The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) articles from November 2005

The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) archives from November 2005

The Reverend Jeffery A. Haskins.(Q&A)(Interview)
November 8, 2005... "God has no fury like a queen's fury!" shouts the Reverend Jeffery A. Haskins to the laughter of his congregation on a recent Sunday at the Unity Fellowship Church of New York. The 50year-old pastor tends to his largely LGBT flock, who meet in...

The promise of Rent.(FROM THE EDITOR IN CHIEF)
November 8, 2005... Anthony Rapp was excited to do his first interview with the gay press. I had written a letter to his manager after reading Anthony's actor bio in the program for an off-off-Broadway play I'd seen. While other guys thanked God and girlfriends,...

Gay horror filmmakers' birthdays.(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... December 28, 1888 F.W. Murnau: German director of silent classics Nosferatu and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde July 22, 1889 James Whale: director of Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, and The Invisible Man August 6, 1938 Paul Bartel:...

Anthony Rapp on coming out to Dad.((10.28.97) ARCHIVES)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... When Anthony Rapp first appeared on the cover of The Advocate eight years ago, it wasn't to talk about his success as a star in the acclaimed Broadway musical Rent, now a feature film in which he also stars. It was to talk about coming out to...

Advocate editor named top reporter.(John Caldwell won the Sarah Pettit Memorial Award from Lesbian and Gay Journalist Association)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... The Advocate's associate news editor, John Caldwell, won the top Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for excellence in LGBT media from the national Lesbian and Gay Journalist Association in September. He's pictured here with Jane Pettit, mother of the...

We built this city.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
November 8, 2005... Thanks for your New Orleans cover story ["Rebuilding Our City," October 11]. I lived in the city during the wild early '80s and learned more about life from New Orleans than anywhere else. I sat horrified watching the destruction on TV. When I...

Tab, 3; Felice, O.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
November 8, 2005... I enjoyed reading your interview with Tab Hunter in the October 11 issue ["Tab Talks"]. I have a great deal of respect for Mr. Hunter, and I found it both interesting and enlightening to read about the choices he felt it necessary to make in...

HIV land.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
November 8, 2005... After reading Andrew Sullivan's divisive and simplistic drivel, I am completely appalled ["Poz4Poz Saves Lives," October 11]. How old is he, anyhow, to write such immature nonsense? I concede that HIV-positive men should do their best to avoid...

Music to my ears.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
November 8, 2005... As usual, The Advocate's October 11 issue is replete with bits of worthwhile and informative material. In particular, I appreciated Frankie Edozien's "Sharpton's New Sermon," because during Al Sharpton's earlier years in the public eye, he...

Batman forever.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
November 8, 2005... In the October 11 issue of The Advocate, I came across the Friend or Foe? column by Jim David and was surprised by what I saw. DC Comics is placed in the gay "foe" category for pulling pictures of Batman and Robin kissing! First of all, Robin...

The company you keep.(FROM THE READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
November 8, 2005... I was dismayed to read the list of companies you deemed worthy of inclusion in your "best" column ["Welcoming Workplaces," October 11]. While some companies have been traditionally supportive of the community, others are out only to make a...

Locker room dustup.(HOMOPHOBIA)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... Can the mere presence of the color pink be considered homophobic? After officials at the University of Iowa upheld a long tradition recently by redecorating a visitors' locker room at Kinnick Stadium with the traditionally feminine color,...

Joined in Connecticut.(Scott and Christopher Emmerson-Pace )(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... Scott and Christopher Emmerson-Pace weren't expecting October 1 to be an emotional day, even if it was the day of their official civil union ceremony. After all, the Monroe, Conn., couple had been together 14 years and had drawn up every...

Extreme Makeover too extreme?(American Broadcasting Companies Extreme Makeover: Home Edition)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... News that the notoriously antigay Christian group Focus on the Family was sponsoring an episode of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition on October 2 may have shown just how vigilant members of the gay community have become in fighting the far...

Dreier's albatross.(Roy Blunt appointed insteed of David Dreier)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... It only takes a rumor--a gay rumor, that is. According to some political insiders and lawmakers in Washington, D.C., a long-standing assumption that California Republican David Dreier is gay likely cost him the party's top spot in Congress. ...

Fair-minded or far right?(Harriet Miers supported for equal rights for gay men and lesbians )(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... In defending his latest pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, President Bush has been assuring conservatives that Harriet Miers "doesn't change" and will stay true to her convictions once confirmed as a justice. But to which of her convictions on...

