Co-owned by pastry chef Jessica Smith and artist Alexandria Pellegrino, Cake Opera Co. is as glam as cake shops come. From baking with her grandmother at a young age to creating elaborate wedding cakes for celebrities, Jessica certainly has come a long way in a short time. With many delicate cakes on display, most of which can easily take hundreds of hours to perfect, there's an immediate sense of artistry and elegance. Here, Jessica tells me about her best learned secrets she's learned along the way, the most outlandish requests she's received, and what advice she can don those looking to pursue a career in baking.

Tennis stores in Toronto are where to go when looking to kick start your spring/summer tennis season. The Toronto area has many choices for the avid and even casual player. Whether your needs require a new racquet, restring, outfit or pair of kicks, the GTA has many stores to make you looking (and hopefully playing) like Milos Raonic.

Here are my picks for the top 8 tennis stores in Toronto.

It's time to getaway for the weekend. Muskoka anyone? The countdown to cottage season is quickly coming to a close, and when the clock strikes Victoria Day there may as well be a federal mandate to trade in martini glasses for mason jars. The summer season is here and that can only mean one thing: for the coming months we'll settle for nothing less than all-navajo-everything.

Cottage country is quite simply our Zion: a piece of paradise in our backyard (and the birthplace of Canadian craft beer). From May 2-4 forward the line that separates city from country will be a bit blurry, and as the Wu-Tang Clan once said, C.R.E.A.M...cottages rule everything around me, and that's the hard truth. So kids, it's time to start your engines, hit the open road, and head to the back of beyond where the produce is local and the living is easy.

The best Indian restaurants in Mississauga uphold the delicious and versatile aspects of that can be found from the bustling streets of Delhi to the overcrowded hawker stands in Mumbai. Here, each Indian restaurant has a distinct aura about it (trust me, I'm Indian) and suburban Indian cuisine, while not as easily accessible as Toronto's Gerrard Street, represents the Indian diaspora that stretches throughout the city.

Summer music festivals in Toronto are as plentiful as they are varied — not a bad combination. From jazz to reggae to indie rock, there's fest for pretty much all musical tastes (so long as you're not talking about the seapunk crowd). Although V-Fest is a thing of the past in Toronto, Ink's new Veld Music Fest sounds promising (if not quite the same scale of event), and that's to say nothing of the strong line-up at NXNE and the first New Traditions Festival, which is set to ensure that the Island continues to be a destination for summer music.

Here are 10 summer music festivals to check out Toronto this year.

Say yes to everything. Don't bullshit yourself. Own who you are. Push past your past. These are some of the tidbits heard at the Top Ten Event, run by Stuart Knight Productions last week. Proceeds for this event went to the Stephen Lewis foundation. Speakers were prominent Canadians who took the path less taken, from Hana Gartner to Jully Black to David Miller. The former mayor of Toronto looks pretty spiffy when you have Rob Ford talking about the perils of recyclable bags.