Hunter Valentine’s (L to R) Lisa Bianco, Leanne Bowes, Laura Petracca, and Kiyomi McCloskey. (Photo: Courtesy of Hunter Valentine)

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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A drag queen models atop a car in downtown Palm Springs, California. (Photo: Super G)

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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Erin Wilk, global travel safety manager at Facebook (Photo: globalcongressontravel.com)

Erin Wilk Is Ahead Of The Curb As Facebook’s New Global Travel Safety Manager

When the job requires you to travel the first thought is, “Score!,” but as glamorous as the fantasy of traveling for work is, there’s a lot more to it. In today’s world safety and security has a lot to do with it.

In a world where natural disasters, accidents while traveling, political upheaval, and terrorism seem to be happening more often, corporations are starting to take notice when their employees are on the road and on the clock.

That’s where Erin Wilk comes in.

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Destinations on Google (Photo: Courtesy of Google)

Google Makes Turning Day Dream About Your Next Vacation Into Reality At Your Fingertips

Google is trying to make it easier for you to go on vacation.

Google launched “Destinations on Google” for mobile phones a new search feature that utilizes Google Flights and hotel search on Google and crowd sources using geolocation popular destinations to help you plan and book your next vacation.

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The urban bat colony flying out from beneath the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge at dusk in Austin. (Photo: Courtesy of the Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau)

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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Dej Loaf performing on the Yahoo! stage at Brazos Hall at South by Southwest 2015. (Photo: David Tait / South by Southwest)

SXSW Gets Queer For Its 30th Year

Art, intellectuals, and technology create a perfect storm for cool confabs, like the wildly popular South by Southwest Festival, which turns 30 this year, and kicked off in Austin, Texas on Friday.

The annual indie festival and conference, taking place March 11-20, attracts upward of 72,000 attendees from around the globe to check out hundreds of musicians, artists, innovative thought leaders, and new technologies.

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Photo Caption: The Napa Valley Wine Train will hold its inaugural Pride Ride this month. (Photo: Courtesy Napa Valley Wine Train)

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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Leave your heart in one of Hotel Zeppelin’s stylish rooms in San Francisco. (Photo: Courtesy of Hotel Zeppelin)

Hotel Zeppelin Re-Envisions San Francisco’s Storied Past

Inspired by San Francisco’s counterculture reputation, visitors can get an updated taste of the City by the Bay’s storied past of beatniks, flower children, radicals and of course sex, drugs, and rock and roll in the chic new Hotel Zeppelin (545 Post Street; 415-563-0303; ; ViceroyHotelsAndResorts.com/en/Zeppelin) that opened March 4.

Located in San Francisco’s Theater District sandwiched between the Tenderloin and Union Square, Dawson Design Associates transformed the former Prescott Hotel’s 196 guest rooms, including 20 suites, into a hipster’s celebration of the city’s revolutionary past.

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Sunchoke puree with black truffle mushrooms topped off by an egg at the Father and Sons Lunch & Mark Lundaard Cooking Demo at the third annual Relais & Chateaux GourmetFest in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. (Photo: Heather Cassell)

GourmetFest Is A Social Affair To Feast On

Beat the crowds and delight in a smaller festival that by no means skimps on international fan fare by attending the next GourmetFest in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.

Girls That Roam had the pleasure of attending the third annual Relais & Chateaux GourmetFest, a foodies’ feast that definitely dazzles the taste buds, February 25 – 28. This event should set off fireworks in your mouth with food and wines being prepared and served by Michelin rated chefs and sommeliers from Relais & Chateaux properties around the world and some of the California Central Coast to France’s finest wineries.

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The Fish Taco served up by Jake’s in Palm Springs, California. (Photo: Super G)

Jake’s A Charming Palm Springs Lunch Spot

It’s simply charming. That was the first thought that flashed through my mind when Girls That Roam walked up to Jake’s Palm Springs (664 North Palm Canyon Drive; 760-327-4400; ; JakesPalmSprings.com) in Palm Springs, California, for lunch.

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Photographer Anna Friemoth’s “Arm Candy,” one of the photos in the “Words for Women” exhibit at Gallery 151 in New York. (Photo: Courtesy of Gallery 151 / Anna Friemoth)

Derogatory Words Against Women Explored By Anna Friemoth

Have you ever thought about the words used to describe certain women?

Fine Art Photographer Anna Friemoth has. The result is Words for Women her first solo show in New York at the Gallery 151 (132 West 18th Street; ; Gallery151.com) in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood on display until March 18.

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The Dublin Pass (Photo: Courtesy of The Dublin Pass)

The Dublin Pass Adds New Attractions To Celebrate Centennial Of The Easter Rising

Dublin visitors can experience more of what the capital of Ireland has to offer with new additions to The Dublin Pass.

The additions the bundled site seeing pass come as Ireland celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1916, which lead to the creation of the Republic of Ireland.

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