Gays gone wild: ready to shake the winter blues? Skip those straighter-than-thou spring break bashes and get your groove on with the gays.FORT LAUDERDALE-MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA Bashes South Florida Pridefest, the state's biggest, hits Lauderdale March 10-11. Miami's sexy and sassy sas·sy 1 adj. sas·si·er, sas·si·est 1. Rude and disrespectful; impudent. 2. Lively and spirited; jaunty. 3. Stylish; chic: a sassy little hat. gay and lesbian film festival runs April 27-May 6. The sizzling siz·zle intr.v. siz·zled, siz·zling, siz·zles 1. To make the hissing sound characteristic of frying fat. 2. To seethe with anger or indignation. 3. after parties and cocktail mixers are as entertaining as the films themselves. Beaches The stretch from Fort Lauderdale to South Beach simply swims with gay sand spots. Must hits are Lauderdale's Sebastian Beach and 12th Street on Miami's South Beach; between lies the queerish north end of clothing-optional Haulover Beach. Boy-spotting Gorgeous gay-guy glimpses are South Florida givens, Concentrated queer congregations tend toward Collins Avenue, Ocean Drive. and Lincoln Road in SoBe, and Wilton Manors in Lauderdale. Bonus Just 40 miles apart. the gay enclaves Lauderdale and Miami converge for two saucy spring break destinations under one sunny umbrella. clothing-optional Haulover Beach. KEYWEST, FLORIDA Bashes Local gay hot spots hot spots acute moist dermatitis. band together from late February to early April to create Gay Spring Break 2007. Expect 18 and over beach and toga parties, wet T-shirt contests, offshore cruises, and a huge street dance party in mid March. Beaches It's all about "Liz Taylor," local speak for Fort Zachary Taylor The Fort Zachary Taylor State Historic Site, better known simply as Fort Taylor, (or Fort Zach to locals), is a Florida State Park and National Historic Landmark centered on a Civil War-era fort located near the southern tip of Key West, Florida. Beach; the moniker (1) A name, title or alias. See alias. (2) A COM object that is used to create instances of other objects. Monikers save programmers time when coding various types of COM-based functions such as linking one document to another (OLE). See COM and OLE. alone proves the positive permeation of pink-think on the place. Boy-spotting The heaviest concentration of homo haunts straddles the blocks on either side of Duval Street in Old Town, but with oodles of us all around, Key West is virtually one big gay zone. Bonus On Saturday. hop on the country's only gay and lesbian trolley tour for a vibrant history of the mainland's southernmost city. PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA Palm Springs is a famed Riverside County, California desert resort city, approximately 110 miles (177 km) east of Los Angeles and 140 miles (225 km) northeast of San Diego. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 42,807. Bashes Dual Dinah Shore rosters feminize fem·i·nize tr.v. fem·i·nized, fem·i·niz·ing, fem·i·niz·es 1. To give a feminine appearance or character to. 2. To cause (a male) to assume feminine characteristics. P.S. March 28 to April 1, just before the infamous White Party rearranges the circuitry April 6-9. Beaches None per se (despite rumors of a gay nude beach at the nearby Salton Sea), but there are pools aplenty a·plen·ty adj. In plentiful supply; abundant: "There were warning signs aplenty for their candidates as well" Michael Gelb. . If you demand the real thing, Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean are just 2% hours away by car. Boy-spotting If the White Party's 20,000 plus aren't enough, the Warm Sands and Arenas Road areas are hallowed homo-heavy havens. Bonus There are numerous outdoor adventure options in the area, from mountain-high to desert-deep, all lovingly lit by the magnificent SoCal sun. Springs [See our Palm cover story on page 40] PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO Bashes Time your trip for when a big gay cruise ship docks, an event that always drops a party by-proxy bomb in the queer hood. Also, the Vallarta Cora Hotel hosts randy gay clothing-optional pool parties daily. Beaches Gay ground zero is the blue chairs (in front of the Blue Chairs resort) on Playa Los Muertos. The scene is so popular it has now spilled over into the green chairs of the cafe next door. Boy-spotting Zona Romantica, Puerto Vallarta's old town, is also the city's main gay area, with an ever-expanding community of gay and lesbian locals and expats. Bonus A daylong gay cruise sails to the bay's south coast once a week, and gay whale-watching excursions depart often (book both at Blue Chairs). For landlubbers, hot plates of culture and adventure await in the Mexican interior surrounding P.V. CANCUN, MEXICO Bashes The Cancun International Gay Festival, an annual event offering a plethora of parties and a minicruise in the Caribbean, runs May 10-14. Beaches Though there's nothing close to an officially gay beach here, Playa Delfines (also called Playa del Rey) in the hotel zone's south has become Cancun's de facto [Latin, In fact.] In fact, in deed, actually. This phrase is used to characterize an officer, a government, a past action, or a state of affairs that must be accepted for all practical purposes, but is illegal or illegitimate. pink sun-and-sand area. Boy-spotting Cancun's most popular (if not only) gay meeting spots are dance club Glow, Karamba Bar, and Picante pi·can·te adj. 1. Prepared in such a way as to be spicy. 2. Having a sauce typically containing tomatoes, onions, peppers, and vinegar. Bar. All are within a few blocks of each other in Centro (downtown Cancun), 15 minutes by cab from the hotel zone. Bonus Nearby Mayan era wonders include Chichen Itza, the most popular excursion from Cancun, and the closer Tulum, Mexico's only extant beachfront beach·front n. A strip of land facing or running along a beach. adj. Situated along or having direct access to a beach: beachfront hotels; beachfront property. Noun 1. ruins. |
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