Over a dozen ManAboutWorld correspondents attended the IGLTA’s 31st annual Convention, May 8-11. Here are eight of them from left to right, including their specialty, nationality and current city. What a worldly, hard-working, passionate group! Auston Matta: Travel blogger; U.S.; Madrid Nadav Peretz: Gay tours in Israel; Israeli; Tel Aviv DJ Yabis: Customized European vacations; Filipino; DusseldorfContinue reading “ManAboutWorld Global Correspondents Gather at IGLTA Madrid”
Category Archives: Los Angeles/West Hollywood
Welcome To Our Newest Correspondent Andy Keown
Andy is a tourism PR professional and frequent business traveler. In his job as communications director for Visit West Hollywood, he seeks to make connections with media and travelers around the world. He frequently visits New York, Sydney and London, and loves seeking out up-and-coming neighborhoods and getting a feel for how people live. He’s anContinue reading “Welcome To Our Newest Correspondent Andy Keown”
Los Angeles: Mid-Summer Pride Fetish Ball
We love the new and ever-improving downtown L.A. area. What used to be a gritty, scary, urban wasteland is now transforming into a fabulous, must-go destination in its own right. And what to the folks at TwistMyNight.com, creators of Unusual Earth Events, do? They decide to turn part of it back into a gritty, scary, eventContinue reading “Los Angeles: Mid-Summer Pride Fetish Ball”
What’s Hot in Los Angeles and West Hollywood: Listen In
Proud FM Toronto’s latest travel Tuesday segment aired last week. Find out what’s new, hot and happening in Los Angeles and West Hollywood with their “travel guru” — yours truly. Discover new restaurants, bars, a revitalized downtown and much more. Click here to listen: http://www.proudfm.com/interactive/podcast_player/554
A Super Halloween Costume Carnaval in West Hollywood, CA
West Hollywood, CA boasts one of the best and biggest Halloween celebrations and parades. Although it’s become increasingly popular with spectators versus participants over the past few years, it really is still a fun largely gay party. It’s called the West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnaval and it attracts about 500,000 people. Purists, the organizers alwaysContinue reading “A Super Halloween Costume Carnaval in West Hollywood, CA”
Halloween: A Gay High Holiday
Originally published in GPS.OutTraveler.com There’s nothing like a pagan holiday to get the LGBT community all excited! Halloween — with roots in a Celtic harvest festival — has distinct appeal for queer people. It’s primarily an adult holiday in urban settings. We can express our inner crazy, and society sanctions it. There is no seeingContinue reading “Halloween: A Gay High Holiday”
The Chamberlain Hotel West Hollywood
Originally published in GPS.OutTraveler.com During a recent trip to West Hollywood — WeHo to friends — I made a few discoveries. First, the city is only 1.9 square miles. Also, it’s probably the gayest city on the planet, considering it was founded over 25 years ago by a group of gay men who essentially wantedContinue reading “The Chamberlain Hotel West Hollywood”
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