Elegant high-rises with giant security walls. This is Lima’s Miraflores neighbourhood where I’m staying. The fortress walls, and iron gates are leftovers from an era of violence, not too long ago. The country has a tumultuous...
Posing naked. It's not such a big deal--depending on where you do it! Part of a series for The Toronto Star about a handful of things I thought I should try - for the first...
Discovering my Newfoundland roots through small town theatre on The Rock. Discovery-Place_Jun15 - LR Theatre of The Rock In Newfoundland, the play’s the thing to help replace the cod once king By Melanie Chambers AMID PROPS THAT ARE quintessential 1960s...
When I began thinking about The July Project, writing about a new thing in Toronto every day of July, I tried to consider all the Torontonians I know and what unique perspective they could give...
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This is the first in a series for The Toronto Star about first time experiences. Why I started mountain bike racing at age 42 Melanie Chambers was never an athlete in school, but cycling was always a...
I first discovered Spain almost 20 years ago on my first trip to Europe. Starting in Amsterdam, I biked my way south escaping the colder weather. When I arrived in Spain, I felt an instant...
Every last Sunday of the month in Kensington Market cars are forbidden. Astrologers, food stalls and reiki healers spill out onto the streets. I found Lucas and his brother at the bottom of Augusta Street...
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...
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...
