Year: 2023
7 Tips To Make Your Holiday Travels Joyeous and Merry
These Tips Will Help Avoid Turbulence Releasing Some Of That Holiday Stress by Heather Cassell An estimated 40% of Americans plan to travel for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, according to a NerdWallet survey conducted by The Harris Poll. Thursday was the busiest travel day of the holiday season, according to the United States Federal Aviation […]
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Busy Holiday Travel At Airports, But Still Short Of Pre-Pandemic Numbers
Taking To The Skies This Holiday Week, You Are Not The Only One by Heather Cassell Holiday travel is getting started with a bang. Thursday was the busiest travel day of the holiday season, according to the United States Federal Aviation Administration. An estimated 40% of Americans plan to travel for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, […]
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10 Queer Book Festivals Worth Traveling For
These Book Festivals Will Send You Soaring With The Latest Inspiring Page Turners by Heather Cassell I love fall and winter. The seasons give me the perfect excuse to curl up under a blanket in front of the fireplace with my latest read cracked open in front of me and a hot chocolate next to […]
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These 5 Women-Led Food Travel Shows Will Inspire Your Table and Adventures
These Five Women-Led Food Travel Shows Are A Far Cry From Julia Child To Inspire You In The Kitchen and Booking Your Next Journey by Heather Cassell Thanksgiving. It is an American holiday celebrated by stuffing ourselves traditionally with too much turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie around the table with […]
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Brooklyn’s Queer-Owned Restaurant, Superfine, Is The Definition Of A Good Time
Superfine Blends Art, Food, And Music For 25 Years. by Heather Cassell, originally published by Gay City News A quarter century ago, the perfect ingredients came together to create Superfine, the queer- and woman-owned restaurant and live music venue located in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood under the Manhattan Bridge. This week music lovers can get down at […]
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The Dinah Takes Over Palm Springs This Week With Thousands Of Women
The Dinah Founder and Producer Mariah Hanson Reflects on the Festival’s Cultural Impact and Meaning. by Heather Cassell This week thousands of queer women and gender-diverse people will take over Palm Springs for the biggest queer women’s music festival in the world: The Dinah. Tickets and rooms are still available for 32nd annual The Dinah, […]
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Sexy, Cool 1990s Dyke Cartoonists Get Second Look At New Retrospective Exhibit
Curve Magazine’s Lesbian Cartoonists Are in the Spotlight at New Retrospective Exhibit in San Francisco by Heather Cassell Before lesbian cartoonist Alison Bechdel made it on Broadway with her autobiographical musical, “Fun Home,” there was Curve magazine. The glossy lesbian magazine, Deneuve, launched by publisher Frances “Franco” Stevens in 1990 became the home for many […]
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Heartbroken in San Francisco? Shake It Off At Bad Blood Bar
This Taylor Swift-Themed Bar Will Turn Your Heartbreak Into Self-Love. by Heather Cassell Had a hard breakup? Single and tired of serial dating? No date for Valentine’s Day? Need a place to sob it out or reclaim yourself? Rather than sit at home with your favorite tub of ice cream, dust yourself off, take the […]
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Forks + Map = A 20-Year Culinary Adventure for These Two Food Travelers
These Pioneering Women Know the Road to Travelers’ Stomachs with Tour de Forks, a culinary travel company. A love for adventure and food, Lisa Goldman and Melissa Joachim followed their wanderlust and forks two decades ago and launched Tour de Forks. The culinary travel company was on the cutting edge of a travel revolution. They […]
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Going To Croatia Just Got Easier. Here Is Why.
Croatia Officially Joined the Schengen Area Bloc and Now Uses Euros. by Heather Cassell “Today Croatia joins the Schengen area and the eurozone, two immense achievements for the youngest member state of the European Union and both reached on the very same day. So indeed, this is a day for the history books.” European Commission […]
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