“Prepared for the Now”: DC PFI+FLEX Trainers
You know you’re wearing the right sneaker when a boy half your age, looking like he stepped off the cover of a magazine, stops you and asks, “Excuse me, sir, where you’d get those kicks?” And then the next day, it happens again,…
Six Favorites From Montreal Jazz Festival 2013
With 108 cultural festivals each year, Montreal is widely considered the “Cultural Capital of Canada,” as well as the “City of Festivals.” Locals like to joke that their city has two seasons: winter and festivals, but the truth…
Cher and Gaga Headline NYC Pride 2013 in Rainbow Spectacular
Two days after the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and the striking down of California’s Proposition 8, Lady Gaga appeared at the NYC Pride Rally and gave an eloquently personal speech about LGBT equality before singing an impassioned…
New York’s Garden Party Celebrates 30 Delicious Years
As Oliver Twist sang out, “Food, glorious food” – and what a glorious spread was served the length of Hudson River Park‘s Pier 84 in celebration of New York’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center.…
Berlin Renaissance
The knock comes a few moments after the wake-up call. A light rapping on the door, followed by the ringing of the buzzer. The evening before, you’d landed in Berlin at the brand-new Waldorf=Astoria Berlin; you cinch your robe and open the door.…
Montreal’s Divers/Cité to Celebrate 21st Birthday
As Montreal locals are fond of saying, there are two seasons in their city: winter and festivals. Founded in 1993 on the principles of diversity, solidarity, and openness, Divers/Cite is one of the most beloved of Montreal’s forty annual festivals. A…
Six Sensational Summer Getaways
Want to live like a rock star this summer? Are you yearning to golf in the heavens? Feeling like a femme fatale in a film noir? Want to immerse yourself in Jeffersonian ideals? Perhaps this is the summer to discover your inner oenophile. Or maybe…
Five of Germany’s Most Grand Hotels
With a surfeit of 5-star hotels (Berlin has 23, at last count), Germany has reclaimed its position as one of the world’s most luxurious locales. The land of fairy tale castles and celebrated spa towns and glittering casinos frequented by European…