Month: October 2014
Motel 6 Goes Mobile En Espanol
Spanish speaking budget travelers rejoice! Motel 6 will “Dejaremos la luz encendida para ti (We’ll leave the light on for you),” as of October 30.
Motel 6 broadened its horizons with the launch of its first Spanish language mobile web experience. A desktop-friendly website is anticipated to be launched by the end of 2014, says Lance Miceli, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Motel 6.
Grape Expectations at the Big Gay Grape Stomp in Napa
Remember that episode of I Love Lucy where our favorite redhead tries her hand—well, feet—at grape stomping? Lucy is at first perplexed and disgusted, then she begins to enjoy herself, and then hilarity ensues.
It’s a classic bit from what seems like a completely bygone black-and-white era, but here I am reliving much of it, including the barefoot stomping and hijinks, in fabulous living color at the annual Great Gay Grape Stomp, hosted this year at Peju Vineyard (8466 St. Helena Highway; 800-446-7358; Peju.com) in Rutherford, California.
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Girls That Roam Celebrates with The Dinah 25 as a Preferred Media Sponsor
The Dinah celebrates 25 years as the preeminent women’s party, April 1 – 5, 2015. The Dinah is a five-day international world-class event packed with non-stop activities, a series of phenomenal pool parties, spectacular night entertainment, live concerts by Top Ten Billboard recording artists, comedy shows, sport-games and social networking opportunities.
For 25 years it has been the premier all-girl event hosted in Palm Springs, Calif. coinciding with the Ladies Professional Gold Association’s Kraft Nabisco Championship Golf Tournament (formerly the Dinah Shore Golf Championship). The lesbian spring break, as it is known, was created and is produced by Mariah Hanson under the Club Skirts marquee. http://thedinah.com.
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Kinky Boots Is Fabulous!
A man kept walking past me and staring at me while I was eating dinner at a restaurant recently. Super G had left the table for a moment. In my head, I was asking myself, “Is there something wrong with me? Is he looking at me because I’m with a girl who looks somewhat masculine? Is he looking at me because I’m with a woman of color? Why is he looking at me?”
On the third pass-by the man finally stopped and asked me, “What is on your shirt?”
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The Dinah’s Mariah Hanson To Receive First-Ever Legacy Award
Mariah Hanson, founder and producer of The Dinah, is kicking off the silver anniversary of the world’s largest all-girl party with a string of honors.
The Palm Springs community is recognizing Mariah for her invaluable contribution to the Coachella Valley LGBT community with the first-ever Legacy Award, an honor to pay tribute to remarkable individuals for their achievement and leadership advancing the LGBT community, presented by The Center.
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Café Flore is Moving On Up
The next time you hang out at Café Flore (2298 Market Street; 415-621-8579; CafeFlore.com) one of the Castro’s popular spots to meet a date, friends or cruise the foot traffic walking by you’ll notice something different about this popular bohemic spot in San Francisco’s gayborhood.
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Sarah Toce Takes The Communications Director Seat At Seattle Pride
Seattle Pride announced that Sarah Toce will immediately assume her new role as communications director and board member of the Washington’s largest Pride organization Friday.
Sarah joins nine other board members as the annual event which hit the big 4-0 in June.
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The Sex and The City Tour Is Sexsational!
Getting onto the bus filled with groups of best friends, one token Mr. Big and Super G, for the Fabulous Sex and the City Tour put on by On Location Tours I was flashing back to my single girl days with one of my besties and former roomie, Erica.
Every Sunday night we ordered in, had our drinks in hand and made sure we were on time for Sex and the City. Erica could always guess what Carrie’s hypothesis for the week was. I was willingly along for the ride as each story unfolded.
Each of us saw a piece of ourselves in Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha as we played out our own SATC in the Gay Mecca dating men, women and everything in between and of course chasing our careers and fashion.
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