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<br /> <br />~ ," -J' :.". .,. '_' . <br />,-". ,- . <br />,.:.,:.. ,f. '.~;.:J.;~: ~.-.:.~.:< ',:;-i <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />Gallery (katharinemulherin.com). where <br />many paintings and photographs ofTer <br />uneasy cinematic tales of suburban noir, <br />Mulherin focuses on emerging Canadian <br />and international artists such as Mike <br />Bayne (lonely shopping centers. liquor <br />stores) ~nd Cecilia Berkovic (laundromats, <br />book obsessions). A short walle away is the <br />Stephen Bulger Gallery (bulgergallery.com). <br />an exhibit and retail/education hang!)u! <br />\vith 15,000 photographs that focus on a <br />fertile documentary tradition, I browse an <br />impressive photography-book collection <br />and. latef. watch a video installation. part of <br />an ever-changing narrative cycle featuring <br />emerging artists. It's not easy. but Bulger <br />has managed to create something that is at <br />once sophisticated and. yes, museum.like. <br />and yel as casual as an artist's loft. <br /> <br />r 1 <br />l J <br /> <br />[ ,: <br /> <br />[ J <br /> <br />[~ <br /> <br />[ ] <br /> <br />Sweet Eats <br />When Jordan mentions that the Red Tea <br />Box (696 Queen 51. West) is the most un- <br />usual restaurant in the city, I'm sold-and <br />, duck in for a bite. It feels like shabby royalty <br />sits down to tea with Buddha, which just <br />so happens to be in an intimate space that <br /> <br />[ 1 <br />j <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />washlllglonflyer,eom <br /> <br />could double as your eccentric aunt's <br />parlor. The midday crowd can over- <br />whelm the tight room, but by all means. <br />give it a tty. Enter the red door and expect <br />masterful pan,Asian fare with -tea benton <br />boxes that change each month. On the day <br />I visit, the boxes feature fish pie with dill, <br />ginger-cured salmon and an array of des. <br />serts, from scones to maple brown-sugar <br />meringue cake. <br />Just aao!s the street from Trinity Bell- <br />woods Park. pastry guru Nad~gc Nourian <br />recently opened Nadege Patisserie (nadege- <br />patisserie.com). The comer bakery and cafe <br />deliver'the minimalist cool oHam to the. <br />neighborhood, and it works. Pale hardwood <br />floors line a space with stark white walls <br />trimmed in black. A bar SpOT13 chrome and <br />white-leather slools; the music is techno, <br />an4 Ihe catwalk-worthy young women who <br />work the counler wear pink blouses and <br />short gray skirts. Yes, it's a bit of a daytime <br />scene, but the confections are sublime, <br />including melt-in-your mouth French <br />macarons {blueberry, peach and salted <br />caramel} and chocolate tarts. Everything <br />here is edible art. <br />And so [linger long into the afternoon. <br />watching Torontonians do what they do <br />best: create and inspire each other to make, <br />their slice of the world a little prettier and <br />more meaningful-read.!" as always, for <br />their collective close. up. 0 <br /> <br />.~"I;, "ft~ <br />/M/{)ARY II:unUA~Y ~O/l >~<~J..t WASlIIWG'rO:{ JlLVU ~ ~; ~l <br />\:...., h V <br />0~ <br />