Month: May 2013
The Ticket: “Arcadia” at American Conservatory Theater
- Heather Cassell
- May 29, 2013
Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia” was a huge hit when it opened in London in 1993. A couple of years later, the American Conservatory Theater’s then-newish artistic director Carey Perloff staged it at the nearby Stage Door Theatre in 1995, after a lengthy struggle to acquire the production rights.
Read MoreSultry and Sweet Foster Opens Feinstein’s at the Nikko Hotel
- Heather Cassell
- May 14, 2013
San Francisco doesn’t know anything about a woman’s desperate need for air conditioning in a sweltering New York summer, but Sutton Foster heats up the room causing a need for a burst of cool air at the new Feinstien’s at the Nikko Hotel in San Francisco.
Read MoreBig Fun on the Big Gay Wine Train
- Heather Cassell
- May 6, 2013
My girlfriend leads they way with her karaoke rendition of “Copacabana” in the lounge car. No, this isn’t some post late-night snack dream sequence, but the real deal as we revel in laughter and wine on board Big Gay Wine Train.
An after dinner crowd gathers around the piano breaking out into their own favorite songs in a lounge car sing-a-long and chatting with each other about dinner and the four unique wines paired with the gourmet meal designed just for the guests.
This isn’t our first time on the wine train, but it is our first time with a bunch of gays… and it makes for a much livelier experience.
Read MoreGay Ski Week Queenstown organizers raise funds for New Zealand AIDS Foundation
- Heather Cassell
- May 3, 2013
Queenstown’s annual gay and lesbian pride festival is back again and for the first time the event will raise funds for charity.
Attracting crowds from all over New Zealand, Australia and further afield, DNA Gay Ski Week QT is the Southern Hemisphere’s largest Winter Pride event, held in Queenstown from August 31 to September 8, 2013.
Read MoreHotels are Joining the Free WiFi Wave, but there are Still Some Wipe Outs
- Heather Cassell
- May 3, 2013
How many times have you checked into a hotel, especially while on business, and grinded your teeth about not having free internet, or paying nearly $10 a day to get online for only one device?
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