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Seattle Unveils Its First Gay/Lesbian Visitors Guide
I’ve gotta say, this burg on Puget Sound does makes for a swell vacation visit, with a spectacular setting and cool spots to visit like Pioneer Square, Underground Seattle, Pike Place Market, the Space Needle, and the nearby San Juan islands. Furthermore, in the United States it pretty much doesn’t get any gay-friendlier, with progressives in charge and plenty of queer nightspots to choose from, both around Capitol Hill and elsewhere.
So it’s a just a wee bit odd that it took the tourism folks hereabouts this long to come up with an “official” LGBT visitor’s guide. ...
06.30.2009
Posted in BabelBlog at 12:42 pm
by Dave
New York City Plugs “Rainbow Pilgrimage”
Well, it’s that time of year again — Pride month! And this time around it’s a bigger deal than usual — especially in New York City, because this is where it all began 40 years ago at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. ...
06.16.2009
Posted in BabelBlog at 12:01 pm
by Dave
Who Knew? Israel Seems to Get More Feygeleh by the Minute
Oy, so how schizo is this? Even as rightwingers headed by Likud’s Bibi Netanyahu and the even more hardline (and probably half-meshuge) Avigdor Lieberman take the reins in the Promised Land, the local queens are doing plenty of reigning of their own, from Eilat to Galilee. ...
05.27.2009
Posted in BabelBlog at 1:55 pm
by Dave
South Beach Marks a Gay Landmark: Its First Pride Parade!
I caught this on April 14 and thought you might be interested in having a peek. Considering all the sodomy and diketry going on down here, when it comes to Pride events, Miami’s always been left in the dust by neighboring Fort Lauderdale and Key West. But this year for the very first time ...
05.3.2009
Posted in BabelBlog at 11:33 am
by Dave
Honolulu Gay Film Fest & Hotel Deal in Late May
Hey, haole boyz and girlz, just a quick note that might give you an extra reason to head to Hawaii in just over a month if you haven’t made plans and are looking for someplace to go. ...
04.19.2009
Posted in BabelBlog at 9:14 pm
by Dave
Iowa Definitively Joins Civilization! Show Your Appreciation — & Have a Cool Trip
Sioux City and Gemorrah? Field of Queens? Once again, the Hawkeye State has shown that contrary to the insulting stereotype, not all of the “heartland” is irredeemably bigoted and brain dead. By now everyone knows that on April 3 the state’s supreme court opened the door for Iowa to on April 24 become only the third state to provide marriage equality to gays and lesbians — and it’ll be open to non-Iowans as well! What you may not know is that if you’re looking to get hitched or just for an affordable vacation spot this summer that combines outdoorsy charms with some pretty respectable culture and sophisticated fun, Iowa’s well worth a gander.
04.6.2009
Posted in BabelBlog at 10:16 pm
by Dave
Rio! It’ll Just Rock Yer Socks Off
Now that all the karnaval kraziness is behind us for the year, this time out I thought I’d focus a bit on Brazil’s incomparável city of Rio de Janeiro and surrounding areas. For my money, cosmopolitan Rio’s one of the most spectacularly located big cities in the world hands down — right up there with Hong Kong and Cape Town, its highrises, legendary beaches, and iconic Sugar Loaf hill backing up against leading from quaint, cobblestone-paved neighborhoods like Santa Teresa into the dense, way atmospheric Tijuca Forest.
03.27.2009
Posted in BabelBlog at 11:28 am
by Dave
You know, since this blog tends to be internationally focused, I haven’t gotten around to lauding the virtues of nearly as many great destinations in the United States as I’d like. Of course, I prefer to not to highlight states that have gone out of their way to discriminate against gay people (now including Florida, California, and Arizona, after the last election) in favor of those that have stood up for our humanity and equal rights.
