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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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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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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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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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Top 5 Romantic Wine Getaways
It’s hard not to be romantic in wine country. Vineyards simply give off that aura of love, natural beauty, whispered sweet nothings between the rows of plump burgundy and purple hue of grapes. No matter what time in the day – well ok dawn and dusk are a little bit more magical – wine country is just oozing with love.
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Cologne Police Pledge To Protect Women During Carnival
Cologne isn’t taking any chances during its popular Carnival following the New Year’s Eve fiasco where police failed to protect women from being sexually assaulted and harassed by gangs of young men.
Carnival kicks off today, Thursday, February 4, with the annual Women’s Day Carnival (Weiberfastnacht) and ends on February 9, Ash Wednesday.
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Ellen Page’s ‘Gaycation’ Explores The Big Wide Gay World
Acclaimed Canadian actress Ellen Page’s most recent venture “Gaycation,” takes a camera crew on a global adventure checking out lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer culture and lives around the globe as they follow her best friend, Ian Daniel, and her on a unique social political adventure.
“The goal is to go and look at the LGBT culture, at the joy and the liberation,” says Ellen.
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Broadway and TV Star Lea DeLaria Is Set To Jazz Up The Dinah
“Orange Is The New Black” star and hottest veterans of Broadway musicals and stand-up comedy, Lea DeLaria is returning to The Dinah for a special night of comedy and music.
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Groove Master DJ Mary Mac To Spin Her Spell On The Dinah
The dance floor will be slamming when DJ Mary Mac hits the turntables at The Dinah, March 30 – April 2, in Palm Springs.
The legendary DJ and performer joins fellow celebrity DJ Samantha Ronson in the DJ booth along with nine other DJs inspiring more than 15,000 women to work up a sweat on the dance floor during 4-day all-girl party in the desert.
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Out Into The Great White Land
There’s nothing in career guides on how to become a modern explorer.
Not even Felicity Aston knew that when she accepted a job in Antarctica simply because it was more exciting and interesting than any other options at the time that she was embarking on a career as an explorer.
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Travel To The Land Of ABBA: Stockholm
It goes without saying, you can’t visit Stockholm without going to the ABBA The Museum and The Swedish Music Hall of Fame at Djurgården. It’s a must for music and Broadway buffs and movie goers who love “Mama Mia!” and music lovers all around.
This year, Stockholm will be the place to be as it hosts the 61st annual Eurovision Song Contest, May 10 – 14.
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