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November, 2009 - Volume 11, Issue 11
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This Month's Newsletter
Welcome to the Purple Roofs November, 2009 newsletter - check out our Gay Marriage Watch blog - all the news we can find about gay marriage, now published daily, on:
You can also join our weekly email mailing for Gay Marriage Watch by sending a subscription request to info@purpleunions.com.
This month, we also have six great travel articles - thanks to our contributors:
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Traveling in Our Fabulous World: Liberace Estate, Palm Springs
By Donald Pile & Ray Williams, Gay Travelers
Just about a two hour drive from east of West Hollywood is the wonderful world of Palm Springs and gays from around the country have been going there for years to party and have fun. We have been many times and for us, it keeps getting better all the time. One gentleman in particular that we have met and become friends with is Stefan Hemming, owner of the Liberace Estate.
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Pristine Culebra Island, Puerto Rico
By Mamacita's Guest House, Culebra Island, Puerto Rico
Undisturbed, undeveloped and pristine are just a few words used to describe Culebra Island. Although it rings cliché, many visitors say the island is reminiscent of stepping back 30 years in the Caribbean. With little more than 2000 residents, you’ll soon feel like part of the Culebra family meeting the diverse personalities in our local community. With a fusion of Culebrenses, Americans and Puerto Rican residents, you’ll fit right in and meet life long friends in a few days visit.
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Gay Tucson, Arizona
From Kimberly Schmitz, Director of PR Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitor’s Bureau
Tucson, Arizona’s rich tri-cultural identity – stemming from ancient Native American, Hispanic and pioneer traditions – has helped shape the Old Pueblo into a vibrant, thriving Southwest community. Tucson offers natural beauty, unparalleled weather, and some of the best golf greens in the world. Along with its unspoiled natural splendor, Tucson’s laid back, progressive attitude makes this modern metropolis feel more like a small town, where everyone is welcome.
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Hot Valencia in Sunny Spain: 318 Sweaty Men Per Hour
By Rein Van Ravenswaay, Valencia Mansion B&B, Valencia, Spain
Trendy travel-insiders will assure you when doing Europe, that it’s much more fashionable to do a weekend in Tuscany, Italy and boast about the local village vineyards... However the large Spanish cities can be a pleasant surprise! We have all done the weekend get-aways to Madrid and Barcelona. However many people fail to realize that Valencia (Spain's third largest city on the beach) is currently the smartest (and cheapest) destination for a few days of art, culture, food and drink, sun and sea... and of course sex.
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Woodstock: The Start of a Cultural Revolution
From Henri Tischler, Twin Gables, Woodstock, New York
Nestled in New York’s Catskill Mountains and Hudson River Valley, Woodstock has long served as a symbol of the Cultural Revolution that took root in the late 1960s. As such, it has also earned a reputation for diversity and tolerance, drawing legions of lesbian and gay visitors, as well as a formidable number of full- and part-time homeowners. A visit to the town’s Village Green, a central meeting point for visitors and locals alike, is a case in point.
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Traveling in Our Fabulous World Book Review:
Without One Plea, by Ben Mitchell
By Donald Pile & Ray Williams, Gay Travelers
Besides getting to meet new people, seeing new things and all the other joys that traveling in our fabulous gay world gives us, we also enjoy reading. Earlier this year we visited a small town 30 miles south of Oxford, Mississippi and also visited Oxford. Now a new novel has just been released about those two places. WITHOUT ONE PLEA recently came out and is the first book by Ben Mitchell originally from Mississippi.
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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 (214 offers in 20 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 $75 for 5 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.
We've redesigned our mainstream accommodations directory - Altraverse.com
Now with over 4,100 accommodations listed worldwide - see it at:
http://www.altraverse.com
Visit our Gayapolis.com website - news, personals, much more
Some time ago, we took over the management of a new site, Gayapolis.com. We've been reworking the site, and still have a lot to do, but already, you'll find personals, daily news, and a great reworked gay and lesbian directory, all at:
http://www.gayapolis.com
That's it for this issue - see you next time! :)
Mark & Scott, PURPLE ROOFS
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