05 Aug Day 25: Toronto Pub crawlllll
P and I created an epic, and ambitious Toronto pub crawl list: Bovine Sex Club, Velvet Underground, The Rex, Rivoli, Horseshoe, Cameron House, Dakota, and a few others that I can’t recall…. Ahem...
Author: Melanie Chambers
29 Jul Day 24: Salons and Ramen noodles
Last summer I had a Filipino transgender cut my hair for $2. Wasn't the best haircut I've ever had, but it certainly wasn't the worst, by a long shot. And, just hanging out for the afternoon with her/him and...
28 Jul Day 23: Artspin marries art and Toronto bike community
I would never consider sitting on the banks of the Don River in Toronto--let alone under a bridge. Crumbling concrete beams coated in graffiti, a shopping car or two: it just doesn't feel, well, safe or cozy. Right...
26 Jul Day 21: Toronto Islands exposure
"Melanie, you should really go to the Toronto Islands. It's a slice of paradise. You'd love them." I have been hearing this for almost two years since I moved to Toronto, and since the arrival...
26 Jul Day 19: Roncesvalles Regular
Ok, confession: I take days off while travelling. When you go away for months at a time, laundry doesn't do itself. And, sometimes I experience cultural saturation. To fully absorb a place, a step back is sometimes...
26 Jul Day 22: Toronto Island Life
The waiting list to live on the Toronto Islands is 500 people and growing. If I put my name on the list, I'd sooner be dead than an island homeowner. This year only two homes sold. Why do...
26 Jul Day 20: tea for two at Windsor Arms
It feels a bit silly wearing this cake-like doily on my head. But at the Windsor Arms Hotel, where afternoon tea has been served since 1927, a fascinator is part of the tea ritual. For a girl...
24 Jul Day 18: 501 Street Car Foodie Tour
"It's our signature doughnut," says a young woman. The doughnut, called toast and butter, is made with sweet breadcrumbs and brown sugar butter. Glory Hole Doughnuts (www.gloryholedoughnuts.com) is the first of six food food stops in...
22 Jul Day 17: Exploring Canada’s Group of Seven at McMichael Gallery
Lawren Harris said of fellow Group of Seven artist Tom Thomson: "those who depart before their time continue to haunt the land they loved." The story goes that Tom Thomson, a skilled outdoorsman who spent...
21 Jul Day 16: The wind beneath our wings. Toronto Sailing.
I let out a yelp as the boat starts to tip: "can you get up here?" My cousin Jodie is sitting on the boat's edge, leaning way back, almost parallel with the water. "Do I stick...