Twenty years ago, in a brownstone in Toronto’s downtown east side, Md Bespoke began creating beautiful luxury men’s clothing for its exclusive gentlemen clientele, rounding off meetings with a toast of good scotch. Two decades on, the Md Bespoke brand has grown into a...
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MD BESPOKE: FINE FOOD, PREMIUM WHISKEY, AND THE ART OF THE NEW MEN’S CLUB
People are thirsting for human interaction, after two years of shutdowns, government-imposed restrictions and Netflix marathons. An exclusive gentlemen's club held weekly at Md Bespoke, the luxury men's fashion shop deep in Toronto's tony Yorkville neighbourhood, is...
NEWS NOTES: COVID CRUSHES HABANOS CUBA CIGAR FESTIVAL, CROWN ROYAL TAKES TOP PRIZE
We have looked at the pictures. From a distance, it looks great. One day we'd like to go and see it for ourselves. The annual Habanos Cigar Festival held in Havana, Cuba, the source of world's best cigars, is what we're talking about. Related: Warm weather golf: Palm...
WHAT TO DRINK THIS HOLIDAY SEASON? 6 CHOICES TO HELP GET YOU INTO THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
The holiday season is coming fast, and there's no better time than the present to line up a row of great Christmas spirits. These will all help set the mood, even take the edge off amid an Austrian avalanche of lousy Covid variant news. Omicron, be damned. We're...
SCOTCH WHISKY AND THE BEST CUBAN CIGARS TO MATCH IT
If we're going to get a sense of what scotch whisky is selling the best in Ontario, we're obviously going to go to the LCBO, since they have a distribution monopoly. I can't think of a better time to talk about this, since one of the best ways to alleviate the level...
DWAYNE “THE ROCK” JOHNSON: WRESTLER, TV AND MOVIE ACTOR, NOW TEQUILA MOGUL
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is all over popular culture these days. HBO's Ballers just wrapped. There's a new sitcom series that gets into Johnson's younger years. He regularly stars in movies. Now he's the latest celebrity attaching his name to an alcoholic drink, in...