Driving Green is Travelling Clean
April 16, 2009 by City Life Staff
Filed under Auto, Green Living
Look at a highway in any city and you’ll notice the same thing – a sea of air-polluting machines. But travel doesn’t have to be damaging, especially with these environmentally friendly vehicles. Read more
Salon Jewls Colour Club
April 16, 2009 by City Life Staff
Filed under City's Top
Open late to accommodate all your last-minute needs, Salon Jewls Colour Club will lavish you with the royal treatment. Bringing a Yorkville vibe to Woodbridge for the last two years, owner Julia Costanzo is a seasoned professional, taking her talents to Toronto Fashion Week and wowing celebrities at the Toronto Film Festival. Specializing in makeovers, hair extensions and colour services, the personable staff at Salon Jewls Colour Club customizes your look to fit your lifestyle.
Salon Jewls Colour Club
905.850.6861
Pedals of Incomparable Adventure
April 16, 2009 by City Life Staff
Filed under Green Living, Travel
As the health and wellness industries boom, coupled with rising concerns for our planet’s well-being, vacations are taking a turn for the explorative.
No matter where you spend it, a run-of-the-mill beach vacation is loosing its allure. With physical activity and eco-awareness on the rise, people are seeking new routes when it comes to the ultimate getaway. It’s a trend that’s picking up speed, as travellers combine bicycling with voyages to distant lands, provided by first-rate tour companies.
Whether you seek to explore the Hawaiian volcanoes or venture along Croatia’s Dalmation Coast, Backroads can help. As one of the world’s largest active travel companies, Backroads specializes in feature bike tours all over the globe. “I simply Read more
The Pink Peace Bowl By: Peace By PEACE
April 16, 2009 by City Life Staff
Filed under People & Places
In support of anti-bullying day on March 1st, 2009, the Playful Explorations in Active Conflict-Resolution Education (P.E.A.C.E.) organization celebrated its annual Pink Bowling fundraiser. Read more
Bullfrog Power: A Hop for Green Energy
April 16, 2009 by City Life Staff
Filed under Green Living
With everything we know about pollution and the environment, it’s clear we need to take control. In every major city around the globe, humankind consumes the Earth’s resources to exhaustion. And if we don’t wake up and smell the fumes, it may one day be too late. When it comes to ensuring our survival, the question is: Where do we start? For homeowners and businesses in Ontario, one solution is finally here, and it comes in the shape of a little green amphibian.
Established just four years ago, Bullfrog Power has become a leading provider of 100 per cent green electricity in the province. “We give people the choice to buy from renewable resources like wind and small hydro,” says president and co-founder Tom Heintzman. “It’s a choice for people looking to reduce their negative environmental impact, and help promote renewable power.” With the help of Bullfrog’s Read more
The Fashion Showdown: The Fashion Week Party
April 16, 2009 by City Life Staff
Filed under People & Places
Stylish individuals gathered for a fashion extravaganza at the Fifth Social Club on March 19th, 2009. An additional party for the style icons of the heart of the GTA during Toronto Fashion Week Read more
Third Annual 2009 Valentini Event Supporting Cystic Fibrosis
April 16, 2009 by City Life Staff
Filed under People & Places
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, the 2009 Valentini Event thrilled and teased guests with delicious hors d’oeuvres, conversation-starting bingo games and an attractive silent auction. Read more
Clean Beauty
April 16, 2009 by City Life Staff
Filed under Beauty
With a cosmetic market booming with chemically laden potions, it can be hard to find the perfect tools in your skin regime. Look to organic solutions that will lift your spirit with sensuous ingredients that protect your skin and the environment from harsh chemicals. After all, true beauty unveils itself naturally. Read more
Be Mine In 2009
April 16, 2009 by City Life Staff
Filed under People & Places
It wasn’t your typically quiet romantic Valentine’s at The Guvernment’s Orange Room. DJ John J spun the best of club tracks as FAMOUS and celebrity guest Q from hip hop group 112 hosted. Singing tracks off his new album as well as Read more
Friends Helping Sick Kids 8th Annual Fundraiser
April 16, 2009 by City Life Staff
Filed under People & Places
Taking guests back to the 1970s through a thematic Saturday Night Fever dance party, the Friends Helping Sick Kids Organization celebrated its 8th annual fundraiser on February 14th, 2009, in support of leukemia research. Guests sipped on cocktails as a live band entertained with groovy hits. www.friendshelpingsickkids.com
ABOVE: Antonio (leukemia survivor), and twin brother Santino among many supporters behind a check of $60,000 for Friends Helping Sick Kids