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Around the World: Brighton, England

Around the World is a travel guide series where readers share what they love about hometowns, favorite vacation spots, home away from homes and everything in between.

If you want to learn more, see what places have been covered and/or submit a travel guide of your own, check out the Around the World ... Continue reading

LONDON: Let the Trip (recap) Begin

I've just travelled to London, England- exciting for many reasons: vacation, first trip off the continent, first stamp in my passport, and, well...LONDON!

I approached the impending travel with the same research techniques I'd employed in preparation for Portland, Oregon- namely, blogs.

Who needs gu ... Continue reading

Most Expensive Wedding Cake, Valued At $52 Million, Is Covered In 4,000 Diamonds (PHOTO)

Want to see what $52 million worth of wedding cake looks like?

Cake, a bakery in Chester, England, has created what is reportedly the world's most expensive wedding cake, valued at 34 million (that's about $52.7 million).

The eight-tiered confection is decorated with more than 4,000 diamonds and wi ... Continue reading

60 Reasons Why I Love My Mama

Two years ago, for my Mama s birthday, I did this little piece as a gift from far-away-England.

Today s my Mama s 60th Birthday, so between me and my two brothers and sisters, we decided to write 60 big things for our Mama s 60th birthday.

Each of us wrote 15 things about our funny, quirky, crazy, s ... Continue reading

An American Expat s View of the U.S.

Election

*The following is a guest post from an American living in Scotland.

It s so refreshing to not have the negative political commercials shoved in my face all day, but still be able to vote as an absentee voter.

Living in Britain has given me an enlightened perspective on certain issues that are so hea ... Continue reading

No More Freedom

I was sitting watching the news on BBC 1 last night (Friday 19th October) and there was an article on the SNP and of course Independence and Scotland's continued affiliation to NATO, should they indeed win their 'freedom' from the remainder of the the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland?

The SNP are ... Continue reading

This And That In The News Trans Issues

"This And That In The News" is about articles in the news that have caught my eye and I want to share or comment about.

These are the articles that caught my attention last week.

The first article is about legal recognition being given to trans-people in Ireland Transgender legislation due within w ... Continue reading

Northern Ireland: A Conservative Society, Still?

The legislation is: the united kingdom of great britian and northern ireland. This created statelet has 'special' dominion status. The partitioning of Ireland, North & South happened in 1921 under the laws of Lloyd George's, Government of Ireland Act 1920.

People who live here want to remain 'britis ... Continue reading

Potatoes

The Potato Harvest by J nos Pentelei Moln r (1901) August 19th is Potato Day!

Potatoes have played a huge role throughout history, especially in Ireland.

I won't bore you with a long history lesson (you can look that up for yourselves on Wikipedia - seriously, does anybody NOT like reading those art ... Continue reading

‘Kiki Kitchen’ Ep 4: Low-Carb Ice Cream

'Kiki Kitchen' Ep 4: Low-Carb Ice Cream Friday s just got a lot yummier! Why? Because, beginning today, Kiki Kitchen will debut new weekly episodes exclusively on Gay.net!

In today s episode, Glenn Payne is joined by the stunning NYC go-go boy Matt Camps for a lesson in low-carb treats. This Kiki is all about Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Ice Cream realness and yes gurl, it is marvelous! Serrrving a scrumptious recipe for ice cream with only 10g of carbs and 0g of sugar as well as Matt Camps in his underwear this episode of Kiki Kitchen is not to be missed.

Watch: Get the full recipe and more at Kikikitchen.com Continue reading