03.8.2009
Posted in BabelBlog at 9:23 pm
by Dave
An Easy Hop to Iceland, Island of the Ice Queen(s)
Hot damn, leave it to the Scandinavians yet again! Following a banking crisis just a few weeks ago in this chilly patch of rock in the North Atlantic once settled by Vikings, blond, bowl-cut Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir (actually Sigurðardóttir, with that funny little Icelandic letter) became the world’s first openly homo head of government. She’s supposed to solve their financial woes, you see — jeez, who’s Jo supposed to be, Suze Orman? Anyway, that’s what I call a power dyke. And guess what? It’s absolutely, positively no big deal with the locals. Dorothy, we’re sure not in the Yahoo States of Moronia anymore…
02.26.2009
Posted in BabelBlog at 5:16 pm
by Dave
Avoiding the Bahamas and Jamaica
Hey, heard the fun news out of the Bahamas last week? No, not more shenanigans re John Travolta. A 25-year-old thug who in 2004 stabbed a gay fellow Bahamian to death on one of the Out Islands because he claimed the guy groped him was just acquitted by a jury because he was just “defending his manhood.” In 2008, four gay men were murdered in Nassau over a seventh-month period. As one Bahamas web site put it, “Killing gays in the Bahamas is practically legal.”
02.7.2009
Posted in BabelBlog at 11:01 am
by Dave
Find Your Swiss Bliss in Zurich, Site of EuroPride 2009
Greetings from Heidi-land! Well, its capital, at least. You’re thinking, the Swiss Alps in January, if you’re not going to ski? Jawohl, meine Damen und Herrn. You might be surprised at how appealing this lakeside burg can be in winter (and if you do ski, some of the world’s best slopes are a short hop away, as I described here in late ’07), and has quite the gay scene, stretching back 60 years. ...
01.20.2009
Posted in BabelBlog at 2:56 pm
by Dave
Raúl Castro’s Kid Talks Cuban Queerdom
I’ve been bopping down to this awesome, unlucky island for years, and despite everything Cuba is a fun and fab destination — I’ll be reporting back to you from there this spring when I go back after a four-year hiatus (I last blogged about it here this past February). But in the meantime, I thought you might be interested to hear what the very — even insistently — gay-friendly daughter of the country’s latest dictator has to say in an interview ...
01.8.2009
Posted in Blogroll at 11:03 pm
by Dave
Randy Rub-a-Dub-Dub In Euroland, Part 3: Eastern Promises
A year ago I did two surveys of gay bath houses in various western European cities. Now you’ll be thrilled to learn that in the less than two decades since the fall of the Iron Curtain, many of our bent brethren in Central and Eastern Europe have been busily building their sodomitic scenes with a respectable smattering of sex palaces. Nothing that I know of yet in countries like Ukraine, Serbia, Romania, and Lithuania, and Bulgaria — but Czech out the 11 below! ...
12.31.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 12:56 am
by Dave
Kudos to Germany’s New Gay Marketing Push!
The only country in the world to, in another nightmarish lifetime, systematically murder homosexuals on a mass scale has in the last several generations become one of the gay friendliest. These days in Germany, even a relatively stuffy, conservative area like Bavaria can be home to a city like Munich, which as I noted here last year has a gay city council member and a boatload of cool queer stuff to do – even a gay hotel with bath house attached, fer cryin’ out loud. And let’s not even talk about Berlin, with its faggot mayor and anything-goes nightlife… (Well, OK, I’ll be doing that in ’09). ...
12.19.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 12:21 pm
by Dave
Dave Does Montréal, Indeed
Salut, dudes!As I pointed out in my May 4th post, Montreal is horny for gay business – but I didn’t realize quite how horny until I heard about the 45-second video ad recently launched online by Tourisme Montréal. A scruffy, longhaired, and totally cute dude – presumably the “Dave” of the title, and yes, I am at least as cute as he is — is standing on a distinguished street in front of a horsedrawn tourist buggy.
