Author: Heather Cassell

Adele

Hello. Adele Is Back On The Road

British crooner Adele announced she is heading out on a tour of North America and Mexico City, Mexico as well as the United Kingdom and Europe in 2016 much to fans delight December 14. It is her first tour in five years.

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Inspire your senses sleeping in a uniquely designed room at the Altstadt Vienna. (Photo: Courtesy of the Altstadt Vienna)

The Altstadt Vienna Surrounds The Traveling Soul With Creative Inspirations

Travelers’ looking for modern Viennese aesthetic that is pleasing to the eye and filled with charm will find it during their stay at the Altstadt Vienna (Kirchengasse 41; +43 1 522 66 66; ; Altstadt.at/en). The boutique hotel in Vienna, Austria delivers charm and friendly comfort in every way.

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Travel Gift Wrap

Gifts For The Wanderlust Gal In Your Life

This is the best time of the year! It’s the time for family and friends, gatherings, and sitting next to the fireplace sipping peppermint coco … of course presents and gift giving too!

We like to pride ourselves on being good gift givers here at Girls That Roam.

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The 2016 Festival del Sole season will be dedicated to advocate of the arts, philanthropy and the Napa Valley, Margrit Mondavi. (PRNewsFoto/Napa Valley Festival Association)

Napa’s Festival Del Sole Dedicates 2016 Season To Wine Signora Margrit Mondavi

The legendary Margrit Mondavi is cause for celebration which is why the Napa Valley Festival Association is dedicating its Festival del Sole’s 2016 season to the wine signora.

Margrit, 89, the widow of the wine legend Robert Mondavi, is a longtime arts advocate and philanthropist as well as a board member of the festival’s association, according to a news release October 23, 2014 announcing the dedication of the season.

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IGhibellini antipasti (Photo: Nicole Clausing)

La Dolce Vita: Eating Well in la Cittá Bella

“Nobody eats in Florence anymore,” sniffs my father’s new friend, an Italian ex-pat now living in San Francisco. “There are no good restaurants in the city.”

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Stephanie Land, third from the right in the foreground, founder of Transgender Vacations, with Sherry Donegan, second from the right in the foreground, with some of the gender variant and ally travelers aboard the second annual Caribbean cruise. (Photo: Courtesy of Transgender Vacations)

Transphobia Aboard Royal Caribbean Complains Transgender Vacations

Transgender Cruisers Aboard the Second Annual Transgender Vacations Caribbean Cruise Upset By Mistreatment, Complain To Royal Caribbean by Heather Cassell It was supposed to be fun on the high seas on the second annual Transgender Vacations’ Caribbean cruise aboard a Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ship. That was until one guest was the recipient of homophobic […]

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Travelers experience adventures like scuba diving firsthand at the Travel & Adventure Show Los Angeles in Long Beach. (Photo: Courtesy of The LA Travel and Adventure Show / Ann Flower Communications)

Adventure Seekers Can Get Their Thrills At The Travel & Adventure Show 2016

Up for an adventure? How about a weekend of adventure? The Travel & Adventure Show will be roaming through the US this winter wetting wanderlusters’ appetite to hit the road.

The Travel & Adventure Show will hit the road again in 2016 stopping in seven cities starting January 16. Wanderlusters can get your gallivanting shoes on at these Travel & Adventure Shows:

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Learn the art of making pasta in Italy with the The Table Less Traveled and Savor Seattle’s Heart of Italy Food Tour in September 2016. (Photo: Courtesy of Savor Seattle)

Savor Italy On The New Heart Of Italy Food Tour

Seattle’s food tour mavens, Annie Cheng, chief eating officer of The Table Less Traveled and Angela Shen, founder of Savor Seattle have teamed up and are heading to Italy with the Heart of Italy Food Tour in 2016.

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Tony award-winning Idina Menzel sings about redesigning the cityscape and streets of New York as much as her character, Elizabeth’s, life in If/Then. (Photo: Joan Marcus)

What If We Didn’t See If/Then?

If/Then is a pensive musical that explores the choices we make, missed opportunities, and perhaps a bit of fate. What if we could see the divergent paths that our lives go on based on a single pivotal or little decision we make and a chance meeting that happens?

Through the musical, audiences get to indulge this philosophical question in the Sliding Doors for the stage exploring two different paths taken by Elizabeth, going by Beth in one life and Liz in another life, played by Tony award-winning Idina Menzel. A complete chick musical with double the processing!

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The Giant Gingerbread House at the Fairmont in San Francisco. (Photo: Super G)

A Holiday Treat: Gingerbread House Returns To The Fairmont San Francisco

It is the best time of the year. A chill is in the air and snow is on the ground and the Christmas tree and Chanukah tree and menorah hunting have begun as the holiday decorations are being put out. December is the month of celebration and gathering with friends and acquaintances and looking forward to the New Year.

One of the holiday traditions in San Francisco is the unveiling of the giant Gingerbread House at the Fairmont (950 Mason Street; 866-540-4491; ; Fairmont.com/San-Francisco) on top of Nob Hill in San Francisco.

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US passport visa page inserts

Say So Long To the US Visa Passport Inserts

Need more visa pages to insert into your passport? Get them before December 31 or you will have to apply for a new passport starting at the beginning of the New Year.

The United States State Department announced that it will no longer add visa pages into U.S. passports beginning January 1, 2016, according to a news release November 19.

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The glammed up Curve Hotel in Palm Springs, California.(Photo: Courtesy of the Curve Hotel)

The Curve Hotel Is A Budget Wanna Be Boutique Gone Bad

At the bend heading out of the heart of Palm Springs toward the desert and mountains, stands the Curve Hotel (333 East Palm Canyon Drive; 760-327-1211 or 877-544-4446; CurvePalmSprings.com) in California.

It a town that celebrates its mid-20th century architecture and is home to a plethora of boutique hotels, bed and breakfasts, and swanky resorts, finding a budget hotel close to downtown Palm Springs can be a challenge. However, there is the Curve Hotel.

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