Crew forms the backbone of a trek in Nepal | Toronto Star
HIMALAYAS, NEPAL-“Why not, coconut peanut?” asks World Expeditions guide Birkha Magar, cackling and tapping my arm like I should get the joke.A trekker is...
Venturing through colourful Kathmandu | Toronto Star
KATHMANDU, NEPAL-Where I’m going, I don’t need roads to go back to the future. Flying faster than 142 km/h, this not-so-great Scot lands in...
Trek in Nepal leads to perspective | Toronto Star
HIMALAYAS, NEPAL-Nature has a sick sense of humour. The world’s grandest mountain ranges are surrounded by rocky paths — look up from the one...
Garcelle Beauvais is sick of whiny models
Marching up the catwalk to find her front row perch at at the Tadashi Shoji show Thursday took Garcelle Beauvais back to her teenage...
Linda Fargo says Bergdorf Goodman won’t play politics
Since President Trump criticized Nordstrom for “unfairly” dumping Ivanka Trump’s fashion line, retailers like T.J. Maxx and Marshalls have also distanced themselves from the...
Annual studio-home tour features Woodlawn-area English cottage
CaptionCloseCan bathroom tile make you fall in love with a house? The green tile in this Monticello Park cottage sure sealed the deal for...
Restoring a neglected tract home to Midcentury glory in Palm Springs
As fans of midcentury modern design, Keith Zabel and husband Randy Shemaitis were drawn to Palm Springs and its wealth of Modernist architecture.“My passion...
Chengdu Impression, a new Sichuan restaurant, opens in Arcadia
Chengdu Impression, not to be confused with either of the popular San Gabriel Valley Sichuan restaurants Chengdu Taste or Szechuan Impression, is set to open in Arcadia on Saturday.The...
America is disintegrating, reality is fracturing, all to a classic soundtrack in Steve Erickson's...
Steve Erickson was post-millennial long before the millennium ever got here. Like those of a Southern California Ballard or Beckett, his novels are filled with...
The House that art built in Detroit | Toronto Star
DETROIT, MICH.-On a Friday night in Detroit’s Eastern Market, the Red Bull House of Art looks more like a raging party than a gallery...