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I'm going to be organizing a pub night for my class from the grade school I went to at some point — probably in September or October. The best location for the pub is probably in the north end of Toronto, say on Steeles or Finch somewhere, and not too far east or west. Not being very familiar with that area, I'd like suggestions as to a good venue. I'd like a quiet and comfortable atmosphere, decent food, and definitely nothing dive-y or too bar-like.
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at 10:28 AM on June 28, 2008
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Either I'm being paranoid or the stores I frequent have stopped stocking certain items beloved by me because they contain both chocolate and peanut butter. Paranoid or not, I can bake, and am therefore not at the mercy of the peanut butter and chocolate overlords. Which leads me to ask the question, what decadent peanut butter and chocolate recipes do you have to share?
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at 6:51 PM on June 15, 2008
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I want to buy some bubble bath for a gift for someone who says he takes baths solely for the bubbles. As a no-nonsense showers-only girl, this is unknown shopping territory to me. What's some seriously good bubble bath? I guess my criteria would include but not be limited to: doesn't leave a greasy residue on the skin; prolific, long lasting bubble action; and geared for a grown man, meaning no overpowering floral scents or sparkly teddy-bear-princess-themed packaging.
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at 8:07 PM on June 4, 2008
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Looking at my rhubarb patch, it seems I'm going to be eating a lot of rhubarb this summer. Though my mother always had some in our garden, I don't think I've ever eaten rhubarb in any form but in rhubarb pie or rhubarb crisp. What's your favourite rhubarb recipe?
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at 8:34 PM on May 16, 2008
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I want a
rotary clothesline for my back yard. But the area in which I want to put it has concrete laid down already, so I'd like the clothesline to be freestanding rather than slotted into concrete as such clothesline usually are. Where can I find a freestanding rotary clothesline? I need to be able to either buy it in Toronto or have it shipped there.
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 12:09 PM on April 28, 2008
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Please help me find a relatively easy, yet not cutesy, ballet-themed cross-stitch kit or pattern.
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at 12:50 PM on April 15, 2008
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A friend of mine would like advice about her prospective trip to Prince Edward Island.
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at 11:33 AM on April 4, 2008
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I would like to find something to put in my fake fireplace.
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at 11:23 AM on March 28, 2008
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Where in Toronto can I find a good secondhand upright piano?
My question would have been more complex, but I got the rest of the advice I needed from this great thread, so don't feel obligated to advise me on how to appraise one, move it, or to tune it after I get it home, etc.
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at 10:02 AM on March 21, 2008
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My father has a severe case of rheumatoid arthritis. I’m hoping those of you who have arthritis or have loved ones who do will have some information to share.
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at 9:10 AM on January 31, 2008
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This year when I host the Swan family's Easter celebration as I always do, I'd like to serve an apple-based dessert for the sake of one of my nieces, who LOVES anything apple. She doesn't seem to much like cake of any kind. She does love apple pie and apple crumble/crisp, but they seem too ordinary. What recipes do you have for a *special* apple-based dessert?
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at 11:20 AM on January 16, 2008
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Since I seem to be hurtling towards old maidhood, I’d like enjoy the ride as much as possible. It irritates me that single women are so often portrayed as sadsacks just marking time until they can get married, or as being eaten up with bitterness and neuroses because they never found a man. So, I’m looking for positive role models and inspiration. What examples of fabulous freewheeling women can you think of in fiction, movies and real life?
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at 9:36 AM on January 9, 2008
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I want to get my father a hat for his 70th birthday. No, I don't mean one of those awful narrow-brimmed glen plaid affairs that are about as stylish and becoming as toe rubbers. I’m thinking a wide-brimmed fedora made of a good quality gray felt – something like
this, and like what "Jack McCoy" sometimes wears on
Law & Order (unfortunately can’t find a picture of Sam Waterston in his fedora). I’ve looked in the malls in Toronto and the only suitable hat I could find was $85 plus tax, which is both rather steep for my gift budget and too much to spend on something I am not convinced my mother and I can coax my dad into wearing;-). Does anyone know where (preferably) in Toronto or (plan B) online I can find a less expensive hat (hopefully not over $50) for Dad Swan?
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at 9:27 AM on January 2, 2008
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I need to have annual maintenance done on my furnace. Can any Toronto-area MeFites recommend a company or person for this job? Also, what kind of price range can I expect? Send contact information to the email address in my profile if you do not wish to make it public. Thanks.
