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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).

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.

Last week, Torontoist had a chance to catch a sneak peek of Who Loves The Sun. Shot in a number of cottagey locations along the Ontario-Manitoba border (like Kenora!), the indie film stars Lukas Haas, Adam Scott, and Molly Parker as Will, Daniel, and Maggie, the three vertices in an ongoing love triangle. Daniel has always loved Maggie; Maggie marries Will; Maggie cheats on Will with Daniel; Will disappears for five years; Will comes back. That's where Who Loves the Sun begins.

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.

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:

After a brief hiatus, the shawarma hunt is back on. No vertically roasted meat is safe.

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...

Or was that I went to a boxing match and a reading broke out? Or both? Torontoist thinks you should wander over to Florida Jack's Boxing Club (782 Yonge St) tonight (7:00) to find out which one.

Excuse me for the lateness of this week’s listing. I’m still on Nuit Blanche time. And yes, I made it until 7am. This is an absolutely fantastic week for word nerds. And check this – if one of your friends is more into sports, you can bring them to a literary event disguised as a boxing match. For a boxing fan like me, it doesn't get any better.

Earlier this week in the concert listings, we briefly told you of the upcoming free shows that the Toronto Public Library were holding. Now that the full details have been released, here's the low-down.

Everyone sufficiently recovered from Word on the Street? Over 200,000 people braved the wind and rain and descended upon Queen’s Park for a celebration of books. I have a book hangover, thus the lateness of this week’s listings.

Frank'z Finest Hot Dog Palace (335A Yonge St.) opened up back in May to lackluster reviews. Most reviewers found the hot dogs to be of no higher quality than the average cart vendor's, and similar quality complaints were made about the chili, french fries, and hot dog buns. Worst, the prices were higher than a vendor's, so on top of the mediocre quality.

Three hit and runs in Etobicoke over the weekend has killed one and injured five others. Two of the hit and runs were possibly sparked by earlier disputes.

Indian food is the art of goop.

Blame it on the warm weather, but in the last 24 hours the city has seen two drownings. Police found a man who fell into Toronto harbour right at the foot of Yonge St. Police aren't sure why the man jumped in or whether he was pushed. An eight-year old boy drowned in Etobicoke Creek yesterday. The creek's waters rose quickly because of yesterday's storm. Two men tried to save the boy but failed, they were able to save two other children who had fallen into the creek.

Sometimes, on Torontoist’s laziest days, it will drag itself out of bed just long enough to flick on the BBC’s 6 music internet radio service, the BBC’s gift to the world’s fans of British indie music, to listen to the 6 music breakfast show, which for ages was almost always preceded by a Don Letts introduction, (if it wasn’t someone doing a bad impression of David Bowie doing the intro.) Which, to be honest, is probably the most exposure Torontoist has had to Don Letts.

It’s a scientific fact (proven by actual scientists) that The Duke of Gloucester (649 Yonge St, upstairs) has one of the warmest rooms in the city. However, scientists have yet to determine the source of the heat, since no fireplace exists in the entire building. One possible explanation is that the room -- tucked away near the front of the building and isolated from the rest of the pub -- is almost entirely red, a dangerously hot colour. (Aptly named the Snug, pictured.) Another explanation is the small size – just one booth and a few tiny tables. (The booth happens to be one of the most comfortable spots in Toronto, but that’s for another list). Other possible sources of heat include the fine selection of beer, footie scarves on display, and ol’ timey (1980s) juke-box music. Plus, you can look outside for a bird’s eye view at all the suckers walking around in the freezing cold. For smokers, there’s an outside patio in the back that’s heated. Rejoice!

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Burritos, pitas and seafood sausage will all come in and out of favour with the after bar/fast food crowd, but it’s pizzas that will always have a place in the hearts of the trans-fat scenesters. As if we were a Ninja Turtle, Torontoist grabs a slice from the five best pizza restaurants in the city this week for the Ist List: Best Slice.

Rapper/Beat junkie Madlib, seen here with his new recording partner Melvin Van Peebles, is all about dropping shit like some horses. In fact, his oeuvre, from Madvillain to Quasimoto, will be extra hot and steamy tonight as the deejay/emcee performs on the superb Stones Throw bill at the Opera House. Joining Madlib aka Lord Quas is Stones Throw artists MED (on the Mic), PBWolf (DJ) and J.Rocc (DJ). The mini-tour is only a four-stopper, so if you've got $22.50, spend it tonight. The Stones Throw people will also do a quickie at the Yonge St HMV on Thursday, when Madlib and MED do a short live performance/signing. Watch "bullyshit."

Why is it that best of lists are reserved solely for the end of the year? There is obviously a demand for them - the lists keep coming for a few months after the end of the year lists come out. And how accurate can an end-of-the-whatever list even be? (Trick question: the Torontoist end-of-the-year lists were dead-on.)

Torontoist doesn't usually have much reason to go up to the Sheppard Line or as we call it the "IKEA" line. But after hearing about the public art built in to the new stations of the Sheppard line, we decided to investigate. There's art at other TTC stations (Dupont and College comes to mind) and the work of people like Matt Blackett have made many of us see that even the utilitarian tile designs of various stations has a certain urban beauty.

Eye editor Bert Archer reminded attentive readers that the alt-weekly would soon be adding to Church Street's crowded media scene (Now, Fab and Xtra are already there). Archer even posited that Church be affectionaly dubbed Toronto's Fleet Street. We see the logic of this idea. Especially when there are so many young and eager Ryerson journalism grads just waiting to make their mark. Up-start "youth" rag, Dose has also been hiring job-desperate university students to hand out papers, harking back to the newsies of yester-year. Minus the exploitation and slave wages, we hope.

Not all Irish, but serving green beer:

Last night, before catching the opening night of Darren O'Donnell's A Suicide-Site Guide to the City at Buddies in Bad Times, Torontoist stopped in Kathmandu (417 Yonge St., 416 924 5787) for a little Indian/Nepalese pre-theatre dining.

As if Torontoist needed another reason to "big-it-up" on the weekends: Walking home last Friday, we happened upon Defense Minister Bill Graham walking down Yonge St. north of College! Graham, often seen carousing in the area south of Bloor, was wearing a long black coat with matching leather gloves. Torontoist shook the Ministers hand and urged him to continue to fool Americans into thinking Canada would join their silly missile defense plan. We were about to invite the MP to the local LCBO sampling station for a quick drink when he darted across the street to the 7-Eleven.

And blogger Benjamin Rosenbaum has a Better Business Bureau-researched list of which charities are working most efficiently. Courtesy BoingBoing. (BoingBoing also has much tsunami blogosphere news, and discussions of Gov't suppression of news)