California
Palm Springs Launches LGBT Wedding Planning Website
- Heather Cassell
- July 18, 2013
“We are going to the chapel and we are going to get married,” is the tune Palm Springs is singing to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender travelers seeking to get hitched in the California desert resort town.
Read More5K9 Walk Run 1-mile and 5k Fundraiser Debuts in the Bay Area
- Heather Cassell
- July 9, 2013
The Petco Foundation and Multisports.com are once again calling all two- and four-legged runners, walkers and waggers to take part in a 5K9 Walk Run series sponsored by Petco and Purina Pro Plan in support of local pets and healthy lifestyles.
Read MoreSouth Asian Mixtress DJ Rekha Turns Up the Bhangra in Oakland
- Heather Cassell
- July 5, 2013
Oakland will be turned into “Little India” for a night when world renowned DJ Rekha turns up the Bhangra beats on Saturday.
Read MoreLGBT South Asians gather in SF for DesiQ
- Heather Cassell
- July 3, 2013
San Francisco will get a taste of queer India this week as LGBT South Asians descend on the gay mecca for the fourth DesiQ Conference on July 4 – 6.
Read MoreChef K is on Fire in the Kitchen
- Heather Cassell
- June 16, 2013
Finding success personally and professionally has allowed Khristianne Uy, better known simply as Chef K, the winner of the first season of ABC’s “The Taste,” to show her muscle raising money for youth causes.
Read MoreEve’s Garden Of Eden
- Heather Cassell
- June 16, 2013
Eve returns to the Garden of Eden, well may be the modern day version of Eden, which is a women’s weekend filled with great clothes, food, music, comedy and celebrities during Pride Weekend in the City by the Bay.
Read MoreIt’s a World of Laughter with Comedian Dana Goldberg
- Heather Cassell
- June 16, 2013
For the past 10 years, comedian Dana Goldberg has created a laugh track around the world and she ready to do it all again for the next decade.
Read MoreCalifornia Cheese Gets Smart with New Cheese Trail App
- Heather Cassell
- June 4, 2013
by Heather Cassell Cheese lovers visiting California now have access to 150 cheeses made by 56 artesian cheese makers and creameries through a new free smart phone app by the California Cheese Trail. The new app available for iPhone offers easy access to farm tours and in-depth information about cheese makers throughout California along with […]
Read MoreA Sister Trip in “BOOM!”
- Heather Cassell
- June 2, 2013
It’s a musical trip down memory lane circa 1960s and 70s with the Calloway sisters in “BOOM!” at Feinstein’s at the Nikko in San Francisco.
Read MoreThe Ticket: “Arcadia” at American Conservatory Theater
- Heather Cassell
- May 29, 2013
Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia” was a huge hit when it opened in London in 1993. A couple of years later, the American Conservatory Theater’s then-newish artistic director Carey Perloff staged it at the nearby Stage Door Theatre in 1995, after a lengthy struggle to acquire the production rights.
Read MoreGo Girl: The Natural Adventures of Kim Powell
- Heather Cassell
- April 9, 2013
by Heather Cassell Every day is an adventure for Kim Powell, owner, operator and head naturalist of Blue Water Ventures in Santa Cruz, Calif. Take for example, late last month when she and a group of her kayakers saved a young sea lion that found refuge on one of the kayaks in the Moss Landing Harbor from what […]
Read MorePalm Springs Welcomes the first Women’s Jazz Festival
- Heather Cassell
- April 6, 2013
A different sound is resonating from Palm Springs this weekend at the first annual Women’s Jazz Festival April 4 – 7.
Women will enjoy four-days of female jazz performances at eight different venues and clubs throughout downtown Palm Springs.
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