11.30.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 10:58 pm
by Dave
Congratulations, U.S.A. Screw You, Florida & California
Whew, what a relief – the United States (and the world) has been saved from a more or less continuation of the catastrophe of the last eight years; gained a historic milestone with its first black President-elect; made Congress less anti-gay; and chosen the less anti-gay presidential ticket, one that for the most part will not actively obstruct equal rights for all (though let’s not forget, Barack may have given us a shout-out in Grant Park, but both he and Biden oppose equal marriage rights). ...
11.5.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 11:40 am
by Dave
The Mainstream Goes Gay:
Travel Wholesalers Start Offering “Comprehensive” GLBT Programs
Even as lots of folks are cutting back on travel during these tougher economic times, there’s one group that has done so notably less: fags ’n’ dykes — for whatever reason, whether it’s because they’ve got more of the travel bug or just fewer family responsibilities. And increasingly, “mainstream” travel sellers are not only taking notice but jumping into the gay tourism market with downright gusto, finally graduating from token offerings to some real substance.
11.3.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 3:33 pm
by Dave
Who Knew? Bogotá, Colombia is Cool, Safe — and Surprisingly Gay
Earlier this year I reported from the rollicking Carnaval in Barranquilla, on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. The country’s capital is another kettle of fish altogether – and as it turns out, a blast (er, hoot) to visit any time of year, not just at Carnaval time. ...
10.18.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 1:18 pm
by Dave
Golly, I know the Tories in power up there now tend to be right-wingers, eh — but really…
OK, actually this is about extreme sports, not extreme politics, and also shows the degree to which the gay travel industry is diversifying. Remember when it was enough for gay tour operators to offer just a boys’ week in Rio or Provence, or a queer cruise of the Caribbean? Then in more recent years, the adventure travel market started going gay, and gay ski weeks became popular.
So OK, you poofter powderhounds, get ready for the next level...
10.5.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 10:35 pm
by Dave
Edge Boston Magazine Loves “Gay French For Love & Hookups”
Hey, everybody! Before this month draws to a close I just wanted to mention the latest nice little mention of our books in the gay media. This time it was in A. Sebastian Fortino’s excellent multi-part look in Edge Boston at the surprisingly gay French city of Avignon (more drag queens per capita than Paris, apparently!), in Provence. In his nightlife segment, which ran Sept. 15, after several detailed reviews of local queer clubs with names like L’Esclave (“The Slave”), he nicely adds ...
09.27.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 6:58 pm
by Dave
Aloha from my long, somewhat grueling flight home from Honolulu. But it’s been well worth even enduring Continental’s tender mercies, because I had an awesome time and learned a lot I hadn’t really fully realized about the United States’ most exotic state, way out in the middle of the Pacific. Living on the East Coast all my life, I’d never had a burning desire to make the long slog to Hawaii, because for island paradises, well, the Caribbean’s practically next door — and besides, I so wasn’t into the hokey lei-and-luau thing.
09.14.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 9:47 pm
by Dave
Panama Hot: The Country With the Canal Has Its Queer Channels, Too
Little Panama has managed to evolve into a pretty decent gay travel destination along with one of the hemisphere's "it" places in general. Besides the canal, there's eco/adventure tourism, beaches, history -- and a small but reasonably satisfying gay nightlife scene in the high-rise capital.
08.25.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 11:46 am
by Dave
Holla Back! The Gay Translator Goes Cruising Online
We’ve had such great response to our seven-language Gay Translator phrasebook since introducing it this past spring that we decided to make the darn thing even better! So for all you frisky fellows who like to line up dates in your destinations ahead of time, our new revised edition adds the world’s first cyber-dictionary that covers most of what you need to know when trying to navegate dating sites sites such as Gay.com, Gaydar, GayRomeo, and Manhunt in countries like Brazil, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Germany, Italy, Morocco, and lots of others.08.13.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 5:34 pm
by Dave
Sitges, Spain: Tops For Euro-Gay Summer Play
In June I posted enthusiastically about Barcelona, but I can’t let the peak summer vacation season slip by without mentioning its sandy, sexy little neighbor just 45 minutes down the coast of Catalonia. The resort of Sitges (pronouced “SEAT-jess”) is a picturesque former fishing village ...