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at 11:44 AM on September 17, 2007
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A friend of mine, CK, is a conservative Mennonite. CK wears her hair in a bun with a little white bonnet pinned over it, and nearly always wears skirts and dresses of a modest cut, though otherwise her clothes are the kind every woman wears. She is a senior level civil servant for the Ontario government, and as a Mennonite woman is a rare sight in Toronto's Queen's Park, people find her a curiosity. CK often hears certain dumb questions and comments. I told her the hive mind would just love to come up with some great comebacks she could use to break up the monotony. She doesn't doubt it and is looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
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at 6:59 PM on August 28, 2007
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After two years of almost daily wear, the gold plating is starting to wear off my beautiful and beloved Bulova watch. Is it worth my while to get the plating renewed? How expensive would that be? How long would it last?
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at 11:38 AM on July 9, 2007
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I loved fairy tales as a child, and now that I am (nominally) a grownup, I love the "retellings" of fairytales — the fleshed-out versions which, for example, feature actual character development instead of lines like "she was as beautiful as she was good". I love Robin McKinley's retellings of "Donkeyskin", "Sleeping Beauty" and "Beauty and the Beast" (which she did twice for good measure), and Gregory Maguire's surprisingly political
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. What other good grown-up fairytales are out there?
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at 8:52 PM on April 11, 2007
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Are there any attractive slippers out there? Since moving into a house that is much colder than the condo I used to own, I have been buying things to keep me warm: an electric blanket, eight pairs of wool work socks, a very plush bathrobe, and ugly slippers. I’m now on a mission to find myself some not-ugly slippers.
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 5:46 AM on April 4, 2007
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I’m posting this on behalf of my friend CK. No, not Calvin Klein, but a female friend who is 34, married, the mother of a 22-month-old son and a senior level civil servant. And despite her considerable organizational abilities, she’s feeling a little overwhelmed these days.
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at 8:58 PM on March 20, 2007
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Knitters and crocheters of MeFi, which are the best Toronto-area yarn shops? I know about Romni Wools at Queen and Bathurst — what other stores should I check out? Alternatively, if you buy yarn online, where do you buy it (and are you really okay with not being able to feel up the yarn and ascertain the colour)?
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at 6:56 PM on March 5, 2007
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A co-worker of mine is the librarian at the publishing house where I work. She found some librarian "career girl" novels on the net and showed them to me for a laugh. I suggested she take a cover image to a T-shirt shop and have a shirt made. She loved the idea and is going to do it
with this image, and put the hilarious excerpt from the book on the back. Now I'm jealous and want a similar shirt that relates to my job. I'm an editor. I doubt they had "career girl" pulp novels about editing back in the day, so what equally cool/kitschy images could I put on my front that relate to editing?
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 11:57 AM on February 2, 2007
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Why doesn't Canada have more regional English-language accents?
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at 7:05 AM on December 16, 2006
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I want to write a Christmas-themed essay for my book review blog, and I'm trying to come up with some Christmas lit to review. It might be fun, for instance, to gather together a selection of Christmas tripe such as
Santa's Christmas Prayer (link not safe for those who have any literary sensibilities and have just eaten) and go to town on it. Or, at the other end of the spectrum, to write something about Charles Dickens'
A Christmas Carol. Which Christmas novels/stories/poems do you love and loathe? I don't review movies, so text only please...
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 6:40 AM on November 28, 2006
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After a last minute sale of my condo, the deal on the house I bought closes on Thursday. I need to arrange for utilities, insurance, and some repairs, and have next-to-no time to do research. If you have a satisfactory provider of any of these things and said provider's services are available to a Torontonian, recommend away! And of course I'll think of you all when I'm doing my happy dance on my rooftop terrace;-)
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at 5:25 PM on November 20, 2006
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I'd like to have a nice formal picture of me for inclusion in my Christmas cards. Can anyone recommend a good Toronto-area photographer? "Good" in this instance means both "technically skilled if not possessed of wizard-like abilities" and "charges reasonable prices" as I am a) vain, b) plain, and c) cheap. Email me with contact info if you don't care to share the person's identity with the world. Thanks!
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at 12:29 PM on October 24, 2006
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Looking for creative ways to sell my condo...
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 7:25 AM on October 11, 2006
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What women's fashion magazine do you like and feel is worth the cost? Or failing that, which ones don't make you hate yourself for buying them?
