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Nov 7, 2024 | 
torontolife.com | Jonah Brunet
Nobu BarNobu Hotel, 25 Mercer St., nobuhotels.com/toronto/nobu-toronto1 Nobu Bar has managed to become one of the city’s best hotel lobby bars without even having a lobby. The hotel portion of Nobu Toronto won’t be finished until next spring, but its swanky restaurant and lounge launched just in time for this year’s TIFF.
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May 24, 2024 | 
torontolife.com | Andrea Yu |Jonah Brunet
Real Estate Real Estate Real Estate The buyers: Adrian MacEwen, 29, a construction framer, and his wife, Shabahang Pezeshk, 35, a retail manager, with their Cane Corso, Abee. The story: At the end of 2022, following an 18-month sojourn in Burnaby, Adrian returned to the GTA to look for a new home. He kept Shabahang apprised via FaceTime while she stayed in BC to close the sale on their Burnaby place. On their wish list: a townhouse with a large kitchen, lots of closet space and a garage.
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May 22, 2024 | 
torontolife.com | Jonah Brunet |Andrea Yu
Marina Porter, a vintage reseller, has always been drawn to fun and colourful objects. After graduating from Humber College’s fashion arts program in the mid-2010s, she rented an apartment at Kingston Road and Victoria Park from a landlord who let her select her own paint colours. She chose periwinkle and pink, pairing them with tropical wallpaper and vintage rattan furniture. The experience stoked her interest in retro design. “I felt like I could really express myself,” she says.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
torontolife.com | Andrea Yu |Jonah Brunet
The buyers: Dylan Doyle, 33, marketing and communications manager at Ernst and Young, and Matt Maw, 36, director at Red Music Rising. Real Estate Real Estate Real Estate The story: For six years, Dylan and Matt had been happily renting a two-bedroom apartment in Little Italy for $3,000 a month. They weren’t looking to buy, but when interest rate hikes put an end to bidding wars, they sensed opportunity.
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
torontolife.com | Andrea Yu |Jonah Brunet
Who: Dylan Usher, 28What he does: He’s a sales and client services consultant for a tech companyWhat he makes: $90,000Where he lives: A one-bedroom apartment at the Well, in King WestRegular ExpensesRent: $2,700 a month. “This is my first solo apartment. I saved for a year to live here.”Cell: $145 a month with Rogers. “I bought an iPhone 15 Pro Max last September, so part of my bill is paying off the phone.”Internet: $56 a month with Rogers. “Our building had a pre-existing deal with Rogers.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
torontolife.com | Andrea Yu |Jonah Brunet
Who: Sidharth Iyer, 35What he does: Director of digital marketing at a generative AI companyWhat he makes: $223,000 a year, plus a bonusWhere he lives: A one-bedroom condo in WestonRegular ExpensesMortgage: $1,600 a month. “I bought my unit in 2019 for $300,000. My mortgage is up for renewal soon. I may gamble and go with a variable rate.”Cell: $34 a month with Koodo. “I don’t use much data. I’ve had this plan since 2017, when I emigrated from India.”Internet: $85 a month with Rogers.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
torontolife.com | Andrea Yu |Jonah Brunet
When Funko Pops were first released in 2010, Allan Martinez was immediately hooked. The collectible vinyl toys depict popular characters from franchises like Star Wars and superhero movies—with cartoonish oversized heads. “I thought they were cute and well-designed,” Martinez says. “It’s cool to see characters I love in that form.”His first Funko Pop was a Spider-Man he bought from the comic book store Planet Hobby for $10. It quickly spawned a full-blown obsession.
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
torontolife.com | Ali Amad |Jonah Brunet
Real EstateReal EstateReal EstateThe buyers: Ben Ho Lung, 25, a marketing coordinator, and Naomi Nguyen, 26, a pharmacist. The story: Last summer, Ben was living with his mother in Aurora, Naomi was renting an apartment in Danforth Village and neither of them had a car, so seeing each other meant braving two hours of public transit. With about $120,000 in combined savings, the couple thought they finally had a shot at breaking into the market.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
torontolife.com | Jonah Brunet |Caroline Aksich |Melanie Stuparyk
Clement Leung, better known to his 3.2 million TikTok followers as “Ramen Guy,” is the go-to source for instant-noodle hacks. Last May, the 38-year-old quit his software-developer job to make carb-focused content full-time under the handle @insta.noodls. Since launching his channel in 2021, Leung has tried just about every viral ramen hack there is.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
torontolife.com | Andrea Yu |Jonah Brunet
Real EstateReal EstateReal EstateThe buyers: Anna Antropova, 32, a mechanical designer at a mining and minerals firm; her partner, Anastasia Artemova, 33, the founder of MavenMind, a coaching platform for new Canadians; and their cat, Mars. The story: Anna and Anastasia met in Canada in 2020 after both emigrating from Russia. By September 2021, they were renting a two-bedroom apartment together in Regent Park.