08.1.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 12:14 pm
by Dave
Switzerland’s Akut Acutely Admires The Gay Translator
Go tell it on the mountains! Word continues to spread in Europe about our frisky little phrasebooks, and our latest media fan is Zurich-based monthly Akut. Vielen dank, dudes! Check out what they had to say in last month’s issue about our seven-language phrasebook, published in German as Der Schwuler Übersetzer ...
07.22.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 10:00 am
by Dave
Ah, Why Do I Still Love Italy?
By now you’ve probably heard the news from la bell’Italia yesterday (here as reported by the Associated Press):
“The Italian government was ordered to pay $160,000 to a gay man who received a driver’s license for the disabled after he volunteered information on his sexual orientation to military authorities, the man and a gay-rights group said Monday.”
(Sigh.) Che stronzata…
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07.15.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 8:31 am
by Dave
Scandinavian Airlines Is Europe’s First to Go Gay
The first European airline has joined the small but growing fraternity of fag-and-dyke-friendly carriers, and it’s not much of a surprise that it’s Scandinavian (aka SAS), a joint venture of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
07.12.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 12:34 pm
by Dave
Peking, Duck! The Gays Are Coming
(Oops, They’re Already Here)
Well, the big day – 08/08/08 – is right around the corner, and if earthquakes, algae blooms, dissident roundups and brutal crackdowns in Tibet don’t faze you, maybe you’ve got a mind to see the Middle Kingdom for the Olympics. You might want to consider waiting, though – not only have hotel rates been massively jacked up, but the Commies in charge are locking down Peking (the actual English name for Beijing, by the way, still used by the British government and others) and both tightening visa requirements and in some cases making them pricier. So welcoming…
07.3.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 9:58 am
by Dave
Norway Finally Makes Gays Equal Citizens. Time to Visit the Vikings!
What with all the hullaballoo about California this past week, less noticed was the fact that on June 17 an entire country also finally pulled itself into the 21st century when its parliament made this the world’s sixth country to grant equal rights in terms of marriage and adoption – and while they were at it they tossed in the green light for dykes to get the ol’ turkey-baster treatment in medical facilities. Now, don’t get me wrong, Norway’s been pretty progressive for a long time – the head of Oslo’s city council is gay, and the country pioneered by passing gay rights legislation way back in 1981 and allowing civil unions in 1992 – but really, lately all that has seemed so 20th century. With this latest act of parliament, though, they’ve now got the full Monty, and just in time for Skeive Dager (Oslo Pride), June 20-29.
06.22.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 10:35 am
by Dave
Well, garçons and filles and combinations thereof, I just got back from a visit to one of France’s more underrated destinations, pretty impressed in every way. The country’s second-biggest city, a two-hour ride from Paris (not to mention a new direct flight from New York City on Delta), is a handsome bit of business straddling two rivers at the lower end of the Rhône Valley and loomed over by basilica-crowned Fourvière hill. Feel free to think of it as a smaller but also kinder, gentler (certainly friendlier) version of Paris, and one with a sweet selection of sights, culture, shopping, and – above all! – spots to chow down, more than 1,500 of ’em.
06.11.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 3:20 pm
by Dave
¡Hola, amics! This time I’m comin’ atcha – finally! – from a place I consider my second home: Spain’s most interesting, popular, and arguably most dynamic urb. ...
06.1.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 4:29 pm
by Dave
A Book Review: “Looking for Love in Faraway Places”
This time I’m trying a little change of pace, because I picked up an interesting book not long ago. You know, I got into travel writing — and eventually this line of GayBabel phrasebooks — because travel has always, for me, be so damn seductive (and not just figuratively). You know how some people say travel makes you horny? Well, I’d also add that like a hot new lover, going someplace new and fascinating can make me feel like a brand new person and even (cliché alert:) give me a new lease on life.
