The Advocate just published their list of the 15 Gayest U.S. Cities. What's most surprising are the omissions. NO San Francisco, NO Provincetown, NO Key West. The criteria used to determine gayness were: Same-sex couples per capita (anti-single bias!), Statewide Marriage Equality (So long, California cities!), Gay Elected Officials, Gay Bars per ( Read more... )

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Just a quick one 'cause dad wants to go out and eat. We're still in Vancouver, having spent the day in Stanley park (bigger than Central park! Bigger than Golden Gate Park!) and Capilano Suspension bridge theme park and let the kids run around place. It was all pretty impressive. I have 5000 pictures that I'll never get around to posting, ( Read more... )

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So the hotel internet pooped out, probably immediately after I lauded it as the first thing that went right on the vacation. (I'm not complaining!) No really, things are okay. I have a cold--delightfully named disease that I tend to get in the summer--and went far too long without eating, so I shouldn't have been typing. Anyway, I feel better ( Read more... )