Where To Go
See Portland As Never Before
- Heather Cassell
- January 24, 2013
I have been to Portland several times to visit one of my best friends who moved there a few years ago with her husband. The number of times I’ve visited didn’t equate knowing the Rose City. It was simply a place, with the world’s largest independently- and woman-owned bookstore, Powell’s Books (I confess I’m a bibliophile), not a city that I started to really get to know up until my last visit.
Read MoreSlope Obsession: TheSkiDiva.com
- Heather Cassell
- January 5, 2013
Wendy Clinch hated skiing when she first hit the slopes as a teenager, but a little sisterly competition drove her to surpass her sister’s skills. Soon she was flying down the slopes on a regular basis.
Read MoreGo Girl: A Tropical Palace Tour
- Heather Cassell
- January 5, 2013
Set in the heart of Hawaii’s capital district in Honolulu, historic Iolani Palace and its sprawling grounds are majestic in the cultural and political center of Hawaii.
Read MoreChow: Louis Basque Corner Restaurant
- Heather Cassell
- November 16, 2012
I was super excited, my Guy Ferrari challenge was on after Babes (Heather) made reservations at Louis Basque Corner Restaurant. The restaurant was featured on Dinners, Drive-ins, and Dives on the Food Network and got rave reviews. Everything looked very promising the moment we walked through the front door.
Read MoreChow: 4th Street Bistro
- Heather Cassell
- October 30, 2012
Are we really in Reno? Is all we could ask ourselves as we sat outside in the open evening air enjoying a decadent meal with Edible Reno-Tahoe editor Amanda Burden and her girlfriend Jaci Goodman, and Girl Farm ventures sisters Channelle and Wendy Baroli’s partner, Jill Heaton, Ph.D. It wasn’t just the good company or the beautiful August weather, the ooohs and aaaahs we received from locals who asked us where we were going for dinner that evening is well deserved at 4th Street Bistro, Reno’s premiere restaurant.
Read MoreCharming Sophistication: Shelley Goulding, owner of the 9 Cranes Inn
- Heather Cassell
- October 25, 2012
Growing up and living in many parts of the U.S. that people from the world over want to visit and traveling widely herself, Shelley Goulding dreamed of owning a bed and breakfast one day.
Read MoreThreads: Get Pinned Up
- Heather Cassell
- October 25, 2012
If Reno could dress itself up it would wear classic Betty Page pinup style circa 1940s and 1950s.
Read MoreSavor and Sip in Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino
- Heather Cassell
- October 25, 2012
Travelers seeking a wine getaway in Northern California’s famed Napa, Sonoma, and up- and-coming Mendocino counties can’t go wrong no matter what time of the year they visit, but the best time of the year for a wine vacation is in October.
Read MorePillow Talk: The Silver Legacy Casino and Resort
- Heather Cassell
- October 25, 2012
Stepping inside the Silver Legacy Casino and Resort in Reno is somewhat like stepping back in time. The interior is decorative in the Western style circa 1800-something, if it wasn’t for the people dressed in modern clothing and the ringing of the casino machines, you could imagine the decadence of the old West when gold and silver was booming attracting people far and wide to the Sierra Nevada in search of great fortune.
Read MoreThe Girls of Venus’ Playground Whip it Good
- Heather Cassell
- September 22, 2012
Tantalizing leather it took good girl Betty Page and turned her into a sex kitten in the 50s and made rebels sexy kings.
Read MoreRev up for a Kiwi Adventure with Towanda Women’s Motorcycle Tours
- Heather Cassell
- September 21, 2012
Leaving motorcycling to the boys was not an option for Tina Hartung, founder of Towanda Women Motorcycle Tours, who launched the New Zealand-based women’s motorcycling tour company, one of the first for women, more than a decade ago.
Read MoreToast of Rio, Transgender Models May Get Pushed Off the Catwalk?
- Heather Cassell
- September 21, 2012
A new documentary “Rio Fashion Week: Fashion Week Internationale” explores the phenomenon of how transgender models have carved a place in Brazil’s fashion industry and gained international acclaim.
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