Top Twenty 2008 Toronto Moments, some to remember, others to mourn.
by Jen McNeely

1. The New York Times deems Ossington the cool new strip, along with sixty other media outlets

2. Catfight breaks out at Ultra as twenty something’s swarm the VIP section, desperate to catch Lindsay Lohan and Sam Ro making out

3. WHOA AGO! Frank Gehry unveils a masterpiece which started as a squiggle four years ago

4. Robin Kay makes a slurred speech at L’Oreal Fashion Week and Jeanne Beker has a fit

5. Zombies clearly rule the city at Nuit Blanche and Toronto Zombie Walk, we just can’t get enough!

6. Luminato blazes through millions and we still aren’t sure what this festival stands for

7. Toronto becomes number one city to be addicted to Facebook – yesss!

8. Torontoist dies, blog wars erupt and then is resurrected days later.

9. Queen West Fire – RIP Original Dukes, Original Preloved, Suspect on Queen

10. Rats invade Happy Seven and our dreams of 3AM dim sum diminish

11. Igor is arrested – Twice! Hoorah!

12. Madonna comes to town and disappoints thousands

13. We all get stuck with enormous garbage and recycle bins that crowd our lawns

14. Starbucks says they’re moving to Kensington and coffee hippies rage

15. Joe Fresh becomes cool and extraordinarily well poised for the worst economy of our lifetime.

16. Crystal Castles makes us look cool and Feist takes over the world with 1, 2, 3, 4

17. The Junction becomes the next hot neighbourhood to buy real estate, only everyone lost their money on Bay Street

18. Sweaty Betty’s gets infiltrated with ‘douche bags’ and is forced to start another boite aux beverages around the corner

19. Dominion turns into Metro….who cares.

20. E-talk and Degrassi take over the city while print media takes a major hit