RIP American Gay Bar
The American Gay Bar, 82, was announced dead this week after a long, brave battle with changing sociopolitical landscapes. It is survived by its offspring, the LGBT Rights Movement, as well as its…
The 13 Naughtiest Hotels in the World, Ranked
Thanksgiving has passed and you now have less than a month to redeem yourself for your holiday debauchery before Christmas. (Santa saw that you had a few too many glasses of spiked cider,…
The Best Places to Spend Christmas
A girl on a donkey leads a candle-carrying procession past San Miguel de Allende’s shops festooned with piñatas and poinsettias. When they stop before a Spanish-colonial building and break into song, you realize…
In Miami, the Brainy Side of the Beach
On the kind of balmy February evening that draws snowbirds by the flocks to South Florida, I split from the flip-flop crowd clogging Lincoln Road Mall in Miami Beach and veered one block…
Francine Prose’s Food Crawl Down Sunset Boulevard
For many people, especially those who don’t live in and around Los Angeles, the idea of Sunset Boulevard conjures up the iconic Billy Wilder film of that name, or the fictional nightclub at…
Go West, Young Men
West Hollywood: Where every weekender can live like a star. Los Angeles may be a sprawling metropolis, but you can find your niche in West Hollywood, where luxury hotels, innovative dining, and overflowing…
New Hotel to Open in Asbury Park
A derelict Salvation Army building is being transformed into The Asbury, the shore town’s first new hotel to open in more than 50 years. A popular gay vacation spot along the Jersey Shore,…
Give Thanks in Las Vegas
There’s no place like home for the holidays, but Las Vegas is a close runner-up. Inside the ARIA, Carbone, the resort and casino’s newest restaurant, dishes up New York-inspired cuisine from Mario Carbone,…
Ten Manhattan Gay Bars To Be Thankful For
As Thanksgiving approaches, it’s time to bow down and be grateful for the thing I care about the most — gay bars! Before I start running to a whole mess of them, let…
How to Have Sex on an Airplane, According to Flight Attendants
There are some titles you earn that nobody can ever take away: Marine. Ph.D. And, of course, card-carrying member of the Mile High Club. Yep, once you’ve done it at 30,000ft, you’ve pretty…