Month: March 2016
US Workers Should Take A Cue from American Women Who Are Going On Vacation
US working women are more likely to go on vacation than their male counterparts.
The Alamo Family Vacation Survey’s in 2015 and 2016 found that during the past two years 63 percent of women took their paid time off in both years versus 54 and 52 percent men, each year respectively.
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A Charming Sanctuary In The Heart Of Old Key West: The Lighthouse Court Hotel
If island charm is what you are wanting to wake up to in the morning, look no further than the Lighthouse Court Hotel (902 Whitehead Street; 800-549-4430 or 305-294-9588; ; HistoricKeyWestInns.com/The-Inns/Lighthouse-Court) in Key West, Florida.
Girls That Roam woke up to roosters crowing as the morning rays shone through the cracks in the wooden blinds. We slept in that morning because we arrived very early in the morning from the West Coast.
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Hunter Valentine Rocks Out One Last Time
It’s been a rockin’ 11 years for Hunter Valentine.
The all-girl rock band has tripped around the world and opened for Cyndi Lauper, appeared on MTV’s “Make or Break: Linda Perry Project” and Showtime’s “The Real L Word,” and overall gained a loyal following of fans. But now it’s time for the band from Toronto to say good-bye … for now, says Hunter Valentine’s front woman Kiyomi McCloskey.
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Fun In The Sun In Palm Springs
Golf and sun beaconed to us as Super G drove along Highway 5 in Rosie’s, our convertible Fiat, top down, with me in the passenger seat heading toward Palm Springs, California. The desert oasis has been the playground to the stars for decades and for this long weekend getaway it was going to be ours.
Palm Springs is unique with its 1950s architecture, art galleries, boutique shopping, and outdoor activities, especially its 124 pristine golf courses and plethora of hiking trails and national and state parks. The desert city offers travelers everything that they want under the sun. There simply is no other place like Palm Springs.
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Erin Wilk Is Ahead Of The Curb As Facebook’s New Global Travel Safety Manager
When the job requires you to travel the first thought is, “Score!,” but as glamorous as the fantasy of traveling for work is, there’s a lot more to it. In today’s world safety and security has a lot to do with it.
In a world where natural disasters, accidents while traveling, political upheaval, and terrorism seem to be happening more often, corporations are starting to take notice when their employees are on the road and on the clock.
That’s where Erin Wilk comes in.
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Google Makes Turning Day Dream About Your Next Vacation Into Reality At Your Fingertips
Google is trying to make it easier for you to go on vacation.
Google launched “Destinations on Google” for mobile phones a new search feature that utilizes Google Flights and hotel search on Google and crowd sources using geolocation popular destinations to help you plan and book your next vacation.
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Austin’s Queer Vibe Beckons LGBT Travelers
Girls That Roam Heads South To Check Out Texas’ Quirky And Cool Capital City And The Queering Of The Famed South By Southwest Festival by Heather Cassell We had never traveled with our friends as a couple before, so a group of us heading to Austin was a new adventure, as new as heading to […]
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SXSW Gets Queer For Its 30th Year
Art, intellectuals, and technology create a perfect storm for cool confabs, like the wildly popular South by Southwest Festival, which turns 30 this year, and kicked off in Austin, Texas on Friday.
The annual indie festival and conference, taking place March 11-20, attracts upward of 72,000 attendees from around the globe to check out hundreds of musicians, artists, innovative thought leaders, and new technologies.
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Hit The Rails Or The Bay For LGBT Wine Events
This year LGBTQ oenophiles can wine and dine on the rails and on San Francisco Bay with two different inaugural events – the Napa Valley Wine Train’s first-ever Pride Ride and Out in the Vineyard’s first-ever Big Gay Wine Cruise.
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Hotel Zeppelin Re-Envisions San Francisco’s Storied Past
Inspired by San Francisco’s counterculture reputation, visitors can get an updated taste of the City by the Bay’s storied past of beatniks, flower children, radicals and of course sex, drugs, and rock and roll in the chic new Hotel Zeppelin (545 Post Street; 415-563-0303; ; ViceroyHotelsAndResorts.com/en/Zeppelin) that opened March 4.
Located in San Francisco’s Theater District sandwiched between the Tenderloin and Union Square, Dawson Design Associates transformed the former Prescott Hotel’s 196 guest rooms, including 20 suites, into a hipster’s celebration of the city’s revolutionary past.
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GourmetFest Is A Social Affair To Feast On
Beat the crowds and delight in a smaller festival that by no means skimps on international fan fare by attending the next GourmetFest in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
Girls That Roam had the pleasure of attending the third annual Relais & Chateaux GourmetFest, a foodies’ feast that definitely dazzles the taste buds, February 25 – 28. This event should set off fireworks in your mouth with food and wines being prepared and served by Michelin rated chefs and sommeliers from Relais & Chateaux properties around the world and some of the California Central Coast to France’s finest wineries.
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Jake’s A Charming Palm Springs Lunch Spot
It’s simply charming. That was the first thought that flashed through my mind when Girls That Roam walked up to Jake’s Palm Springs (664 North Palm Canyon Drive; 760-327-4400; ; JakesPalmSprings.com) in Palm Springs, California, for lunch.
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