Cross country.(Patricia Jones case for child custody)(Catholic leaders launches a petition for same-sex marriage ban proposal)(county libraries in an effort to remove children's books )(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... 1 SPOKANE, WASH. Superior court judge T.W. Small on September 30 tossed out a petition that sought to invalidate the more than 17,000 signatures submitted to recall embattled gay mayor James West, who is accused offering City Hall jobs to...

Too "shocking" for Parisians.(Regie Autonome des Transports Parisiens refused to display posters for gay trade show Rainbow Attitude Expo )(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... The citizens of Paris may have elected a gay mayor, but that doesn't mean they're ready to see two men or two women kissing, said the city's commuter train and bus transit operator in September. The state-owned RATP refused to display...

Gay cowboys cost $3 million.(EDUCATION)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... Suggesting that students read about two cowboys who fall in love has cost one religious high school in Austin $3 million. St. Andrew's Episcopal School in September told Cary McNair, a leading donor, that he could keep a $3 million pledge after...

Dogma can be harmful.(RELIGION)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... Maybe "Do as I say and not as I do" should be the new Golden Rule. Contrary to what many religious leaders and lawmakers would have you believe, a new study suggests that religion actually has a negative effect on societies. The research,...

Sharing prevention tools.(HIV/AIDS)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... Possessing the tools to combat the AIDS epidemic is meaningless if you don't share them with the rest of world. That's the conclusion of the Campaign to End AIDS, a nationwide caravan of several thousand HIV/AIDS activists traveling through...

No children of "immoral" parents.(REPORT)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... Tina Clark and her partner of 22 years, Mitzi Gray, thought they were going to get a quality private school education for their 14-year-old daughter, Shay. That was until officials at Ontario Christian High School in Southern California...

Shocking! Soxer kisses Yankee!(MEDIA)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... Boyfriends Owen Murphy and David Sacchetti got quite a few glares as they smooched outside Boston's Fenway Park in September. But it wasn't their lip lock that set people off. "Most of the dirty looks and harsh words," Murphy said, "were...

Gay Sex in the '70s.(SHORT ANSWERS)(Interview)
November 8, 2005... In a New York City that seems long, long ago, gay men had uninhibited sex in public places and bathhouses and ushered in the disco revolution. Focusing on a particular Greenwich Village and Fire Island subculture, Joseph Lovett's documentary...

Rants raves.(REPORT)
November 8, 2005... "We used to think he was gay." --PETE TOWNSHEND, on how "cool-looking" Rod Stewart was in the '60s and early '70s, in an interview on a new Who DVD "The [Roman Catholic Church's] teaching against homosexuality is blasphemy. God created...

Gay against West: first person: Jerry Davis.(James West)
November 8, 2005... A mother with an inquisitive 9-year-old boy has forced me and the city of Spokane, Wash., to look deep into society's treatment of homosexuality. I am an openly gay attorney in this extremely conservative town. Our mayor, James West, is a...

Chris Glaser.(SHORT ANSWERS)(Brief Article)(Interview)
November 8, 2005... Nearly 30 years after being denied ordination by the Presbyterian Church (USA) because he is gay, Chris Glaser, 55, is finally an ordained minister. The Yale Divinity School graduate and author of nine books, including Uncommon Calling: A Gay...

Troy Perry.(RESUME)(Biography)
November 8, 2005... Age: 65 Current employment: Reverend, speaker, and member of the board of trustees at Chicago Theological Seminary Work history: Stepped down in October as head of the predominantly gay Metropolitan Community Churches after founding...

Friend or foe?(Tufts University modified collage facilities for transgender students)('The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant' opera staged by English National Opera)(Brent Bozell protest for homosexual lifestyle)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... FRIEND TUFTS UNIVERSITY, which modified bathrooms to be more accommodating to transgender students. New door signs will read BOYS, GIRLS, and FRIGHTENED HETEROS. FOE POPE BENEDICT XVI, who approved a ban on gay clergy. Neon signs...

Died.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
November 8, 2005... SHERI O'DELL, 62, a longtime women's rights activist who in 1989 organized what was then the largest pro-choice demonstration in Washington, D.C., of lung cancer at her home in Takoma Park, Md., September 25. O'Dell, who also worked in...

Liberty Hill Foundation.(appoints Jeffrey L. Richardson)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... JEFFREY L. RICHARDSON, a union organizer and political activist, as executive director of the Liberty Hill Foundation, which gives grants to gay community groups, October 17. Richardson replaces longtime gay activist Torie Osborn, who remains...

