Greetings from La Isla Bonita

Escape those dreary winter months

While it may be a balmy -4 degrees celsius in Toronto (-12 in Edmonton, -13 in Iqaluit), we’re all probably dreaming of a winter getaway to someplace warm. Luckily, thanks to English musician Shy Charles, you don’t even have to log off YouTube.

This eclectic cover artist rocks an adorable cover of the Madonna song, and it’s even the mashup version with Gogol Bordello’s “Lela Pala Tute.”

Now it’s just a matter of convincing my travel agent to book me a flight . . .

Michael Lyons is a queer-identified, chaotic neutral writer, activist, misanthrope, sapiosexual, and feline enthusiast. He is a columnist, blogger and regular contributor with Xtra and has contributed to Plenitude Magazine, KAPSULA Magazine, Crew Magazine, Memory Insufficient e-zine, The Ryersonian, Buddies Theatre blog, Toronto Is Awesome blog and Fab Magazine and more.

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