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Steve Rodriguez from Progressive Pulse, a great resource for lifestyle articles, videos and more, caught up with our editor in chief Ed Salvato at the New York Times Travel Show and got his take on the 15 most fabulous destinations everyone should consider in 2015. See the interview here.
Our intrepid correspondent, Paul Heney, chimes in with another fun post about how to bring exotic locales to you when your travel aspirations and your wallet don’t match up:
My hometown of Cleveland gets hammered on our weather reputation. Our winters aren’t really any worse than Chicago’s or Boston’s, but somehow we’re always the ones mentioned as being cold and snowy. But that being said, I will admit that I tire of the snow and chilly air sometime soon after January 1st each year … and start to long for the sunny beaches of my favorite escape, Hawaii.Continue reading “Can’t Make It To Hawaii? Check Out How This Guy Brought Hawaii to Him”
Our publisher Billy Kolber will be participating in the Love Is Love free wedding ceremony of gay and straight couples on the sunny beach of Fort Lauderdale.
Update Thursday, Friday 5, 2015
Here’s a photo of 100 gay and straight newlyweds. Congrats to all!
Here’s a photo from after the event with hosts Lance Bass and Michael Turchin.
Here’s an article about the campaign: https://www.yahoo.com/travel/ft-lauderdale-loves-the-gays-100-couples-get-107433069502.html
It’s interesting times in Buenos Aires. The country’s draconian currency controls have created two conditions that benefit travelers: The unofficial “blue” currency exchange rate makes it more affordable than ever to visit the “Paris of South America.” And the inability to import goods has spurred a rush of creativity in locally-produced handicrafts, clothing and other goods. Bring cash and head to Florida Street or our favorite Cambio in the Promenade Alvear at Posadas 1564 to exchange your dollars or euros for pesos for a 25-30% discount to the official rate. Most small restaurants and shops will offer a similar rate if you ask to pay in dollars or euros.
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Every gay boy knows about Mykonos, which is probably why you don’t hear much about it. It’s almost a cliché to recommend it as a vacation spot. But while you were busy looking for the next gay island paradise, Mykonos evolved, shed its touristy, overexposed skin, and reinvented itself as an island that has only gotten better with age. A new wave of art, culture, and farm-to-table restaurants have swept the island, the clubs are better than ever, and the island itself is timeless beauty, still unmatched by any of those imitators out there.
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Feeling snowed in? Check out this Italian beauty. Puglia lies in the most southeastern part of the Italian peninsula — the heel of the “boot,” wedged between the Adriatic and Ionian spurs of the Mediterranean. The result is miles of mostly rocky coastline on the east along the Adriatic, and mostly sandy beaches on the west along the Ionian Sea, with flat, fertile land in- between. The greatest testament to the region’s gay friendliness is the fact that it has an openly gay governor, re-elected twice. Outright gay exuberance centers on the coastal town of Gallipoli — affectionately dubbed “Gayllipoli” — which has become the summer destination for gays from all over Italy.
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Our friend Andrew Lear wrote this fun and interesting piece on his new Oscar Wilde tour of New York:
New York is truly one of the great gay cities. Ever since the days before the Civil War, when Walt Whitman hung out with his Bohemian friends at Pfaff’s Beer Cellar at Broadway and Bleecker, it has been a major center of gay life. It is true that the city often tried to repress it, but since the late 19th century, the city has had drag shows and gay baths and bars and cafés which, if not exactly gay, tolerated openly gay behavior—or even used it as an attraction for customers. And the city has been a mecca for gay people from other, more repressive parts of America and home to an astonishing list of famous and fascinating LGBT personalities and talents, from Whitman to Bessie Smith to Cole Porter, Rudi Nureyev, Andy Warhol, and so on.
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Catch our editor in chief Ed Salvato moderating the LGBT panel he creates for the show every year. Or catch him on the U.S. State Department panel on travel safety. Or catch him in the “Meet the Expert” booth where he’ll personally answer your burning travel questions. The New York Times Travel Show is this Saturday, January 24th at the Javitz Center. It’s ginormous, so be sure to plan time to walk the show floor too. ManAboutWorld is a media partner, so we can hook you up with a $3 discount — instructions below.
- 1:00 pm. Ed moderates a panel “L.G.B.T. Travel: Hot Cruises, Events
and Destinations for 2015” which he assembled and which includes LGBT travel experts Merryn Johns, Jeff Guaracino, Zachary Moses and Bob Witeck. Room 1E10.- 2:00pm. Ed is available one-on-one to answer your travel questions. Look for him in the “Meet the Expert” area Exhibition, Booth #939
- 4:00 pm, Ed will participate in a panel organized by the U.S. State Department: “U.S. Travelers: Smart, Savvy and Safe.” Room 1E13.
For $3 off your registration, click the Registration link: then click on consumer tab and enter discount code: SPKR
We’ve said it before — if you only ski in Europe once in your lifetime, make it Zermatt, a quaint, posh town tucked in the shadow of the Matterhorn, full of cobblestone charm and some of the best skiing in the world. From afar, the city glows with the surrounding hug of the Alps. It’s a destination worthy of your time and money any year, but this year, the world will turn its attention to Zermatt to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first Matterhorn ascent.
Italy’s second city is one of the underrated of Europe and often lost in the shadows of Rome, Venice and Florence. Being under-touristed has its advantages: Milan is more authentic. It’s filled with real Milanese just click-clacking off to work in their designer shoes along beautiful stone streets going about their day-to-day business and not full of camera-toting visitors. The men are fashionable and attractive. Moreover its churches, fashion, historic art, canals, and cuisine (plus its proximity to Lake Como) provide ample reason to see Milan as a great world city. Come Spring, it will host the 2015 Expo.
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