Toronto Life bash befits 40 years

Toronto Life and St. Joseph Corporation, its parent, know how to throw a bash. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the magazine took over the Carlu in Toronto Thursday night and plied its invitation-only crowd with spectacular food, drink and music. The speeches were short and to the point (including a moving and unusual tribute by John Macfarlane to Clay Felker, the founder of New York and the man who essentially invented the idea of city magazines like Toronto Life).

By the way, the Toronto Life website contains a compilation of 40 years of covers that's worth a look.