A safe haven for rural youth.(Quest Youth Group)
November 8, 2005... Growing up in the conservative town of Spokane, Wash., 24-year-old Pat Anderson was convinced that living an openly gay life meant surviving in a rejected subculture. Then two years ago he found the Quest Youth Group, which provides a safe...

Fernando "Fernie" Rodriguez Jr.(FUTURE GAY HERO)(Brief Article)(Biography)
November 8, 2005... "If society didn't feel the need to label all that it does not know, we would be in good shape." Age: 22 Home: Austin School: Graduated in May from the University of Texas with a bachelor's degree in sociology and a minor in...

University of New England.(appoints Dave Allen)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... Gay students at the University of New England in Australia have been getting the support they need through gay student groups funded by the school's mandatory fees, Now the student association, worried that gays might be getting "preferential...

Tuxedo injunction ends.(DISCRIMINATION)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... It's too late for former Fleming Island High School student Kelli Davis of Jacksonville, Fla., but thanks to her tenacity, other lesbian students won't be turned away when they refuse to wear a frilly "scoop neck drape" in their yearbook photo....

Outspoken: Ross Bynum.(GEN Q)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... Since Hurricane Katrina hit, life has been quite rough in southern Mississippi, where I live. But as people here begin to rebuild their lives, mine continues to be difficult. It actually started last summer when my Missionary Baptist...

Patricia Clarkson.(Brief Article)(Interview)
November 8, 2005... She seduced us as a German lesbian junkie in High Art, upbraided us as a prudish neighbor in Far From Heaven, and made us giddy as eccentric Aunt Sarah in Six Feet Under. Now she's messing with our minds as the wife of an unfaithful bisexual in...

We're here to help: gay and lesbian relief workers stepped up to help during hurricanes Katrina and Rita: assisting at shelters, gathering donations, opening their homes, and traveling to affected areas.(SOCIETY)
November 8, 2005... When Stephanie Houfek saw the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, she knew she had to do something. Her partner, the Reverend Pat Langlois, is minister of congregational life at the predominantly gay Metropolitan Community Church Los...

Three for the road: is there a roadster in your dreams? The Advocate's gearheads investigate your options as they put three sexy models to the test.(AUTO SHOW)
November 8, 2005... Every auto lover dreams of speeding along the golden California coast in a roadster with the top down. It's even more fun to take the trip as part of a sharp and skillful gay, lesbian, and transgender team. I invited transgender actress...

Why I love my car.(AUTO SHOW)
November 8, 2005... Bryan O'Quinn Classic Chrysler Windsor Durham, N.C. I have to say that I love my car because of the incredible styling that was built into it by its designer, Virgil Exner. And I love the fact that it's older than I am and it's...

Zip, zip, hooray!(Zipcar has a partnership with the Human Rights Campaign for Gay customers)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... It's possible to drive a different car every day thanks to Zipcar, believed to be the largest car-sharing company in the country, with 800-plus vehicles and nearly 50,000 members. "Savvy urbanites know that if they don't have to commute to work...

On the road again: if your commute has turned your car into a second home, then why not throw yourself a housewarming party?(TOYS)
November 8, 2005... You only think you're all GPS'd out--until you see the TomTom Go 700 ($899). Besides having a name like an '80s cover band, it gives you not only maps but routes with voice-guided turn-by-turn directions. You can also use Bluetooth to make...

Rent gets real: as the pansexual, AIDS-inflected Broadway sensation becomes a gritty, hyperreal movie, three returning cast members talk about how the show's messages of love, life, and liberty for all have only become more urgent.(Cover Story)
November 8, 2005... "East Village. Rock opera. AIDS. It could be the ultimate Cheez Whiz, or it could be something interesting," recalls Anthony Rapp of his first peek at a synopsis of an unproduced stage musical called Rent. He was standing in an obscure of...

Scary! In an era of "positive images" for gays and lesbians, can queer characters still get chopped up in horror movies?(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT)
November 8, 2005... "I remember the cute curly-haired teen that gets killed in the kitchen by Michael Myers in Halloween. That awoke something in me," reminisces Alex Dove, executive producer director of gay horror titles such as the upcoming Handy man. And--as...

