Posted on 01/12/06
Where Old Man Winter meets the Boys of Summer
Torontonians enjoy an almost half-and-half kind of existence: For five months, we're a verdant place with buzzing bees and big trees bursting with leaves. For another five, we're a grey and white mosaic of snow and cloud, bare arthritic tree limbs and salt-stained roads. For the former, we crave the California lifestyle, where walls of glass slide open to patios and barbecue pits; for the latter, we'd like nothing more than to curl up in a room where fireplace flames flicker off of wood-panelled walls.
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