by Madeleine Zinn Prom is a right of passage among many high school students. An integral part of the prom experience is The Dress. While the boys merely don a generic suit or perhaps a tuxedo tee (p.s. 1985 called and it wants its shirt back), girls can spend months searching for the perfect…
by Amy Lynch May is the perfect month to visit Indianapolis—the flowers are starting to bloom, the weather’s warm but comfortable, and the air is filled with the sweet sounds of racecars. Although Indy has plenty of redeeming features going for it, racing remains the city’s bread-and-butter attraction. Even for non-gearheads, the month-long calendar of…
Tucked away on the lively corner of Mission and 17th Streets in San Francisco, you’ll find Scott Youkilis’ Maverick restaurant. In an enclave that is surrounded by taco shops and Internet cafes, it s a treat to find a good ol’ restaurant serving gentrified comfort food. Items like pork belly and prawns and Southern fried…
Hello Fellow Divas! I just wanted to say a quick hello and thank the women of Tango Diva for giving me the opportunity to share some eco-friendly tourism options with their Diva-licious readers. Over the last few months, I have been researching and compiling some great info. on Green Travel and I can’t wait to…
Women made great strides this spring! Venice welcomed its very first female gondolier, Alexandra Hai, a German in her late thirties. Although she is only allowed to ferry guests of a single hotel, the fact that Alexandra, a foreigner AND a woman, could jump in where laws since the eleventh century have held chauvanist sway,…
To chase away those blase´ blues, here’s three travel junkie shots in the arm to liven things up: 1. Iceland For all you party-animals who really like to make a night of it: Midsummer will arrive in Iceland on June 21st, 2007, under a sun that never sets. Its proximity to the Arctic Circle makes…