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Hockey players Nancy Hart (left), Shelley Hobbs and Ingrid Randoja

- photo by DEBRA FRIEDMAN

Toronto women's hockey (Moss Park Arena, 140 Sherbourne, Saturday nights)
Forget the trendy night spots. Moss Park Arena is where real women hang out - chicks with sticks who play in the Toronto Women's Hockey League, which boasts 14 mostly gay women-only hockey teams. Lovers, ex-girlfriends and sly "hey-check-her-out" single women look on. It's during the moments just before and after the games when the mingling happens - the sweaty player who's just finished her game bumps into the suddenly single skater just heading onto the ice. But she's got her eye on the woman who sits on the corner bench. OK, so it's not quite that exciting, but you see what we mean. Oh yeah, the hockey's pretty good, too.

Most Beautiful Building
Casa Loma
Flatiron Building

Best Bar for Drinking Alone
Woody's
467 Church, 416-972-0887
Horseshoe Tavern
368 Queen W, 416-598-4753

Best Bed & Breakfast
Palmerston Inn Bed & Breakfast
322 Palmerston, 416-920-7842
Victoria's Mansion
68 Gloucester, 416-925-4625

Best Games Arcade
Playdium
     Various locations
Dave and Buster's
120 Interchange Way, Concord,
     905-760-7600

Best Internet Cafe
Insomnia
     563 Bloor W, 416-588-3907
The Croissant Tree
     625 Church, 416-925-8379

Best Library
Toronto Reference Library
     789 Yonge, 416-393-7131
John P. Robarts Research Library
     130 St. George, 416-978-8450

Best Local Getaway
Toronto Island
High Park

Best Park
High Park
TRINITY BELLWOODS

Best Party Venue
The Docks Restaurant & Nightclub
     11 Polson, 416-461-3625
Tonic Nightclub
     117 Peter, 416-204-9200

best place to overhear tory conversations

Hernando's Hideaway (545 Yonge, 416-929-3629)
A stone's throw from Queen's Park, the spicy tacos fire up the premier's spinmeisters.

Best Phone Chat Line
Chit Chat Toronto
     416-703-0000
Manline
     416-465-5000

Best Place for a Quiet Date
High Park
Centre Island

Best Place to Bring Kids
Ontario Place
     955 Lakeshore W, 416-314-9811
Ontario Science Centre
     770 Don Mills, 416-696-3127

Best Place to Impress Out-of-Towners
CN Tower
     301 Front W, 416-868-6937
Toronto Island

Best Place to Meet a Gay Man
Woody's
     467 Church, 416-972-0887
Second Cup
     546 Church, 416-964-2457

Best Place to Meet a Lesbian
Slack Alice
     562 Church, 416-969-8742
Tango
     508 Church, 416-972-1662

Best Place to Meet a Straight Man
Canadian Tire
     Various locations
McSorley's Saloon & Grill
     1544 Bayview, 416-932-0655

Best Place to Meet a Straight Woman
Loblaws
     Leslie/Lakeshore
Chapters
     Various locations

Best Place to Read a Book
Chapters
     Various locations
High Park

Best Rainy-Day Haven
Royal Ontario Museum
Art Gallery of Ontario

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