FRANKIE’S FAVOURITE EATERIES 

Back to Pizza, I still have my favourite slice in the city, I think I reviewed it in a post a year ago and that is still definitely gram's. 

But I had a nice surprise this week. I was taking my daughter Perle to hockey, and we had to stop to get her skates sharpened. We went to Dukes which is in an area of Toronto called Etobicoke. She was hungry and said let's have a pizza. Conveniently 6,7 🤷‍♀️;) stores over from Dukes was a spot called Milanos. 

I had never tried it and was a touch skeptical although they did sponsor what looked like every team in Etobicoke by the plaques on the wall. We entered and there were no slices left but were told a couple fresh pies just went in and would be ready in 6-7 minutes (Did I just do it again?), we had some time, so we waited. 

While waiting a few people popped in an told us of an explosion from 20 years back that forced Milanos to move across the street and a woman, who now lives in Arizona, but always stops at Milanos for a slice when she's in town. At this point I had a feeling we might be in for a good slice. 

How best to describe Milanos? Well, let me tell you. The top of my mouth is burnt to a crisp and my tongue is killing me. I hopped on that slice a little too fast out of the oven, rookie move or maybe not? I had the old school deluxe and Perle had the pepperoni 🍕. If I was going to compare this slice to anywhere it would be a Pizza Pizza slice from 35 years ago. 

Deliciouuuuuus! The cheese tastes like cheese, the pepperoni like pepperoni, and the crust is awesome. The undercarriage was just done to perfection. I don't know how they did it but if you're craving that Pizza Pizza slice (not the way it tastes now) from 35 years ago, hit Milanos, it's a major win and the people are super nice. Yum yum yum give me some more. 

Have a great weekend. 

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TECH SPOTLIGHT

Netflix had a night to remember at the 2026 Golden Globes, walking away with seven wins and proving once again that streaming isn’t just convenient—it’s award-winning. The star of the night? Adolescence, snagging four awards including best limited series, best actor (Stephen Graham), supporting actor (Owen Cooper), and supporting actress (Erin Doherty). Meanwhile, Netflix’s fan-favorite KPop Demon Hunters grabbed best animated feature and best original song, giving us all a reason to queue it up immediately.

Other streamers had a solid showing too. Apple TV earned two awards for The Studio, including best actor for Seth Rogen, while HBO celebrated wins for The Pitt and Jean Smart’s performance in Hacks. Hulu joined the party with Michelle Williams taking home best lead actress for Dying for Sex. Disney+? Fifteen nominations, no wins—but hey, at least they looked good on paper.

The Golden Globes also made history with the first-ever best podcast category, with Amy Poehler winning for Good Hang with Amy Poehler. Clearly, whether it’s on screen or in your earbuds, content is king.

With Netflix preparing its blockbuster acquisition of Warner Bros., we’re left wondering: is it time to start calling it “Net-War”? Either way, it looks like the streaming wars just got a little more glamorous.

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REAL ESTATE SPOTLIGHT

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By George Pimentel

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WORD OF THE WEEK

Brackish

What It Means

Brackish, meaning “somewhat salty,” usually describes water or bodies of water, such as rivers, lakes, and estuaries. The word can also mean “not appealing to the taste” or “repulsive.”

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FRANKIE’S SONG OF THE WEEK

There is something I just love about this song. 

100 WEEKS OF POSITIVE MESSAGES

Frankie did 100 days of positive messages 3 years ago. He wanted to center them around mental health and positivity. We will post them each week for 100 weeks.

“This is a line that I stole from an older colleague Ricardo Otavio Civitenga, an agent I worked with at Ariston Commercial Realty, he always used it.

Ricardo and I would walk around Yorkville with our trench coats eating at fancy restaurants every day in my early 20s having coffees, cappuccinos and feeling like kings.

We sold commercial real estate to the big wheelers and dealers who hung out in Yorkville, which is a trendy part of Toronto.

Ricardo sold a building to a family who started a restaurant called Fieromosca on a street called Prince Arthur. We lunched there 2 or 3 days a week. I always had the penne a La Vodka, wow! and he had some angel hair, and we shared a little meat like veal after the pasta.

From time to time, we had a vino.

Because he got the location for them, we ate lunch for free, so, the rule was he covered lunch and I had the tip ;).

Ricardo taught me a lot, while we didn't make that much money, he introduced me to people in the area and solidified the importance of having a great lunch and a nice walk. I loved it!

We walked through a Lower-level space that was brownish and looked like a grotto with a back patio.

Ricardo knew the landlord well, so we double ended the deal and leased it to a cool guy called Toufiq who turned it into AMBER which was the place to be for many years.

The white parties and toga parties at Amber were reminiscent of what the Yorkville area was in the 70s and 80s, I was told.

Ricardo was very into film, art and loved calling me his "Juuunior" in a thick Italian accent everywhere we went.

Fraaank!

I will never forget when he grabbed me by my arm and said we have to go see this movie.

We went to a little basement theatre (The Cumberland) and watched " Life is beautiful" with 10 others. I ran around telling everybody about this movie, I was blown away. I still think it is the best movie of all time.

That scene where the father is about to die but is making his son smile and calm his anxieties by walking side to side will always be entrenched in my mind.

Ricardo, thank you for everything.

You are simply "The best".”

