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	<title>Cura&#231;ao Now: Newly independent island welcomes gay travelers with Dutch&#45;inspired diversity</title>
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Travel:When I told friends I was going to be visiting Cura&#231;ao for a few days&#44; it never failed that I received one of two responses&#46;Among the small number familiar with Cura&#231;ao&#44; there was immediate excitement and expressions of congratulations&#44; followed by a long list of &#39;&#39;must see&#39;&#39; recommendations&#46; And&#44; in a few cases&#44; there was a discernable spot of envy&#46;On the flip side&#44; most people responded with&#44; &#39;&#39;Where is that&#63;&#39;&#39; ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Paris by the Hours: A layover in Paris is a perfect chance for a vacation in your vacation</title>
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Travel:So you&#39;re about to embark on an amazing international vacation&#44; with all your plans set &#38;ndash&#59; except for that extended layover in Paris&#44; which is not at all uncommon if you&#39;re flying Air France or Delta&#46; Afraid you&#39;ll be spending all those hours in the airport&#63; &#40;Photo by Domen Colja&#41;Fear no more&#46; Here&#39;s how to make the most of your brief time in the &#39;&#39;City of Lights&#46;&#39;&#39;For a four&#45;hour layover&#44; spend some time at a local caf&#233; where the casual atmosphere has guests seated facing toward the street&#44; providing a great view of the European lifestyle while enjoying a small meal or cup of coffee&#46; Caf&#233; de Flore would be a great choice&#46; Though there are cafes strung throughout the city&#44; this somewhat pricey restaurant gives tourists exactly what they&#39;ve seen from any movie or picture in America&#46; Enjoy the meat or cheese platters over a drink and by the time you get the check&#44; you will begin to feel the heartbeat of Paris&#46; ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Welcoming West Hollywood: As one of the pinkest cities in America&#44; WeHo pampers its gay guests</title>
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Travel:Having to be away from your home on your birthday is hard enough&#46; Having it happen when you are getting ready to turn 40 is really rough&#46; Luckily for me&#44; however&#44; some work took me to one of the best cities in the United States to simply let loose and enjoy&#58; West Hollywood&#44; Calif&#46; West Hollywood &#40;Photo by Eric Wood&#41;While &#39;&#39;WeHo&#39;&#39; was once an unincorporated part of Los Angeles County at the foot of the Hollywood Hills just to the west of downtown L&#46;A&#46;&#44; an eclectic mix of residents &#38;ndash&#59; including a large population of gays &#38;ndash&#59; voted in 1984 to incorporate and become the City of West Hollywood&#46; Today&#44; it is known for its hotels&#44; restaurants&#44; nightlife and shopping&#46; In addition&#44; a third of the approximately 40&#44;000 residents identify as gay&#44; one of the highest concentrations in the county&#46;During my stay&#44; I hopped between three of the city&#39;s hotels&#46; First&#44; I stayed at the Ramada Plaza on Santa Monica Boulevard&#44; one of the gayest streets in the world&#44; running directly through the heart of West Hollywood&#39;s gay district&#46; The hotel is moderately priced and all of the rooms were recently updated in a colorful&#44; art deco style&#46; ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Divine Desert: What Santa Fe lacks in revelry&#44; it more than makes up for with art&#44; history&#44; culture and calm</title>
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Travel:Like a fine cheese or wine&#44; some things simply get better with age&#46; This certainly seems to be the case for Santa Fe&#44; as the capital of New Mexico celebrates its 400th anniversary&#46; Santa Fe &#40;Photo by Ivan Astar&#41;Throughout its history&#44; Santa Fe has been a destination for those on a quest &#45;&#45; from Spanish conquistadores seeking new land to artists seeking inspiration to gays seeking acceptance&#46; Today&#44; Santa Fe trails only San Francisco among U&#46;S&#46; metro areas in the percentage of households headed by same&#45;sex partners&#46; As such&#44; I found it to be a welcoming city with much to offer&#46;One of the first things you notice when visiting Santa Fe is the adobe &#45;&#45; it&#39;s everywhere&#46; The Palace of the Governors is a prime example of the distinctive architecture&#46; Located along the northern edge of the city&#39;s historic&#44; central Santa Fe Plaza&#44; it&#39;s the oldest public building in the United States&#46; It serves as a state history museum and visitors can find Native&#45;American artisans selling their wares daily under the building&#39;s portal&#46; ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Dutch Treat: When weather turns wintery&#44; Amsterdam offers gay travelers culture and hedonism at a discount</title>
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Travel:When you close your eyes at work for a wee respite of daydreaming this season&#44; chances are you&#39;re more likely to envision yourself soaking up rays on a tropical beach than in some noisy metropolis&#46; But if the metropolis is Amsterdam&#44; the palm trees have met their match&#46; AmsterdamThough possibly the most gay&#45;friendly destination in the world&#44; the fact that the Dutch employ the euro to pay the bills makes the city a pricier adventure than most non&#45;European destinations&#46; That&#39;s why any time between now and the late&#45;March turn to the spring travel season is optimal for recession&#45;weary voyagers&#46; Prices in the off&#45;season are downright reasonable&#46; You may miss out on fields of tulips&#44; but nobody&#39;s really going to the Amsterdam for the weather&#46;Further&#44; even with off&#45;season prices&#44; it&#39;s not as though Amsterdam really slows down&#46; The city may not be bursting with tourists&#44; but there are enough European weekenders to keep Amsterdam bustling year round&#46; ... (more)]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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