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Go 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.
Read MorePillow Talk: MontBleu Casino and Resort
- Heather Cassell
- March 31, 2013
We were excited to stay at the MontBleu Casino and Resort (55 Highway 50, Lake Tahoe, NV 89449, 800-367-4554,
A year and a half had passed since the former Cesar’s Palace was taken over by the new ownership. The new owners promised to transpose this resort into an affordable chic lodging option at the end of the row of budget to high-end hotels and resorts lining South Lake Tahoe Boulevard before the highway turns the corner to head to the north shore of the lake.
Read MoreDinah-licious
- Heather Cassell
- March 31, 2013
Oh, how sweet Dinah is with thousands of women playing golf, swimming, and having fun under the desert sun. Dinah Shore Weekend just keeps getting sweeter.
This year an estimated 20,000 women from around the world will descend on Palm Springs for five days and nights of fun in the sun, partying all night and much more at the 23rd Dinah Shore Weekend, April 3 – 7.
Read MoreGo Girl: Red Rock Sky View with Arizona Helicopter Adventure
- Heather Cassell
- March 21, 2013
If you’ve never been on a helicopter tour, I highly suggest it. Yes, it’s a splurge, but if you are a view seeker the sights are out of this world.
Read MoreBackstage: Fortune Feimster is Sooo Silly
- Heather Cassell
- March 19, 2013
If you don’t know Fortune Feimster you will soon. The “Chelsea Lately” writer is rapidly becoming a comedy star in her own right.
Read MorePillow Talk: Hilton Palm Springs
- Heather Cassell
- March 18, 2013
It was first class service with an air of classy casual friendliness from the moment I arrived at the Hilton Palm Springs (400 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way; 760-320-6868; PalmSprings.Hilton.com).
Read MoreUN-Backed Team Celebrates International Women’s Day Atop Mount Kilimanjaro
- Heather Cassell
- March 6, 2013
An all-female climbing team supported by the United Nations reached the summit of Africa’s tallest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, in celebration of International Women’s Day on March 5.
Read MorePalm Springs She Bops for the Girls
- Heather Cassell
- February 22, 2013
My Auntie has been talking up Palm Springs for quite some time. It is her next dream destination, so on this girlfriend getaway weekend to get to know why “The Springs” is so good to us girls I was wide-open to soak in all of the wonderfulness of this desert oasis.
Read MoreGo Girl: U.N. Guides 60 Years of Being a Guide to the World
- Heather Cassell
- February 21, 2013
I was 13 years old when my Auntie took my grandma and me to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. That was more than 25 years ago, it was my first trip to the Big Apple, so we were of course doing all of the touristy things. But out of Broadway and Times Square, Central Park, the Statue of Liberty, the museums and shopping the U.N. captured my imagination and remained in my memory the most.
Read MoreGo Girl: Escape in Style with EverGreen Escapes
- Heather Cassell
- January 24, 2013
“Is that our tour van?” Super G asks me as EverGreen Escapes’ Mercedes Sprinter van pulls up in front of Seattle’s train station. Nothing says style like the first impression, I was tickled by Super G’s expression as Dan Salvatora, our escape artist, what EverGreen Escapes calls its tour guides, opened the door of the van and helped us step up into our seats along with another guest for our half-day wine tour of one of Washington State’s wine regions.
Read MoreCleveland Begins Preparations For Gay Games 9
- Heather Cassell
- January 24, 2013
Cleveland officially rolled out the rainbow carpet to Gay Games 9 athletes this month with the opening of early hotel reservations and a preview of the city’s iconic Terminal Tower lit in rainbow colors.
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