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12 Places To Go In 2016
From Ireland to Iran, Girls That Roam Selected These 12 Countries As The Top Destinations To Journey To In 2016 by Heather Cassell and Super G Oh there are so many places to go that it’s really hard to pick and choose just 12. Why not be able to go everywhere? Well, that’s humanly impossible. […]
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Celebrity DJ Samantha Ronson Set To Throw Down The Hits At The Dinah
The girls at The Dinah will get footloose on the dance floors with global sensation DJ Samantha Ronson spinning the latest dance club anthems from around the world at The Dinah this spring January 4.
The Dinah Producer Mariah Hanson announced the famed celebrity spinstress will be in the DJ booth at The Dinah, March 30 – April 3 in Palm Springs, California.
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What Do Queer Women Travelers Want?
I am the first to admit, if you don’t get women and don’t know where to find us it might seem like we are playing hard to get – especially queer and trans women – but we are traveling in increasing numbers.
Women are nearly 50% of the population globally, so we are everywhere and we are roaming – especially on solo adventures and girlfriend getaways – as we continue to make bank, grow our net value, and start to enjoy our financial success.
However, women, in particular queer women, seem to be an elusive demographic to understand and to reach for travel professionals.
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Gallivanting Women Get Inspired To Explore The World
It was an enthralling two days all about women and travel at the Women’s Travel Fest last year, which means that the third annual Fest in 2016 will be even bigger and better.
This year, fest goers will hear what it’s like to photograph for National Geographic from Annie Griffiths, one of the first female photographers to work for the magazine; Megan McDonough of Bohemian Trails; Miki Agrawal, co-founder and CEO of THINX; Kiersten Rich and Courtney Scott of The Getaway Girls; and Kenecia Lashae of Passport 2 Pretty are among some of the speakers lining up to inspire women to get out into the world.
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Women Tours Celebrates 20 Years Of Women’s Cycling Adventures Around The World
Imagine cruising along distant coasts as waves kiss the sandy shores, crossing over bridges, and peddling through rolling hills filled with fragrant fields and vineyards and doing it all with your best gal pals and new friends.
Women Tours has been doing just this for 20 years. Two decades after its first trip, the company continues to grow five to 10% annually offering more than 50 tours around the world and across the United States that sell out every year, says Jackie Marchand, president of Woman Tours.
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Go Wild, Free And Solo: How One RVing Women Manifests Carpe Diem
Life is fleeting, that’s what Dawn Wilson, a professional wildlife photographer, concluded after life threw her a few personal tragedies, so she bought a recreational vehicle and made a plan to travel the United States photographing wildlife.
“Most people wait until they retire to make such a lifestyle change,” says Dawn. “But too many tragedies have happened in my life over the last few years, and those events convinced me that life is precious, fleeting and fragile. It was time to go for the golden ring.”
‘Exs & Ohs’ Elle King Headlines The Dinah
Who hasn’t heard the crooning, swinging rockabilly tune “Exs & Ohs” by two-time Grammy nominated Elle King?
You couldn’t miss it and you won’t miss her if you are at The Dinah in Palm Springs, March 30 – April 3, 2016.
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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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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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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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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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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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