Rising incongruously amid the lower, stucco-California-mission-style buildings more common in downtown San Diego, the luxurious Hotel Sé stands out with its glassy, steel-latticed façade. A bevy of handsome, friendly valet/bellmen awaits visitors who are ushered through a massive swinging door to a swank, dark-toned lobby. Built at the height of this never-ending recession, the hotelContinue reading “Hotel Sé: Downtown San Diego Luxury for Less”
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Suite Dreams: Brown Palace Hotel Denver Pride Package
The 36th annual Denver PrideFest is fast approaching (on June 18th- 19th). Denver PrideFest attracts more than 275,000 people for a parade, rally, entertainment, and more. In honor of this event, Denver’s luxury hotel, The Brown Palace Hotel & Spa, is offering a PrideFest Package. The Palace PrideFest Package includes: Luxury accommodations Colorado Pride guideContinue reading “Suite Dreams: Brown Palace Hotel Denver Pride Package”
Deal of the Week: Dine About Town San Francisco
Foodies know San Francisco is about as good as it gets in the U.S. for fabulous cuisine and wine. Now’s your chance to experience some of the best eats in the land — for unbelievably inexpensive prices. “Dine About Town San Francisco” returns for the second half of its tenth year on June 1-15, 2011. Continue reading “Deal of the Week: Dine About Town San Francisco”
Gay Wine Weekend in Sonoma
If you love wine and you’re looking for a different way to celebrate Pride this year, check out the Gay Wine Weekend in Sonoma, brought to you by Out in the Vineyard. Click here for more information, but a few of the highlights of this three-day event (June 17-19, 2011) include: VIP wine receptions WineContinue reading “Gay Wine Weekend in Sonoma”
Key West: Eat Out, Drink Up
On a recent swing through Key West, I checked out a few hip new spots. This is most definitely not your grandpa’s Key West (well, if grandpa happened to be a kinda cool gay guy who discovered the Conch Republic before the big straight cruise ships did!) Eat up It is incredibly difficult to narrowContinue reading “Key West: Eat Out, Drink Up”
Suite Dreams: New Hotel, North Beach, Miami
By Paul VanDeCarr North Beach is perhaps not the first area that springs to mind for LGBT travelers to Miami. But it’s got a lot to offer, thanks partly to the hip and homo-friendly New Hotel. Each of the hotel’s 10 guestrooms has an easy-on-the-eyes minimalist design that encourages lounging and late sleeping. But youContinue reading “Suite Dreams: New Hotel, North Beach, Miami”
Deal of the Week: LGBT Romance Package in Maui
In celebration of Hawaii’s recent announcement of same sex civil unions, the Hotel Hana-Maui has introduced a romantic “His & His; Hers & Hers Hawaiian Journey for Two” getaway package designed exclusively for the LGBT community. Couples will stay in beautiful Hana at the property’s intimate Sea Ranch Cottage, which boasts scenic views of Hawaii’sContinue reading “Deal of the Week: LGBT Romance Package in Maui”
San Francisco Celebrates Gertrude Stein
This spring, the Contemporary Jewish Museum debuts the first major museum exhibition to fully investigate this fascinating visual legacy and life of Gertrude Stein, May 12-September 6, 2011. Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories is an art-filled biographical exploration of Stein’s identities as a literary pioneer, transatlantic modernist, Jewish-American expatriate, American celebrity, art collector, and museContinue reading “San Francisco Celebrates Gertrude Stein”
Suite Dreams: Edgewater Hotel, South Beach, Miami
By Paul VanDeCarr It was a hotelier—Conrad Hilton—who emphasized the importance of “location, location, location” in real estate. The folks at the brand-spanking-new Edgewater Hotel (it opened up in February 2011) must have taken that injunction to heart, as they occupy a fantastic spot right across the street from Miami’s South Beach, at Ocean andContinue reading “Suite Dreams: Edgewater Hotel, South Beach, Miami”
Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Flaunt the Gay in Vegas
Super gay-friendly (and sumptuously luxurious hotel resorts in Las Vegas), Wynn Las Vegas and Encore are changing the concept of the gay getaway with the introduction of Flaunt at Wynn Las Vegas April 21-24. This exclusive weekend event features some of the resorts’ hottest amenities, from the muscular performers of Le Rêve to the sizzlingContinue reading “Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Flaunt the Gay in Vegas”
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