[Image-10] After asking you a bazillion nosy questions about your wants, needs, parts and partners, it was only fair that we opened the floor for questions from the Sex + Dating survey-takers. But because we’re not Dan Savage, we don’t have the answers to these questions (except for the herpes one, the answer is NOW). […]
Allison Saunders
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What does your partner do during sex that drives you wild?
[Image-11] So how does Halifax get its jollies? In this year’s Sex + Dating survey, our readers kindly peeled back the covers and anonymously revealed all the juicy (sometimes literally juicy) details—the grabbing, moaning, nibbling and sucking—that make them weak in the knees. Take a gander and maybe add a few moves to your own […]
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What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done to get back at an ex?
[Image-15] Revenge is a dish best served cold, and we had to bundle up to tabulate the results of one loaded question from our Sex + Dating Survey—”What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done to get back at an ex?” Among the many angels who claimed they aren’t “that kind of person” were a ton […]
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’Ships start here
[Image-1] Halifax wants to lock it down. Go steady. Bring you home to meet mom, ask you to wear its letterman jacket, tag you in its relationship status and be totally OK farting in front of you. The Coast’s annual Sex + Dating survey revealed a lot—like, maybe too much—about the dating habits, desires and […]
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Get your buns in gear for Burger Week
Grill you know it’s true. It’s almost time to get fired up about Halifax Burger Week. You might as well start laying out the stretchy pants now because we’re pre-heating the grills for the fourth annual eating extravaganza. This year, 79 (!!!) restaurants will participate the the city-wide celebration of patties and buns, making it […]
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Abode settles in on Almon Street
The new year brought the end of Daun Windover’s source for mid-century modern furniture and accessories boutique, Abode—or so we thought. The 5431 Doyle Street shop closed its doors the face of the soon-to-be construction zone at Spring Garden, Queen and Doyle with no new location to speak of, until now! It turns out Abode […]
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Bestill my Paper Hearts
Stefanie MacDonald is all about romance. She’s the artist behind Halifax Paper Hearts greeting cards, a pusher of letter-writing and a believer in fairy tales. Well, some of them. “There is something that doesn’t sit well with me about the way that fairy tales have always been told,” she says. “Boy meets girl, boy saves […]
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Timber Lounge brings axe throwing to Agricola Street
Darren Hudson hit the bullseye when he was delivering some Christmas gifts to a friend on Agricola Street back in December. As he exchanged season’s greetings, the Barrington-based lumberjack (for real, he’s a log-rolling champ and the man behind The Wild Axe Lumberjack AXEperience) mentioned casually that he was looking for a commercial space in […]
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The Darkside faces fine from the city
After over a year in business north Dartmouth’s The Darkside (196 Windmill Road)—an art space and cafe—is facing financial troubles that could force its closure. But isn’t because of lack of support from the neighbourhood. Owners Oliver Mahon and Megan Hirons Mahon have been fined nearly $47,000— $100 a day for every day its been […]
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SHOP THIS: Lily Lake Knits
Jenny Fennel’s mom taught her to knit long before Lily Lake Knits—her line of handmade cozy clothing named for a piece of heaven on Cape Breton Island—was a thing. “I began knitting so much that I had mounds of blankets, hats and scarves piling up in my home and thought, why not open an Etsy […]
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Eliot & Vine grows on Clifton and Cunard
“It’s really that feeling at the end of a really nice night, with good food, good wine, great service, perfect lighting, good music—it’s just feeling inspired,” says Johanna Eliot of her soon-to-be restaurant. “I want people to go home feeling love, and feeling inspired.” A longtime businesswoman and television producer (she’s the president of Ocean […]
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Everyone’s freaking out about the IKEA announcement
Is it our time to have slick Swedish furniture and accessories at our fingertips? Perhaps. After what seems like an eternity (or, since its Burnside location closed decades ago) of hoping, wishing and speculating, it looks like IKEA could finally be returning to town. The president of IKEA Canada, Stefan Sjöstrand, will be in town […]