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October, 2007 - Volume 9, Issue 9
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Welcome to the Purple Roofs Travel Newsletter! This Month's Travel Articles This month we have a great article from the Gay Travel Guys, Donald and Ray, about Denver, Colorado - thanks, guys! Innkeepers - write us an article about your area, and we'll include it in a future issue of this newsletter with credit and links to your website and email addresses. Contact wheretostay@purpleroofs.com for more details. Special Offer Accommodation Notices As always, we also have our Late Availability & Special Offer notices (119 offers in 16 countries/regions) all at http://www.purpleroofs.com/lateavailability.html, or just check your favorite destination page - these notices are also right there on the regular listings. Travelers - Try a Home Trade Membership for Just $60 for 3 Years... ...and stay for free with other gay, lesbian, and gay friendly travelers around the world. More details on our Mi Casa Su Casa site at: http://www.gayhometrade.com. Seen Our Real Estate and Wedding Sections Lately? We've been beefing up our realtor, mortgage lender, and wedding vendor listings over the last several months, and now have over 450 real estate professional listings in 45 US states, Spain, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. We also have over 680 Wedding Vendor listings in 42 US states, Asia, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Mexico and the South Pacific. Check out our real estate professional listings here: http://www.gayrealtynetwork.com That's it for this issue - see you next time! :) Mark & Scott, PURPLE ROOFS |
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Traveling in Our Fabulous World
Colorado which was the MOST "Homophobic" State in the Union until very recently does not have a lot of gay accommodations but here is a list of the most important ones around the State:
Most of the ski resort towns in Colorado are extremely gay friendly and we HATE That term "Gay friendly". One does not say "Jewish friendly" or "Afro-American friendly"! But anyway, the ski resort towns love our money and know that gays do spend a lot of money. Both Aspen and Vail have extremely gay friendly restaurants as well as bars. Other than Denver and Colorado Springs and the resort towns of Vail and Aspen, there are Boulder, which is close to Denver and the home of the University of Colorado. Bars includes The Foundry Billiards Club, 2151 Arapahoe Ave. and The Yard, 2690 28th St. Further North is Ft. Collins, home of yet another University and their bars are Choice City Shots, 124 Laporte Ave. and Club Static, 1437 E. Mulberry St. On the West side of the State is Grand Junction and their bar is Quincy's, 609 Main St. and it is gay after 8 PM. As if they don't want gays there BEFORE 8 PM???
Always remember to have fun when traveling, meet new people and talk to everyone! TRAVELING IN OUR FABULOUS WORLD is written by Donald Pile and Ray Williams, Award-winning Celebrity travel columnists who write for gay publications from Coast to Coast. You can email them at: gaytravelers@aol.com or visit their webpage at: http://www.hometown.aol.com/gaytravelers. |
Here we are in Colorado where the leafs are quickly turning. With so many trees in the mountains it certainly is a great photo op. Thank goodness we get a lot of space on our digital camera disk!
But what lacks in gay accommodations can not be said for the gay bar scene! In Denver, BJ's -- 1380 So. Broadway has been around for years and is certainly a very popular hangout. The cowboy boy, Charlies at 900 E. Colfax is always packed most nights. The Den at 5110 W. Colfax has dinner service as well as the bar and it has been around for years also. Bars in any town seems to come and go but the saddest bar closing was the Triangle. What fun everybody had there in the good old days! Other bars to visit are: JR's, 777 E. 17th Ave., The Compound, 145 Broadway, The Denver Wrangler, 1700 Logan Ave. and Tracks at 3500 Walnut Street. The two bath houses are the MidTown Spa at 2935 Zuni and the Denver Swim Club, 6923 E. Colfax Ave. Denver is a city of wonderful restaurants all over the city. Like Chicago, Denver has so many to choose from in all types of menus. Denver has lots of little communities within the city. The arts and museums are great as well as the shopping.
The other main city in the State is Colorado Springs which just has two bars, Club Q at 3430 No. Academy Blvd. and the Underground at 110 No. Nevada Ave. For a city that so many religious "nuts" and conservatives it is a wonder that there are any gay bars there at all. But Colorado Springs has a great Pride Fest every year at their downtown City Park.
Most people that go to Colorado only see the Denver airport and then go directly to either Vail or Aspen for the skiing. But you should stay in Denver for a few days to get the feel of the city. It is a booming city and the gay presence there is astounding. Things have certainly turned around for the best there in that regard. There are dozens and dozens of parks and forest perserves in Colorado. If you into camping then you will find dozens of campsites. There are literaly dozens of little villages and towns to explore. Pike's Peak, Buffalo Bill's Grave, Garden of the Gods just to name a few. Do your research before you go and you won't be disappointed. Denver has plenty of sports teams from Baseball, soccer, football and golf.