Month: March 2013
Chow: Latin fusion at Casa de Frida
- Heather Cassell
- March 31, 2013
Stepping into Casa de Frida (450 South Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs, Calif. 92262, 760-459-1681,
Pillow Talk: MontBleu Casino and Resort
- Heather Cassell
- March 31, 2013
We were excited to stay at the MontBleu Casino and Resort (55 Highway 50, Lake Tahoe, NV 89449, 800-367-4554,
A year and a half had passed since the former Cesar’s Palace was taken over by the new ownership. The new owners promised to transpose this resort into an affordable chic lodging option at the end of the row of budget to high-end hotels and resorts lining South Lake Tahoe Boulevard before the highway turns the corner to head to the north shore of the lake.
Read MoreGirl Beats with Havana Brown
- Heather Cassell
- March 31, 2013
Grooving to her own beat, Australian-born Havana Brown has followed the music to London and around the world touring with Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and the Pussycat Dolls and she has worked with Rihanna, Chris Brown, Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull us to name a few.
Read MoreDinah-licious
- Heather Cassell
- March 31, 2013
Oh, how sweet Dinah is with thousands of women playing golf, swimming, and having fun under the desert sun. Dinah Shore Weekend just keeps getting sweeter.
This year an estimated 20,000 women from around the world will descend on Palm Springs for five days and nights of fun in the sun, partying all night and much more at the 23rd Dinah Shore Weekend, April 3 – 7.
Read MoreSweet Rocks the Hard Rock Vallarta
- Heather Cassell
- March 30, 2013
It’s another Sweet adventure to Mexico. Listening to Shannon Wentworth, CEO and founder of the do-good eco-friendly lesbian travel company Sweet, the company’s forthcoming trip to Hard Rock Vallarta simply sounds like paradise.
Read MoreGirls That Roam is now a Certified Travel Ambassador of Sonoma
- Heather Cassell
- March 26, 2013
It is yet another beautiful day in Sonoma County especially in the spring with its rolling hills neatly lined with springtime vines starting to bloom.
Read MoreGo Girl: Red Rock Sky View with Arizona Helicopter Adventure
- Heather Cassell
- March 21, 2013
If you’ve never been on a helicopter tour, I highly suggest it. Yes, it’s a splurge, but if you are a view seeker the sights are out of this world.
Read MorePillow Talk: L’Auberge de Sedona
- Heather Cassell
- March 21, 2013
Sedona, cradled among the famed Red Rocks of Arizona’s Red Rock State Park, this charming small town is known for its romantic, serene and spiritual location as well as its optimal outdoor adventures.
Read MoreThreads: Boyish Style Takes the Catwalk
- Heather Cassell
- March 21, 2013
Butch fashion has been hitting the runway this past year from Russia to the U.K. to the U.S.
Read MoreBackstage: Fortune Feimster is Sooo Silly
- Heather Cassell
- March 19, 2013
If you don’t know Fortune Feimster you will soon. The “Chelsea Lately” writer is rapidly becoming a comedy star in her own right.
Read MorePillow Talk: Hilton Palm Springs
- Heather Cassell
- March 18, 2013
It was first class service with an air of classy casual friendliness from the moment I arrived at the Hilton Palm Springs (400 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way; 760-320-6868; PalmSprings.Hilton.com).
Read MoreSki Diva’s Vermont Mysteries Take Readers for a Wild Spin
- Heather Cassell
- March 18, 2013
Self-described ski bum Stacey Curtis flees to a small ski resort in Vermont to get over a bad breakup, but ends up finding a corpse with a chainsaw chain wrapped around his neck in an empty condo. She covertly ends up investigating his murder. Within the first few pages of Double Black (Ski Diva Mystery), Wendy Clinch’s gripping debut mystery novel, we realize we are in the hands of a tough and unsentimental writer who knows this small New England town terrain all too well.
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