It’s been a while (over two months, to be exact), since I last updated josephlavoie.com. It’s been a busy summer on all fronts. Lots of exciting new work at the office; the wedding of my two best friends from high school; loads of new ideas for the food blog, eatmycity.ca; and most exciting of all, [...]
Cross-posted to Eat My City. After a solid rock-climbing session at our climbing gym, we hit up Sophie Mon Petit Café in Leslieville for some brunch. My sister, Sophie, was in town and we thought we’d check out the café for fun. When it first opened a couple months back it looked empty every time [...]
Last year Winterlicious, which showcases some of the cities top restaurants, crept up on me and I was only able to get one reservation in. This year I’m hoping to avoid that problem by calling first thing tomorrow morning to book dinner with my wife. If you have an Amex card, you can call early [...]
This week Rick McGinnis of BlogTO wrote a ridiculous article about the neighbourhood I call home: Corktown. The piece, titled “Once Hyped as the Next Hot ‘Hood, Corktown’s Queen East Remains a Wasteland,” was clearly written by someone who hasn’t spent time in the area: The low-rent element might have left Corktown, but the streets [...]
In late November, a close friend of mine showed me some clips from a show I had never heard of: Top Gear. He had told me about Top Gear over a couple pints in the summer months, but though I love driving, couldn’t bring myself to watch a car mag show. I had visions of [...]
“Social media is labour-intensive. In order to keep up, you need a publishing schedule.” I’ve said those words a lot in the last year to clients, in speeches, and in seminars on social media. With the New Year a mere 12 hours old, I’m taking the first step towards meeting one of my New Year’s [...]