05.14.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 8:16 am
by Dave
Now that things are starting to warm up again weatherwise in the more northerly reaches of North America, it’s time to remind y’all that Canada is not only one of the more gay-friendly countries on the planet (despite being ruled at the moment by a mostly gay-unfriendly political party, the Tories, aka the Conservatives) but boasts some of its coolest and queerest cities.
05.4.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 11:12 am
by Dave
GayBabel Phrasebooks Make Waves in Europe
Even as The Gay Translator, Gay Spanish for Love + Hookups, and the other GayBabel phrasebooks continue to rack up sales in North America, we’re also catching on in Europe, where in addition to the books we sell on this side of the pond we’ve also come out with local editions in French (Le Dico Gay), German (Der Schwule Übersetzer), and Spanish (El Traductor Gay), with the Italian Il Traduttore Gay on the way. ...
04.26.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 12:28 pm
by Dave
Tempting Times in Gaynos – er, Buenos Aires
One of the world’s hottest homo hotspots right now, the capital of Argentina famously invented the original dirty dancing – the sexy, sultry tango – and in the beginning it was in fact commonly danced by men only in the city’s whorehouses. Well, dude-on-dude tangoing has made a comeback – in a slightly different context, see below – and its graceful moves and smoldering looks do a pretty good job of summing up the appeal of Buenos Aires.
04.16.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 2:44 pm
by Dave
Attitude Hotels – The New “Gay Leading Hotels of the World” – Teams Up with GayBabel
Ever stayed in a “gay hotel” where the experience for one reason or another turned out to be less than fab? I’ll name no names, but it’s happened to me more than a couple of times. Let’s face it: for a long time, there was less competition, so gay innkeepers didn’t have to be good — it was enough to be gay, and so over the years, fags and dykes have put up with some pretty mediocre (sometimes downright dodgy) service and surroundings just for the privilege of “staying gay.”
That’s been changing, of course, but there’s still a lot of chaff among the wheat out there. Enter Pedro Castro, a tourism-industry pro – from Portugal, now based in Zurich – who has just launched the world’s first gay lodging brand. Starting with 30 small properties in 15 countries, Pedro’s Attitude Hotels’ seal of approval aims to guarantee travelin’ queers an experience that goes beyond merely gay to offer solid quality and value.
Come to think of it, scrap that “Leading Hotels of the World” comparison: Attitude does it better. Rather than handling only fancy-schmancy, stratospherically priced properties, it actually includes three categories, from pricey and upscale to good-quality budget digs, and you can examine and reserve all of them directly from the web site. Check out the list below, and for more details, log on to Attitude Hotels (the picture above, by the way, is of the Masia Casanova, near Spain’s gay-popular resort town of Sitges, just south of Barcelona).
And what’s all that got to do with us? Well, in the interest of helping guests put the beds in their lovely rooms to good use, Attitude and GayBabel have teamed up to publish a special Attitude Hotels edition of our seven-language Gay Translator, which obviously tickled Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit (below) at Berlin’s recent ITB travel show, when Pedro presented the openly gay pol with his very own copy. Is that like cool, or what?
04.5.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 5:25 pm
by Dave
Introducing Our Crown Jewel:
The New 7-Language “Gay Translator”!
Yo, big day for us here! You may already be familiar with our growing family of foreign-language phrasebooks for hooking up and getting laid, Gay Spanish (and Italian, and French,and German) for Love & Hookups.
But what if you could combine all of those sexy tongues, plus a couple more, into one convenient book that can be used in more than 76 countries, colonies, and territories in every continent? That’s over a billion people, guys! Half of those are men, 10% are gay, who knows what percent are bi… you do the math! ...
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03.27.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 9:45 am
by Dave
In “Celtic Tiger” Ireland, It’s the Queerin’ of the Green
Happy St. Paddy’s Day, begayrah! In observance, here’s a few thoughts and notes re the country that in the 21st century has really put the “gay lick” into Gaelic, with several of its metro areas evolving into fun – even fairly hip – homo havens.
