protest, the sleepy......

It's not entirely clear how or when R. Kelly's hip-hop opera "Trapped in the Closet" became a Zeitgeist. Part music video, part soap opera, it—while verging on self-parody throughout—has spawned parodies by everyone from South Park (which used it to make fun of Tom Cruise and John Travolta, among others) to Weird Al (who used it to make fun of fast food. Oh Weird Al!). What is clear is why it's been embraced by seemingly......

For some of us, Tuesdays can only mean one thing. Yes, "Family and Relationships" day over at Globe Life, the Globe's lifestyle section that was introduced in the April redesign. But it seems like they’re having some trouble finding material, because yesterday’s Globe Life section featured not one, but two pieces on what to do when you accidentally offend a colleague, either by mistakenly hitting "Reply" instead of "Forward" (à la Aileen Siu), or by......

Pity sex may have gotten some of us through university, but Loree Erickson, a York University PhD candidate and photographer/filmmaker, is determined that it’s not a phrase which should be associated with the disabled. Concerned about the sexual stigmatization of people with disabilities, she’s put together an evening of film and live performance intended to open minds and shatter stereotypes about sex and disability. Reclaiming the Gaze will feature two short films by Erickson,......

It was a whirlwind friendship that began in the summer of 2003 between two of Canada's more notable singers. Chantal Kreviazuk and Avril Lavigne had a lot in common from the start: they both left their hometowns to launch careers in Toronto; they each have a contract with Ford models; both are represented by the same management company; the women have appeared in minor film roles; and both are now married to Canadian rock......

Photo of Post Porn Modernists Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens by Julian Cash. It must be nice to write a column for The Globe: you can pass judgment on artists’ work without attending to pesky trivialities like seeing their shows, and project your own insecurities and feelings of lack onto people who are actually changing the world. Herein is a review of a recent show by Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens at Buddies in......

It's a familiar story: Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Girl breaks boy's heart. Unfortunately for girl, boy is diagnosed with a dependent personality disorder. This is where things get more complicated. Boy argues with girl, and she tries to phone the police. Boy cuts the phone cord and attacks girl. When the police arrive, boy stabs himself in the aorta with a butcher knife. A psychiatric examination reveals that boy has......

Spring is in the air. Can you feel the love? Apparently while in town this past weekend for a speaking engagement at The Learning Annex Real Estate and Wealth Expo, The Donald also found time to take his message to the streets. Apparently the beef with Rosie is finished and The Donald has developed a new affinity for this star of The View. What a big softie! Find more here, and see some more......

In 1996, we learned that, (a), a book had been published under the title The Vagina Monologues, (b), said book began with the question "If your vagina got dressed, what would it wear?", and (c), what followed were the documented, serious answers from women who sat down and actually thought about what their vagina would wear if it were getting dressed. At the time it seemed like a bad feminist joke. Sometimes it’s nice......

All right, time to face reality: Valentine's Day is 2 days away, and you're still single. Dateless. Planless. You got nothin'. You've perused Torontoist's list of fun, naughty Valentine's events, but you're really not into going to any of them alone. You're figuring you just won't leave the house on Wednesday. You hate Valentine's Day even when you're not single: who wants to be surrounded by nauseatingly cute couples fawning over each other? Blech!......

Kizmeet, the first site solely dedicated to finding missed connections, was launched in Toronto this week. The latest incarnation of the interwebs as cupid mixes serendipity and strategy: “With Kizmeet.com, you’ve already felt the spark –- you just need to find the person again.” Searching online for a long-lost someone or nameless crush isn’t a new phenomenon -- Craigslist and NOW offer this service, but Kizmeet differs by filtering posts through nine categories according to......

Often considered one of Toronto's best sex stores, Come As You Are (701 Queen St. W) is throwing a 10th Anniversary Party on Thursday night. The worker owned and operated store will celebrate ten glorious years with prizes, "thank you gifts," a toonie bin, prizes and erotic pastries (we're hoping for breast cookies and penis eclairs). The bash will be taking place from 6-9pm and is the first of many free events the store is......

Yesterday was day two of Canada’s Bridal Show at the Metro Convention Centre (still on until 6pm today). It’s apparently “The Big One” for brides-to-be in our city, with over 400 vendors coming to peddle all kinds of stuff you didn’t even know you needed to have in order to publicly express your love for another person. Just walking in the door you're handed a bag containing, among other things, a package of "slightly......

Sharing public spaces with millions of other people takes work. Most of the time, it's no biggie for the seasoned city resident, but every now and then a serious etiquette violation can upset the balance. Many civic etiquette offenses may be genuinely innocent. The amount of people who ride their bikes on the sidewalk indicates that many casual cyclists don't realize that it's not only illegal, but it's frustrating for pedestrians. Other lapses in......

We know you've probably already heard, but you'll be hearing about it for the next five months anyways, so get used to it. Brit and Kev are Splitsville, population: dumped. It seems that Kevin got the news via Blackberry on Monday night while filming a segment with MuchMusic, who were kind enough to edit the footage and have it YouTube-ed before you even finished your daily breakfast taco. Good morning! Can anyone tell what restaurant......

We know those nights are getting longer and colder and it's only natural that some of us will go out on Friday night looking for that special someone right now to warm up those frigid fall nights but we thought we'd point out these little health notes from the people at Toronto Public Health. Firstly, the Syphillis testing blitz is underway at all Toronto bathhouses. Apparently rates of syphillis have increased in all Canadian cities......

Why both of course. Torontoist was at the Coach House open house last night and didn't see this little courtship ritual happening but we wish we did. The young lady in question even posted this risque little comment. Some things: 1. I know of a typesetting job, perhaps you are interested? 2. Or maybe we can get together and talk about the creative uses of white space? Oh, young type lovers I hope you two......

It's the last long weekend of the summer, and if you're anything like me, you're dreaming of getting out from under the sonic booms intruding into your solitude (such is living next to the CNE and it's traditional Labour Day Weekend air show). I lived in the Niagara Region for a few years, and though it lacks the hustle and bustle (and sonic booms) of the big city, there was never a lack of things......

You should probably know (if you weren't already aware) that the end is nigh. We are closer to exiting this blissful time of sun and greenery, than we once were to entering it - yes the autumn will soon be upon us. So, it's time to take advantage of the sun while it is here with us. It is time to take your best girl and/or boy to the beach. After all, nothing says romance......