OTHER POSH THINGS

Au Revoir Brigitte Bardot

I was in Tignes, on our annual ski trip in the French Alps, standing still on a stretch of compacted snow, when I read that Brigitte Bardot had died.

There I was, not on a terrace. Not with a coffee in my hand. But zipped into a ski jacket, cheeks burning, legs slightly trembling from a morning that had involved more confidence than technique.

My first instinct was to look her up. Not her films. Not Saint-Tropez. Snow.

There she was: black-and-white photographs of Bardot skiing in the Alps in the 50s and 60s. Megève, Courchevel, Val d’Isère. Long legs, narrow trousers, oversized sweaters. No helmet. No effort. She looks as if she’s gliding through winter the way she moved through life — lightly, instinctively, as if the world simply adjusted itself around her.

Not Saint-Tropez. Not beaches or bikinis or the mythology we’ve replayed for decades. I thought of her in winter.

Perhaps because the Alps have long been part of French cultural imagination, even if Bardot herself is rarely associated with them. Part of a generation that discovered the mountains as leisure rather than survival. In those images, she looks almost anonymous — wrapped in knits, absorbed in movement, temporarily freed from the gaze that followed her everywhere else.

There’s something revealing about that.

Bardot spent much of her life resisting the image that made her famous. She walked away from cinema early, at the height of her success, rejecting the role the world insisted she play.

What Brigitte Bardot leaves behind is not just an image, but a shift. She altered how women could be seen — and how they could disappear. She proved that fame was not an obligation, that desire did not have to be explained, and that walking away could be as radical as arriving. Beyond cinema, her fierce commitment to animal rights reshaped public consciousness in France and beyond, giving her life a second, deeply consequential chapter. Bardot will remain frozen in photographs, endlessly young, endlessly watched — but her true legacy is more unsettling and more modern than that: the permission to refuse, to evolve, and to choose conviction over applause.She walked through the snow as an icon; I fell into it as a blogger - and somehow both images belong to the same story (I’ll take take!) Thank you for your inspiration BB and may you rest in peace…. in St Tropez

By Nirit Sumeruk Abbou

🧠A Weekly Dose of Psychology You Didn’t Know You Needed 🧠

Hi everyone! I’m Maya, I hold an Honours Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science and Psychology (basically, I can analyze both a crime scene and your overly complicated coffee order). I’m also an incoming Master of Arts candidate in Counselling Psychology, which means I spend a lot of time thinking about how the human brain works, and why it sometimes does the exact opposite of what we want it to do.

Psych Fact #29: Your brain literally enjoys novelty — even small, everyday surprises.

We often underestimate the power of tiny new experiences. Whether it’s trying a different coffee order, taking a new route home, or listening to a song you’ve never heard before, novelty activates the dopamine system — the same pathway that responds to rewards.

This doesn’t just feel good. Experiencing new things regularly can:
• Improve memory and learning
• Boost creativity
• Reduce feelings of boredom or stagnation

The brain craves novelty because evolutionarily, exploring new environments helped humans survive. Today, it just means your brain rewards you for stepping outside the routine — even a little.

So if your week feels monotonous, remember: small changes aren’t trivial. Your brain is literally lighting up, saying “thanks for the adventure,” every time you try something new.

Until next time,
Maya 🧠✨

TRIVIA

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Domestic Cup Magic Lives On

Watching the ball loft into the far corner of the net and hearing the crowd erupt in ecstasy is the definition of a magical moment.

This was Wednesday late afternoon. I was taking a break from work to catch a little soccer action.

I turned on the Copa Del Rey match between the 17th place in the Spanish second division hosts, Albacete Balompié, and one of the biggest clubs on the entire planet, Real Madrid.

The score was 2-2 late in the match when I tuned in. The announcers were not available. The match audio was stadium sound. The energy was palpable.

Madrid, who at the time of the match were a full 35 places ahead of their opponents in the Spanish football pyramid, were struggling to find a go-ahead goal as they had already needed to tie the match twice.

Then it happened with barely two minutes of stoppage time left in the match.

A counterattack by Albacete saw Jefté Betancor, who had subbed on in the second half and already found the net once, break into the Madrid final third. He was in the box and tried a shot that was easily blocked, but rather than regroup, the 32-year-old deftly first-touched the rebound into the far corner past a stunned Madrid keeper.

The stadium erupted into a glorious roar that didn’t end until well after the final whistle sounded. It was beautiful.

I’m not a fan of either side, but this is why we love knockout football/soccer cup tournaments. Anything can happen. David can defeat Goliath.

On a Wednesday night in Spain, a club with a total annual players salary of $7,550,000 Euros and near the bottom of the second division found a way to eliminate a club that has a player salary of $309,570,000 Euros, has won 15 Champions League titles, 36 LaLiga titles.

Other recent upsets:

Torino defeated Roma 3-2 in the Coppa Italia round-of-16 on Tuesday. But it’s not that much of an upset since they’re both in Serie A.

English Championship side Wrexham (the one that Ryan Reynolds co-owns) knocked out Premier League club Nottingham Forest in the penalties in the FA Cup on January 9.

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UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS

WEATHER THIS WEEK

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“In life, never be intimidated by people’s degrees, unless it's your wife and she's a lawyer, in this case be very afraid.”

-SFD 

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