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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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Powerful New Exhibit Explores SF’s ‘90s Defiant, Vibrant Lesbian Scene
Chloe Sherman’s New Photo Exhibit Revives San Francisco’s Vibrant Lesbian Scene In The ‘90s by Heather Cassell, originally published by the Bay Area Reporter San Francisco has always been a place where people are free to explore and find themselves. The ‘90s was no exception, yet it was exceptional as queer fine art photographer Chloe […]
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4 Incredible Ways To Live Your Wildest Travel Dreams
Airbnb, Marriott, and the European Commission Have Created Four Opportunities to Revitalize and Promote Destinations by Heather Cassell Got skills? Are you young and entrepreneurial? Are you able to relocate for a year or more? Are you ready to venture out into the world? Marriott, Airbnb, and Italy have once in a lifetime opportunities waiting […]
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A Mark Of Good Taste At Mark’s Off Madison
New Yorker Mark Strausman comforts his city one dish at a time at his new restaurant, Mark’s Off Madison by Heather Cassell An upscale diner that isn’t a diner has taken up the corner of Madison Avenue and East 26th Street across from Madison Square Park in New York’s tony North of Madison Square Park […]
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The Vagabond’s House Inn Delights The Wanderer’s Heart and Soul
A Treasure In The Heart of Carmel-by-the-Sea, The Vagabond’s House Inn Understands And Appreciates Wanderlust Providing Travelers A Stay That Is Irresistible To Leave by Heather Cassell I was charmed the moment I stepped into the courtyard of The Vagabond’s House Inn. Located in the heart of Carmel-By-The-Sea on California’s Monterey Peninsula, the charming inn […]
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The Dinah 30 Energizes Palm Springs With Sensational Women Rockers
The Dinah Returns To Palm Springs For A 5-Day 30th Anniversary Celebration With New Dates And A Knock-Out Roster Of Grammy-Winning Entertainers by Heather Cassell You only turn 30 once, and The Dinah knows it. Grammy artists Macy Gray and Yung Baby Tate headline the largest all-women’s party in the world next month. The Dinah returns […]
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Black Panther Women’s Pride, Power, And Joy Celebrated In West Oakland
Three Women’s Response to 2020’s Racial Reckoning Is Spreading Black Joy and Pride by Celebrating The Women of The Black Panther Party In A Mural and The Party in A Museum. by Heather Cassell Black joy and pride radiate out from the two-story house on the corner of Center Street and Dr. Huey P. Newton […]
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