03.17.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 12:55 pm
by Dave
Hooray, Spain Votes Pro-Gay! Say “Gracias” By Visiting — Fabulous Time Guaranteed
Whew, what a relief! Spaniards defeated the anti-gay right wing in elections and confirmed they agree with the governing Socialists on same-sex marriage and gay adoption. This pro-queer climate, plus the amazing historic sights, dining, beaches, and nightlife of this country, makes Spain a must-see for GL travelers looking for one of the best vacations of their lives. ...
03.10.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 10:01 am
by Dave
Howdy this time around from my hometown, Miami, Florida. Just 45 minutes ago, one of the hottest homo hootenannies in America just got started: South Beach’s annual Winter Party ...
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03.2.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 12:45 pm
by Dave
The Queer Caribbean 101, Part 2:
Your Three Amigos
Continuing last week’s look at top gay-friendly spots in that big blue bathtub between Key West and Caracas, here’s another threesome, all of which hablan español but get by pretty well in English, too ...
02.24.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 8:46 pm
by Dave
Do you dwell in a part of North America where winter just seems to be grinding frigidly on and on? Well, dudes and dudettes, it’s time for a sultry Caribbean break...
02.16.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 4:30 pm
by Dave
A Thrilla in Quilla: Fiesta With the Boyz (& Girlz) at Carnival in Barranquilla, Colombia
Well, guess what! I decided not to go to Carnival in Rio de Janeiro or New Orleans Mardi Gras again this year after all. Instead, here I am in Colombia’s fourth largest city, Barranquilla
(“ba-ron-KEE-ya”; locals dub it Quilla), on the Caribbean coast a 2 1/2-hour Avianca flight from Miami. Next-door Cartagena is much better known thanks to its UNESCO World Heritage Old Town. But Barranquilla sports a nifty vibe of its own, plus a pretty cool claim to fame: the world’s second-largest carnival after Rio ...
02.4.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 4:26 pm
by Dave
Passport Magazine on the GayBabel Phrasebooks
Jim Gladstone, the book guy for one of America’s top gay travel mags, weighs in on our new series of phrasebooks in the February 2008 issue of Passport. Check it out:
01.27.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 11:00 am
by Dave
Sodomitic & Sapphic Sailings Surge!
Ahoy, mateys! “Wave season” (aka peak cruise season in the Western Hemisphere) is upon us, and in fact just today Atlantis set sail on the biggest all-gay cruise in history (a whopping 3,750 fags, O…M…G) on Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas. But if you haven’t yet tried a gay cruise, it’s not too late to sign up for some this year’s batch — especially summer’s Europe and Alaska sailings and this fall’s to Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean.
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01.19.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 6:17 pm
by Dave
Randy Rub-a-Dub-Dub in Euroland, Part 2
Hi kids! I thought it would be a good idea to follow up our first six-city look at gay saunas in Europe with a rundown of the traditional Big Three: London, Paris, and Rome. So without further ado, check out these good spots to find tail of three cities ...
01.9.2008
Posted in BabelBlog at 9:30 pm
by Dave
Randy Rub-a-Dub-Dub in Euroland, Part 1
As
lots of you already know, for homo hook-ups, Western Europe can be a paradise. Yeah, there are a gayzillion bars and clubs, even in many of the smaller cities and towns, and it seems everybody and his daddy’s online these days. But another big reason is because more than any other continent in the world, Europe is chock full of sometimes elaborate bath houses that attract a wide range of dudes, including some of the very hottest. ...
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12.31.2007
Posted in BabelBlog at 7:35 pm
by Dave
Possibly Latin America’s Premier Gay Beauty Spot: Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
Several weeks ago, I gave you the scoop on the gay scene in Costa Rica’s capital, San José — a city with a pretty respectable gay, cultural and dining scene but frankly not otherwise what you’d call one of Latin America’s major lookers. Just the opposite, though, is the gay-popular resort on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast called Manuel Antonio — in fact, it’s one of the loveliest bits of coast in the Americas...
