BeachBear Weekend
was founded by Bob
Young, Shannon
Spotts, and Chad
Bush in 2011 to
bring men from all
over the world to
experience the
exciting and very
gay friendly Fort
Lauderdale and
Wilton Manors
Florida beaches,
nightlife and other
attractions. It's
been said that, Fort
Lauderdale is like a
cruise ship that
doesn’t have to
leave port, complete
with world class
beaches, the
Everglades, and wild
nightlife. Beach
Bear weekend
promises to "show
our visitors a hell
of a good time." Get
all of the details
after the Jump,
here:
Beach Bear
Weekend
GLBT Travel Expo Coming to
South Florida
The 2012 GLBT Travel
Expo Tour is an
exciting event where
you can learn about
new travel
destinations,
rediscover old ones,
find GLBT friendly
travel providers and
get information to
plan your next
vacation. The travel
expo's vendors
include airlines,
hotels, trains,
cruise lines, car
rentals, resorts,
exotic destinations,
convention &
visitors bureaus as
well as travel
magazines. The expo
makes two stops in
South Florida, one
at Fort Lauderdale's
Pride center and the
other in Miami's
Design District. All
of the details after
the Jump,
2012 GLBT
Travel Expo
Two South Florida Girls
Compete in RuPaul's
Drag Race
Get ready! Rev your
engines! Season 4 of
the world's biggest
drag race is about
to begin, January
30th. As you
probably already
know, the
contestants have
always included the
nation's most
fabulous,
innovative, sexy,
talented and
drop-dead gorgeous
Drag Queens all
fighting for the
title (and tiara) of
top Drag Queen in
America. Grooming
the contestants in
preparation for each
show are a bevy of
top models,
designers and
American pop culture
legends. The girls
from South Florida
are
Latrice
Royale,
a long time favorite
and newcomer
Lashauwn
Beyond.
Use the underlined
links to find out
more.
Designing America
Javier de Echenique-Vico was born in Madrid Spain in a family of
artists. His grand father was the secretary general of the Prado
Museum, his mother a painter and his father one of the founders
of several TV and radio stations in Spain. The unique artistic
environment he grew up in afforded him the opportunity to
develop an eclectic Mediterranean style that influences his work
to this day. And now Javier calls South Florida home bringing
his design to
America, more here:
Javier de
Echinique-Vico in
America
Check out
all of the weekly specials at
The Stable.
About Gay and
Lesbian Fort Lauderdale and
Wilton Manors, FL
According to the Greater Fort
Lauderdale Convention and
Visitors Bureau, Fort Lauderdale
is "America's top Gay resort
area." The city actively pursues
Gay and Lesbian tourists. Fort
Lauderdale and city within a
city Wilton Manors
(affectionately referred to as
WilMa) are also home to a large
year-round population of Gay
residents. The city's
Stonewall
Library & Archives is the
largest-circulation LGBT library
in the United States. Wilton
Manors was the second city in
the country (after West
Hollywood, California) to elect
a Gay-majority city council.
Fort Lauderdale Beach has
recently seen a surge in the
building of mega hotels that
cater to the high end visitor.
In the past few years, Ritz
Carlton, Hilton, Westin, The
Atlantic and the
now famous
W Hotel Fort
Lauderdale with it's voyeur's
dream glass walled pool have
stolen the limelight from Fort
Lauderdale's long established
Gay Guesthouse culture. The
Guesthouses, including the
Coconut Cove,
Inn Leather,
La Casa Del Mar,
Schubert,
The Grand Resort and Spa and
The Windamar Beach Resort nonetheless carry on
and are full to capacity
virtually every weekend. In many
cases, the Guesthouses offer the
same world class service as
their high end competition, at a
lower price and in a frisky
atmosphere that appeals to many
a Gay traveler.
Fort Lauderdale and its suburbs
host over 4,100
restaurants and
over 120 nightclubs (1/3 of them
are Gay or Lesbian oriented).
Many of the nightclubs are
located in downtown's arts and
entertainment district as well
as Wilton Manors, the
"Gayborhood of South Florida." The city is
also the setting for the 1986
movie Flight of the Navigator.
The International Swimming Hall
of Fame is located on
Fort
Lauderdale beach, and houses a
large aquatic complex as well as
a museum, theater, and research
library. Hugh Taylor Birch State
Park is a 180-acre (0.73 km2)
park along the beach, with
nature trails, camping and
picnicking areas, canoeing, and
features the Terramar Visitor
Center, with exhibits about the
ecosystem of the park. The Henry
E. Kinney Tunnel on US Route 1
is the only tunnel on public
land in the state of Florida. It
was constructed in 1960, and its
864-foot (263 m) length travels
underneath the New River and
Las Olas Boulevard.
The
Vow
is a
romantic
starring
Channing
Tatum and
Rachel
McAdams.
Married five
years, a
young
couple's
relationship
is put to
the
challenge
when a car
accident
seriously
injures
Paige
(McAdams)
and places
her in a
coma. When
she wakes up
with severe
memory loss,
her husband
Leo (Tatum)
works to win
her heart
again.
Journey 2:
The
Mysterious
Island,
the sequel
to the 2008
film Journey
to the
Center of
the Earth,
stars Dwayne
Johnson,
Michael
Caine, Josh
Hutcherson,
Vanessa
Hudgens,
Luis Guzmán
and Kristin
Davis.
Safe
House
is an action
thriller
starring
Denzel
Washington
and Ryan
Reynolds.
Rampart
stars Woody
Harrelson
and Ice
Cube.
Includes
movie
theaters in
Fort
Lauderdale,
Sunrise,
Davie,
Lauderhill,
Hollywood,
Plantation,
Pembroke
Pines,
Sunrise,
Weston,
Coral
Springs
and Pompano
Beach,
Florida
