The owner of the gay-oriented Saratoga Springs retreat in Lake County said the historic mineral spa resort is a victim of the nation’s current credit crisis and is seeking investors and business to keep its doors open.

Jeff Cartney and his partner, Thom Morrill, may best illustrate why Palm Springs is one of the favorite gay resort destinations in the world.

The competition for LGBT tourists is no longer confined to urban cities or tropical destinations. The battle over gay travelers is increasingly being waged on the ski slopes.

A look of shock came across the face of an Argentine woman I met while we were waiting in the subway in Buenos Aires. I had been talking to her in broken Spanish about the Bay Area’s transit system. I mentioned that it costs $1.50 to ride buses and the subway in San Francisco and even more to take BART outside of the city.

A few days off found Out There motoring down the coast highway to Monterey, invited to be a part of a Guys Getaway gay press tour courtesy of the Cannery Row Company there. We joined two of our colleagues, Darren Cooper of Envy Man magazine and Tyler Steele of Instinct, for a few days of R&R that included some quality time kayaking amongst the marine life in the Bay. Gosh, did we need any special gear for such an athletic endeavor?

Having just sailed on her company’s Alaskan cruise with lesbian rock duo The Indigo Girls, Olivia founder and president Judy Dlugacz is preparing for another trip - this time to San Francisco Superior Court.