12.24.2007
Posted in BabelBlog at 12:18 am
by Dave
Down Florida Way, It’s Definitely Where the Gays Are: Fort Lauderdale
In the onetime spring-break capital of the U.S., the old Connie Francis swooner “Where the Boys Are” has taken on a whole new meaning. And then some. ...
12.11.2007
Posted in BabelBlog at 3:15 pm
by Dave
Caribbean Dutch Treats, Part 1: Aruba
Oh, lordy — they’re baaaaack! Natalee Holloway and Aruba, that is, with this week’s re-arrest of those krazy kidz we all saw slathered endlessly all over the media back in the summer of ’05 (...) Anyway, I was down in Aruba just last month, and not only survived with life and various body parts intact, but...
11.26.2007
Posted in BabelBlog at 6:03 pm
by Dave
Hola muchachos! This time out we’re spotlighting Central America’s most popular eco-destination. A lot of people complain the place is overrun, Americanized, and generally ruined—and in certain areas they have a point (I’m thinking especially some honky-tonky Pacific beach towns and some San José ’burbs). But there are still plenty of beautiful and fascinating areas packed into an area the size of Vermont and New Hampshire ...
11.18.2007
Posted in BabelBlog at 10:10 pm
by Dave
Schussing/Schmoozing at Some of Europe’s Gayer Winter Playgrounds
Time to polish yer poles, powderhounds! You know that time of year is already around the corner, so I decided to offer some quick notes on best Euro-bets this winter for their mix of prime downhill action with a gay old time après-ski (in a soon-upcoming post I’ll tackle North America, and down the road I aim to focus on top slopes in the Southern Hemisphere, so stay tuned). Not that there’s much—in most cases, you’ve gotta import your own scene. But there are also a handful where there’s something going on all season.
11.10.2007
Posted in BabelBlog at 4:43 pm
by Dave
These days Islam is just all the rage (so to speak), ain’t it? At least there are some of us making some kind of effort to figure out who “those people” are and what they want— who try to learn the nuances rather than the swarthy, angry, turban-swathed cartoons (Danish or otherwise) most people carry around in their heads.
10.30.2007
Posted in BabelBlog at 12:15 pm
by Dave
Guten Tag from onboard the recently launched direct LTU flight between Miami and Munich! I’ve picked the capital of oompah-land as my first “GayBabelGram” not just because Muc’s one of Europes most attractive and fun cities, but because this was the month of the famous Oktoberfest.
10.22.2007
Posted in BabelBlog at 10:09 pm
by Dave
A Wide Stance at the Vatican
Why do I love Rome so much? Well, apart from all the gorgeous romani zipping around on their Vespas, it’s such a glorious cacophony of contradictions! And — just when I thought things couldn’t possibly get any more delicious — now the Vatican even has its very own incarnation of newly inducted Idaho Stall of Fame member Larry Craig. As this Associated Press report shows, the righteous dudes in dresses ousted Monsignor Tommaso Stenico after he appeared on an Italian TV news report about gay priests (caught on hidden cam hitting on a young guy in his office which everybody recognized, duh). Apparently Tommy Girl was a bit of a celeb — at one point even an anchor and intoner of masses on a local Catholic TV station.
10.15.2007
Posted in BabelBlog at 2:46 pm
by Dave
A Hot New Take on International Relations
"Would you like to come back to my place, bouncy, bouncy?"
In this wonderful, wacky world, connecting is more important than ever, and so willkommen, bienvenu, welcome to GayBabel.net, which we hope will become a go-to site for all you traveling types looking to make connections away from home that are a lot more meaningful—and certainly loads o’ fun—than mumbling “buenos días” to the cabbie or hotel doorman. We’ll get you covered (er, uncovered?) wherever you choose to wander, for the best spots around the world to meet, mingle—and more.
09.22.2007
Posted in BabelBlog at 3:45 pm
by Dave