city guides

For thirteen years I had failed to return to Paris after a family holiday as a teenager in 1999. In fact it was the last time I stepped foot in the most-visited country in the world. It wasn’t that I really didn’t want to return to the City of Light. As a sixteen year-old and [...]

I know what you’re thinking: I already told you I was straight, so what the hell would I know about the gay scene in Stockholm? Well, would you believe I just spent a few days in the country with a handful of LGBT travelers? We saw the Northern Lights, slept in the world’s first ice [...]

After a 12 hour trip that involved delayed flights and a re-routing coupled with your bag not making it all the way to your destination, you really don’t want to talk to anyone or explain things to someone. Unless they are a super hot, uniform-clad,  beardy, hairy, butch army man who looks like they could [...]

I was recently fortunate enough to spend a long weekend in the gorgeous Napa Valley.  When you think Napa, WINE of course is the first thing to come to mind, but I have to say that I had some of the best meals I’ve had in quite some time.  Downtown Napa was typically more of [...]

The Lebanese Ministry of Tourism has released a campaign that begun this past January 8th and will proceed until February 28th, 2013 where all airfares, hotels and shopping are fifty percent off!  This is an unbelievable deal to visit a stunning country, and I don’t say that being biased just because my grandmother was from [...]

Or at least don’t be afraid to. If you’re living in the US, you might understand the unfortunate dilemma that comes with  cutting yourself while cooking and wondering if it’s deep enough to merit medical attention. Or perhaps you’re familiar with web MD-ing the difference between a broken bone and a bad sprain; it’s unfortunate [...]

One if by Land, Two if by Sea Restaurant  |  New York, United States  |  If there is a romantic restaurant in New York, it is One if by Land, Two if by Sea. What a better place to have a date out in the city with my man, and celebrate his recent success and achievements. [...]

I love LA. And the only reason I say that is to get myself seriously psyched for my big move next month. Sure, call me NYC-jaded but LA needs to pull a fast one on winning me over (again, I’m NYC-jaded). Maybe I’m preparing myself for the worst, considering I have a ten-year loving relationship [...]

Nacho Mama’s in Richmond, Virginia, serves up some mean Mexican, and owner Raul Cantu himself is a hot tamale. One of the city’s best trendsetters (he made the cover of Richmond’s first gay glossy, G Magazine!), Raul is the man on the go, and you’ll most likely run into him at any highbrow (or, ahem, lowbrow) [...]

In honor of the SNCF, the railway system in France, etiquette police will fine you 45 euros for putting your feet on a seat (god knows what they’re going to do to people who talk or listen to music too loudly). Here are 4 lessons in etiquette-policing that I’ve learned from French people reprimanding me in public [...]