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 11:21 AM on September 28, 2006
(51 comments)
Please help me select a book as a present for my nephew. He's 19, and when I gave him a Chapters gift card for his high school graduation last spring, he used it to buy a complete set of Tom Clancy novels. Political espionage/intrigue/adventure has to be the genre I know the least about. If my nephew likes Tom Clancy's and Frederick Forsythe's works, what other books in the same genre would he enjoy?
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 3:04 PM on September 17, 2006
(25 comments)
Help me find the perfect quote to send with flowers to a friend who's down.
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at 7:14 AM on August 30, 2006
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Please be my virtual boyfriend and help me get my TV remote control working properly.
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at 1:08 PM on August 13, 2006
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And to think I grew up with a rotary phone and a typewriter… I'm moving in November, and I'm trying to figure out what my best options are for phone and internet service (I won't be getting cable unless it’s free or something). I'm asking these questions together because I understand bundling isn't just for the Amish anymore;-)
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at 10:40 PM on July 7, 2006
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Help me transport food in comfort, if not in style.
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at 8:45 PM on June 30, 2006
(9 comments)
Can anyone recommend a good framing shop in Toronto?
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at 8:20 AM on June 12, 2006
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Please recommend a good book blog where I can hang out. Because heaven knows I don't fritter away enough time on the Internet.
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 11:41 AM on May 19, 2006
(13 comments)
Where can a high heels devotee buy hiking boots in Toronto?
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at 12:59 PM on May 10, 2006
(15 comments)
Followup to
this question: where can I find a sturdy, inelastic fibre with which to make the uppers for a pair of flip flop sandals?
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 7:51 AM on March 27, 2006
(8 comments)
Does anyone have experience with/knowledge about buying a Power of Sale property, and if so, would they care to share same with me?
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at 10:31 AM on March 17, 2006
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I think these
"barefoot sandals" would be quite fetching if done in a dark brown satin-finish cord and attached to a leather sole (something like
these), and I’m trying to figure out how to go about it. Making the crochet part is no problem at all, but finding a sole and attaching the two is going to be a challenge. I'm hoping that the accomplished MeFi online shoppers can help me, and also that there's a MeFite or two who know something about cobbling.
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 1:46 PM on March 1, 2006
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Attention MeFi smart asses! Here's your chance to make justifiable wisecracks on AskMe. I need an Easter-themed witticism.
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 10:46 AM on February 8, 2006
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I'm planning a menu for a family do (12 to 20 people expected) and I need three specific types of recipes.
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at 9:43 AM on January 26, 2006
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A friend of mine is trippin' to Houston, Texas in March with her husband and their nine-month-old baby son, and she needs some specific travel advice.
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 1:01 PM on January 17, 2006
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Every time I colour my hair and use the tiny jar of conditioner that is part of the kit, I'm amazed anew at how much better it is than any other conditioner I've ever tried. It leaves my hair silky and tangle-free. Does anyone know of a similar conditioner?
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 12:39 PM on January 10, 2006
(20 comments)
Can you recommend a well-written figure skater's autobiography or biography?
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 9:19 AM on January 2, 2006
(4 comments)
Where
the hell in Toronto can I get a wolf puppet? I thought it would be easy to find one, but no luck so far. I'd prefer that it cost $10 or less. I need it to complete my Little Red Riding Hood Halloween costume. (If I had a date, I'd make him dress up as the wolf, but as I'm going stag, I'll have to settle for a hand puppet. Yes, I get the symbolism.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 2:41 PM on October 26, 2005
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What's your favourite work of trashy fiction? I'm looking for some good, fun, trashy yet smart reads in which I can unabashedly wallow.
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 11:47 AM on July 19, 2005
(47 comments)
What are some examples of obsolete currency — currency that was formerly used by a now-defunct political state or regime and is now worthless, except perhaps as a curiosity or historical artifact? This defunct currency would have to be paper rather than in bullion, as the latter never really becomes worthless. The only example I can think of is the currency issued by the Confederate States of America during the U.S. Civil war. Can you suggest any more recent examples?
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 10:29 AM on June 17, 2005
(32 comments)
Can you recommend any great books on fashion and style?
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 8:41 PM on May 18, 2005
(7 comments)
What would you take on a long road trip?
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 5:38 AM on May 11, 2005
(29 comments)
Where can I buy trench coat fabric?
posted to Ask Metafilter by orange swan
at 8:28 AM on April 29, 2005
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