Haley Steinberg

Jan 8, 2024 | torontolife.com | Andrea Yu |Haley Steinberg

Reformer Pilates has seen a resurgence lately, thanks in part to TikTok and celeb endorsements from Harry Styles and Kim Kardashian. Unlike its mat-based counterpart, this style of Pilates uses a Reformer machine for a low-impact, full-body workout. Here are five new spots to try out Reformer Pilates in Toronto. Assembly MovementFor over a decade, studio owner Clio Templeton lived in Melbourne—a Pilates hub—where she did her Reformer training.

Oct 31, 2023 | torontolife.com | Iris Benaroia |Haley Steinberg

In 2018, Hilary Lipkin watched with a heavy heart as city workers chopped down three elms in the garden of her Forest Hill home. The diseased trees needed to go, but bits of them live on in Lipkin’s living room, including in a tiny rocking chair that she whittled out of one of the stumps. “I’ve always been a wood freak,” says Lipkin, an artist and speech pathologist who is originally from Johannesburg, South Africa.

Oct 5, 2023 | torontolife.com | Patricia Karounos |Haley Steinberg

Winter weather will be here before we know it, which means endless months of grey skies, freezing temperatures and snowy (or, worse, slushy) sidewalks. We’re sorry for the rude awakening, but it’s about time to start thinking about buying some boots that will get you through the season. Ideally, they’ll look great, keep your feet warm and dry, offer good traction when the sidewalks are slick with ice, and be comfortable enough for city walking.

Oct 4, 2023 | torontolife.com | Haley Steinberg

What went down at the 2023 AGO Art Bash gala The stylish event celebrated new exhibitions of works by Kaws and Keith HaringLast Thursday night, art appreciators and party-circuit regulars descended on the AGO for the gallery’s annual Arts Bash gala. In addition to raising $1.1 million for the museum, the event celebrated new exhibitions of works by Brooklyn-based artist Kaws (a.k.a. Bryan Donnelly, who was in attendance) and the late American pop artist Keith Haring.

Oct 3, 2023 | torontolife.com | Iris Benaroia |Haley Steinberg

As a lifelong maximalist, Charlie Li abhors a blank surface. “I’m allergic to empty space,” says the 28-year-old technology operations engineer, who moved to Toronto from Guangzhou, China, in 2011 for university. Growing up in China, Li admired her mother’s radical approach to home decorating. “Eclectic, maximalist decor was rare in China in the early 2000s,” Li says. The reigning design principle, as she remembers it, was zen simplicity.