Travel transitions.CLOSED The flame has officially died out at the Fahrenheit Hotel, Vancouver, Canada's first all-gay hotel. The refurbished property opened in May 2006 by the owners of the city's successful F212 gay bathhouse Gay bathhouses, also known as (gay) saunas or steam baths (and sometimes called, in gay slang in some regions, "the baths" or "the tubs"), are places where men can go to have sex with other men. Not all men who visit such bathhouses consider themselves gay. chain, featured a clothing-optional floor for guests. It closed after just six months. SAVED This past summer, queer residents of conservative Orange County, Calif., fretted when it was announced that the Boom Boom Room, their venerable Laguna Beach Laguna Beach (ləg  `nə), city (1990 pop. 23,170), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; founded 1887, inc. 1927. gay bar and dance club,
was shutting down. Fortunately, the new owners extended its lease
through September 2007, so go while you can. TRANSITIONING Palm Springs
guesthouse guest·house n. 1. A small house or cottage adjacent to a main house, used for lodging guests. 2. A bed-and-breakfast. La Posada po·sa·da n. A Christmas festival originating in Latin America that dramatizes the search of Joseph and Mary for lodging. [American Spanish, from Spanish, lodging, from posar, East is changing its name to Helios (after the Greek god of the sun). Starting in January, the 11unit property will be marketed differently from its more conservative counterpart, La Posada West. Taking on a naughty new attitude, Helios hopes to attract the Bad Boys of Porn Pool party later this spring. |
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