Our correspondent Jeff Guaracino chimes in with some news about the fantastic Rio Carnivale! CARNIVAL IN RIO: PARTY ON! When you picture Rio de Janeiro, do you think of sexy people partying? You’d be right. Brazil’s Carnival is known worldwide as the “world’s biggest festival” full of culture, dance, food, samba, parades and music. Tourism officialsContinue reading “Rio Carnivale!”
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The Big Gay Train Makes Its Return, March 28
On March 28, our wonderful friends at Out in the Vineyard return yet again to host The Big Gay Train, a very special event where gay winemaker’s board a Napa Valley train and pair their reds and whites with fresh, muli-course meals. It’s the gay, wine-soaked, culinary adventure of the season, an opportunity to meet interesting gays, eatContinue reading “The Big Gay Train Makes Its Return, March 28”
15 Places To Travel in 2015: Alaska … Because RSVP Returns in 2015 with its 30th Anniversary Alaska cruise
For a traveler, Alaska can seem as unmanageable as it is beautiful. It’s a vast, sprawling, and utterly massive state; at more than 660,000 square miles, it’s bigger than Texas, California, and Montana combined. It has 15 national parks, a pretty but small capital city in Juneau, and some of the most wondrous vistas inContinue reading “15 Places To Travel in 2015: Alaska … Because RSVP Returns in 2015 with its 30th Anniversary Alaska cruise”
15 Places To Go In ’15 From The Editor: Ed Salvato Interview
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.
15 Places to Travel in 2015: Buenos Aires…Because the Exchange Rate is Low and the Creativity Has Never Been Higher
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 otherContinue reading “15 Places to Travel in 2015: Buenos Aires…Because the Exchange Rate is Low and the Creativity Has Never Been Higher”
15 Places To Travel In 2015: Puglia…Because it’s Tuscany without the tourists
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 westContinue reading “15 Places To Travel In 2015: Puglia…Because it’s Tuscany without the tourists”
The Right Place for the Wrong People
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 hasContinue reading “The Right Place for the Wrong People”
New Yorkers: Catch Ed Salvato Saturday at the New York Times Travel Show
As published in ManAboutWorld: 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 TravelContinue reading “New Yorkers: Catch Ed Salvato Saturday at the New York Times Travel Show “
15 Best Places To Go In 2015 … Zermatt, Because 150 years ago, 7 guys climbed the Matterhorn
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’sContinue reading “15 Best Places To Go In 2015 … Zermatt, Because 150 years ago, 7 guys climbed the Matterhorn”
15 Best Places To Go In 2015: Milan…Because it’s hosting 140 countries this year for the 2015 Expo!
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 andContinue reading “15 Best Places To Go In 2015: Milan…Because it’s hosting 140 countries this year for the 2015 Expo!”
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