Yellow Brick House Capital Campaign

Vivian Risi, President and Broker of Record for Royal LePage – Your Community Realty, has been appointed Capital Campaign Chair for Yellow Brick House Second Shelter location. Last year, she and her company raised and donated over $70,000 and is now focused on a campaign mandate of Read more

Franco Mirabelli’s Wear White for Windfall Event

Canadian fashion designer Franco Mirabelli and his wife, Nancy, hosted the Wear White for Windfall cocktail reception Jan. 28th, 2009. The event was the official store opening for Mirabelli’s Rosedale boutique, drawing in over 100 guests, including TV and radio personality Marilyn Denis. Read more

I.C.E. Presents “Tis The Season”

Founded in 2007, I.C.E. (I Care Enough) enforces a mission to create awareness about local, national and world causes through fabulous events. This year’s affair, held at Marben Restaurant on Nov. 28,th 2008, displayed a Holiday theme as it raised awareness and support towards the CP24/CHUM Christmas Wish Read more

Newtopia

Has the winter been taking a toll on your health and exercise regime? Get back into shape and look great this summer by calling Newtopia. Offering personalized coaching for weight and lifestyle management, Newtopia has designed integrated programs combining weight management and behavioural well-being for a healthier, better you! Newly opened on Feb. 9th, 2009, Newtopia will help you reach your goals every step of the way. www.newtopia.com

Seeing a Better Tomorrow

Dr. Mimmo Gagliardi - Optometrist

For some people, seeing is believing. And for everyone else, having the gift of sight is usually something that’s taken for granted. Every day, the majority of us somehow forget how precious each breathtaking view truly is. The splendour of what we look at might only be realized when our sight finally starts to fade. By then it will be too late, unless the proper steps are taken ahead of time.

Dr. Mimmo Gagliardi has been practicing optometry in the Woodbridge and North York communities for the past 25 years. “Even people who have 20/20 vision can have an eye disease. Many conditions do not show symptoms, such as early macular degeneration, glaucoma, and retinal holes and tearing. All these diseases can potentially lead to blindness,” says Dr. Gagliardi.

Regardless of age or health, many of us don’t realize that having our eyes checked annually is essential. Read more

Meet a Dancer: Guillaume Côté

After building a repertoire with the National Ballet of Canada, having appeared in several lead roles in ballet performances as well as an in-demand international guest artist, Guillaume Côté has definitely earned the title of a star. With his recent role in Romeo and Juliet, this accomplished dancer, Read more

Gourmet Food and Wine Expo

Thousands gathered at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre during its 14th annual, four-day Gourmet Food & Wine Expo. Featured were luxurious foods and wines from around the world. Theme country France took main stage this year, offering attendees an opportunity to sample and celebrate the apéritif à la française. While the Tutored Tastings program enjoyed top sommeliers and wine personalities hosting 90-minute classroom-style, tasting sessions featuring some of the world’s most desirable wines. www.foodandwineexpo.ca

Heart and Stroke Foundation – Live Rotary TV Show

The Live Rotary TV Auction took place on Rogers television network on Dec. 7 – 8, 2008, to support the Heart and Stroke Foundation. This volunteer-based health charity championed the creation of Ontario’s new emergency response system for strokes, and residents of York South now have improved access to regional stroke centres. www.heartandstroke.ca

Delicious Breads that rise to the Challenge

Villa Di Manno Bakery’s Rob Mendicino, vice president, and Joe Di Manno, president.

In all of its various forms and textures, bread has been hailed by countless cultures across the world as a highly respected source of nourishment. Emerging in the Neolithic era, rising from the depths of ancient Egyptian tombs, and playing a pivotal role in the Bible, bread is one of the world’s oldest prepared foods. It represented life, sustenance in its simplest form. Today, its uses are infinite. Its purpose is a matter of taste, something to be enjoyed. Whether you like taking in the aroma or savouring its flavour, the presence of bread is always comforting. “Dipping a piece of Calabrese bread in some olive oil and balsamic, with a little bit of cheese and a glass of Amarone – it doesn’t get any better than that,” reveals Joe Di Manno.

Since his teenage years working in the family business, Joe has always loved bread – not just eating it, but selling it. Today, he is the president of Villa Di Manno Bakery, a full-service manufacturing and wholesale establishment that delivers its delicious products across southern Ontario and the U.S. With its wide variety of bread products and highly anticipated Omega 3-enriched Read more

Charleston With Me

The 1920s-inspired dance and cocktail event that took place at Myth on Nov. 19, 2008, was in support of Variety – The Children’s Charity of Ontario, which raised over $1,000. Combined with silent auctions, draws, door prizes and instructional dance lessons, the dress code was “flapper and dapper” Read more

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