Sorry Looking for NOW LOL is a collection of political and personal essays from a gay man who has seen it all

posted Thursday, September 5, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Author David Roddis is the founder of slowpainful.com, where since 2014, he has offered unabashedly progressive, outrageously funny political commentary and personal reflections. Culled from his blog, A Slow, Painful Death Would Be Too Good for You, was his first collection of personal essays. Now’s he’s back with his second collection, Sorry Looking for NOW LOL, […]

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Pride Journey: Panama City, Panama

posted Thursday, September 5, 2024

by: Joey Amato in Pride Journey

Panama City, the vibrant capital of Panama, is a city where history meets modernity, and nature intertwines with urban life. This bustling metropolis offers an array of experiences, from exploring historic districts to marveling at engineering marvels and savoring world-renowned coffee. Among its many attractions, Casco Antiguo, the Bio Museo, the Panama Canal, and Geisha […]

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Shangri-La Toronto rolls out the Red Carpet for TIFF 24, hosting the Opening Night Party along with Exclusive Experiences

posted Thursday, September 5, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Entertainment, Travel

Shangri-La Toronto is the official hospitality partner of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), hosting TIFF’s Opening Party on September 5, 2024, along with a range of exciting, film-inspired experiences throughout the month, including film-inspired Afternoon Tea and Cocktails. Shangri-La Toronto has curated luxurious experiences designed around TIFF and inspired by this year’s highlight movies to […]

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Under A Rock – a memoir from Blondie’s Chris Stein, with a forward by Debbie Harry

posted Thursday, August 29, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Under A Rock is Chris Stein’s nothing-spared autobiography. It’s about the founding of the band, ascending to the heights of pop success, and the hazards of fortune. Debbie Harry defined iconic band Blondie’s look. Chris Stein—her performing partner, lover, and lifelong friend—was its architect and defined its sound. “Parallel Lines”, their third album, catapulted to […]

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CNE is back with rides, games, food, entertainment, and overnight Chelsea Hotel packages

posted Monday, August 26, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Travel

The CNE is back in Toronto for 2024 and so it’s once again time to embrace the impending end of summer. As always, there’s plenty to do once inside the gates, and there are plenty of attractions included with the general admission price. For those wanting to up the ante, and the cost, there’s plenty […]

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Anyone’s Ghost – love and friendship between two young men haunts them into adulthood

posted Wednesday, August 21, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Anyone’s Ghost is an extraordinary debut novel in which the transforming love and friendship between two young men during one unforgettable teenage summer in rural New England haunts them into adulthood. It took three car crashes to kill Jake. Theron David Alden is there for the first two: the summer they meet in rural New […]

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All Friends Are Necessary – story about the power of friendship, community, and the families we create for ourselves

posted Sunday, August 18, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

All Friends Are Necessary tells the story of Efren “Chino” Flores, who has just moved back to the Bay Area from Seattle, jumping from sublet to sublet. In Washington, he was an adored middle school biology teacher with a loving wife, and a child on the way—that is, until a stunning loss upended his life. […]

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Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation

posted Thursday, August 15, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Too Much Too Young is the definitive story of a label that for a brief, bright burning moment shaped British, American, and world culture. In 1979, 2 Tone Records exploded into the consciousness of music lovers in Britain, the US, and beyond, as albums by the Specials, the Selecter, Madness, the English Beat, and the Bodysnatchers burst onto the charts and a […]

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Evenings and Weekends – an eccentric group of individuals gather and spill secrets over one life changing weekend

posted Monday, August 12, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Books

Evenings and Weekends follows a vibrant multi-generational cast of characters through a London heatwave as their simmering tensions and secrets come to a head over a feverish, life-changing weekend. Summer in London stops for no one. Not the half-naked drunks and stoners, the bachelorette parties glugging from bejewelled bottles, the drag queens puffing on hurried cigarettes. […]

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Thailand – What’s New – marriage equality, extended visas, and new tourism products

posted Saturday, July 20, 2024

by: Bryen Dunn in Travel

Thailand approves ‘Marriage Equality Bill’ Thailand becomes the first nation in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage after the kingdom’s Senate approved a marriage equality bill on June 18. The bill grants LGBTQ+ couples the same legal rights and recognition as heterosexual couples, including rights related to inheritance, adoption and health care decision-making. Learn more  New […]

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