Honey Chang converted to a healthier lifestyle for the planet and herself a long time ago. She never had a hard time finding the things she wanted in Toronto. But when she moved to Hamilton six years ago, there was little in the way of organic clothing or toiletry products. She opened Simply Zen on Locke Street and … [Read more...]
What happens when you take raw food, mix it, cream it, and roll it? You've got the makings of a sexy new restaurant called The Naked Sprout. The Burlington hotspot is the city's only vegan and raw-food restaurant. The menu also has cooked items - as well as dairy-free and some food that looks, ummm, naked. Peter … [Read more...]
Seems like every time you turn around there's a new business offering organic, gluten-free, healthy, eco-friendly or warm and fuzzy (hopefully not the food). So it seemed appropriate to take a closer look at the specialty market trend. First stop, a crazy-good food store and bakery Ya'd Never Know. What ya'd never … [Read more...]
What’s sexier than getting together with your sweetie and swirling some wine around your trained tastebuds? Not much. Bevsupport , cofounded by John Nadeau and Ryan Cater, started a few years ago as a service provider to the LCBO stores featuring tasting booths. The business has grown significantly and needed a … [Read more...]
Growing up in Bangladesh with parents who worked for a nongovernmental organization gave Adam King a different view on the world. It’s a view that stayed with him on his return to southern Ontario and his international studies program at university. “I got to see first-hand the impacts of poverty and globalization … [Read more...]
Enjoy children’s crafts without all the craziness It’s Saturday afternoon in the middle of a big-box craft store which is having a clearance sale. Perfect! You’d love to load up a cart. Trouble is, you can’t put down the two-year-old who is surely now breaking new toddler sound records while the … [Read more...]
Byron Morton has done a lot of cool things in his life: built a three-metre talking cucumber, a 2-metre house and shared the stage with lots of talented, famous people. But no one knows his face. They might however, recognize P.J. Harlem, the James Brown of the puppet world who breaks into I Feel Good at the end of … [Read more...]
The colours and artistry and mouth-watering smells at the vegetarian Himalaya Restaurant in Stoney Creek are enough to tempt even the most avowed meat enthusiast. The restaurant, tucked just off Centennial Parkway North, is a mainstay for anyone with a hankering for what must surely be among the best samosas in the … [Read more...]
Lily Fuduric is nothing if not an entrepreneur. The owner of Allusions Hair Studio and Spa for Men on Highway 8 wasn’t intimidated by city hall after it initially disputed her request for a liquor licence. She met each question head on, eventually getting her licence approved by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of … [Read more...]
Jenna Scanlan has many passions and has managed to blend most of them into her Pretty in Pink Studio — art, aesthetics and parties (for customers, of course!). Scanlan offers all kinds of aesthetic services, such as nails, facials and waxing — all the things to make you look and feel sexy if you’re so … [Read more...]