Three of hearts.(SHORT ANSWERS)(Interview)
November 8, 2005... Two New Yorkers, Sam and Steven, meet in college and fall in love. Together seven years, they invite a woman, Samantha, into their lives and embark on a 13-year relationship as a trio. It's all captured in Susan Kaplan's documentary Three of...

The new gay tube.(NOTES FROM A BLOND)
November 8, 2005... Sometimes there's a gay god so quickly. Apologies to Tennessee Williams for the postmodern paraphrase, but it wasn't so long ago that groups of us would sit around the TV set and watch Linda Evans and Joan Collins digging their claws into each...

Sexy in any language.(BUZZ)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... "My whole life, I got, 'Gee, you don't look like a Gonzales,'" says out actor Robert Gant, talking to Buzz about his birth name, But Gant's Hispanic heritage did earn him a place as one of the 25 Sexiest Bachelors in the November issue of...

Queer Duck: The Movie?(BUZZ)(Queer Eye for the Straight Guy)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... Everyone's favorite 'mo mallard may soon be making the leap to the big screen, according to a UGO.com interview with Queer Duck's openly straight creator, Mike Reiss. The outrageous waterfowl has been on hiatus since ending his gig following...

Herbie: Fully Loaded.(Video Recording Review)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... Herbie: Fully Loaded * Directed by Angola Robinson * Starring Lindsay Lohan * Walt Disney Home Video I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that Angola Robinson is the first African-American out lesbian to be entrusted with a venerable...

Crazy for Dean.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 8, 2005... Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause * Lawrence Frascella and Al Weisel * Touchstone, $24.95 Easily the best "making of" since Picture, Live Fast, Die Young recounts the tumultuous production of Rebel Without...

Dance for the ages.(Ballets Russes)(Movie Review)
November 8, 2005... Ballets Russes * Produced and directed by Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine * Zeitgeist Films The superb documentary Ballets Russes, produced and directed by Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine, provides an opera-glass view of the dueling...

Fury and sound.(Roaches in Ashtrays)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
November 8, 2005... Roaches in Ashtrays * Aggracyst * Oliver Sutton Records Aggracyst is an angry man, which might be a given for a gay white hip-hop artist kicking around open mikes from Detroit to Atlanta to New York. Contradictions sit at the heart of...

Hot picks.(John Waters: Change of Life)(Caravaggio Premieres)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
November 8, 2005... ART John Waters: Change of Life Opens Oct. 30 Orange Country [Calif.] Museum of Art Photographs and sculptures that prove John Waters's genius for bad taste extends beyond the cinema. TV Caravaggio Premieres Nov. 4 Sundance...

Trans-hop.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
November 8, 2005... Fault, Lies, and Faultlines * Katastrophe * Cherchez La Femme On his second full-length CD, transgender FTM rapper Katastrophe (a.k.a. Rocco Kayiatos) shines as bright as any MTV rap luminary but does so by flashing lyrical skills, not...

Soulful eulogy.(So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
November 8, 2005... So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross * Various artists * J Records If an individual is judged by the company he or she keeps, the lineup here reflects R&B crooner Luther Vandross's A-list credentials. Usher rivals the...

Un mystere.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
November 8, 2005... Noah's Ark * CocoRosie * Touch and Go Records Somewhere near the point where hip-hop, electro-clash, blues, Parisian cafe, and neotraditional folk converge lies the lo-fi tinklings and Madeleine Peyroux-ish croonings of sister act...

Alison Bechdel.(SHORT ANSWERS)(As Invasion of the Dykes to Watch Out For)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 8, 2005... As Invasion of the Dykes to Watch Out For (Alyson Books, $14.95), Alison Bechders 12th compilation of strips starring everyone's favorite lesbian extended family, hits stores, we caught up with the cartoonist by phone from her home in Vermont....

Friends like these.(COASTAL DISTURBANCES)
November 8, 2005... Before the battle for marriage rights was thrust onto the national stage, I maintained several fulfilling friendships with conservative Republicans who espoused a set of political beliefs that were vastly different from my own. My job as a...

Nuggets & bites.(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... "[Chad] Thompson, who realized in fourth grade that he was attracted to boys... never accepted a gay identity--'Heterosexuality is God's design,' he says--and today he is a leading spokesman for young Christians rejecting homosexuality....

A girl nation.(POSTCARDS)(Letter to the Editor)
November 8, 2005... Kudos on your latest issue covering the gay wonderland that New York City is. I thought I'd alert your readers, however, to one of the premier parties for lesbians that you omitted. It's a party, called Girl Nation, held on Saturday nights at...

Happy in Manhattan.(POSTCARDS)(Letter to the Editor)
November 8, 2005... As a lifelong New Yorker I can attest to the accuracy of the information in your "Best of Gay New York" cover story in the September/October issue. Thanks for a comprehensive look at Manhattan, the outer boroughs, and the surrounding...

Astoria oversight.(POSTCARDS)(Letter to the Editor)
November 8, 2005... In the "NYC Gayborhoods" section of your September/October "Best of Gay New York" issue you neglected to mention Astoria, Queens, as an up-and-coming gayborhood. While Astoria may lack the established gay infrastructure of places like Chelsea...

Mail in the closet.(POSTCARDS)(Letter to the Editor)
November 8, 2005... Hey, just a note to your mailing house: FYI, it is the year 2005. You can stop sending the magazines in plain white unmarked envelopes. Did I subscribe to The Out Traveler or In the Closet Traveler? JOHN HENNESSY via e-mail

Literary refreshment.(POSTCARDS)(Letter to the Editor)
November 8, 2005... I am traveling through Casablanca en route to Niger, and happened to read the issue with the piece on Morocco in it [March/April 2005]. Brilliant stuff. How refreshing to read travel journalism of intellect, as opposed to a linear...

Merci for Absolu.(POSTCARDS)(Letter to the Editor)
November 8, 2005... A quick note to say thank you very much for the little blurb you had run on French flats, mentioning the company Absolu Living (the first-ever gay vacation apartment finder in France). This summer, we rented a beautiful apartment that was part...

Reader recommends.(POSTCARDS)(Letter to the Editor)
November 8, 2005... We just returned from Vancouver, where we stayed at the Park Ridge Bed and Breakfast at Queen Elizabeth Park. The Park Ridge is located in a beautiful, quiet area of town. The rooms are elegant with luxurious bed linens. The hosts, Ian and Ted,...

Corrections.(POSTCARDS)(Correction Notice)
November 8, 2005... In the July/August issue, a map for Juchitan, Mexico, on page 47 mistakenly listed the coastal town as being on the Caribbean, when it is actually on the Pacific, in the state of Oaxaca. In our "Cruise News" item [page 28], an October 2006 RSVP...

Giving your most valuable gift.(EDITOR'S LETTER)
November 8, 2005... When we travel we want to enter a fantasy world of adventure and stimulation--a suspension of reality. We work hard all year for our usually two short weeks of vacation with the burning need to seriously chill. So why would people choose to...

Truffle time.(ORIENTATION)(Alyson Adventures's Truffles and Cave Bears)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... Foodies rejoice: The elusive "black diamond of Perigord," one of the world's most prized (and pungent) fungi, is at its prime from December through February in the Dordogne region of southwestern France. This complexly flavored black truffle, a...

A fly idea.(ORIENTATION)(tax on airline tickets to help global fight against HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... France hopes to implement a tax on airline tickets next year to help fund the global fight against HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria. The $6-per-passenger tax (with a $2S surcharge for business class) would generate about $12 billion annually....

Gay life returns to New Orleans.(UPDATE)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... Located on higher ground than the rest of New Orleans, the gay-welcoming French Quarter was one of the first neighborhoods to regain a semblance of normality after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Jeff Anding of the New Orleans...

The (slow) rise of the gay hotel chain.(TRENDS)(Man Around )(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... At last count, over 20 major mainstream hotel chains are now enticing gay travelers through marketing efforts. But when are gay hotels going to become "major chains" in their own right? The gradual formation of gay-only hotel groups is a...

Solutions for an upset stomach.(HIV AND TRAVEL)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... For HIVers already experiencing gastrointestinal side effects from their antiretroviral drugs, the prospect of "traveler's tummy" may be enough to put those vacation plans on hold. But according to AIDS experts, you can minimize potential...

Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 8, 2005... Twilight of Love: Travels With Turgenev Robert Dessaix Shoemaker and Hoard, $24 Following in the footsteps of the great Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev, out Australian author Robert Dessaix takes us to Germany, France, and Russia in search...

Crashing America.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 8, 2005... Crashing America Katia Noyes Alyson Books, $14.95 In literature the typical American road trip--a la Jack Kerouac's On the Road--begins in a red state and ends in a blue. Girl, the queer street punk in Katia Noyes's debut novel, on the...

Geffen goes hotelier.(ORIENTATION)(David Geffen)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... DreamWorks mogul and uber-gay David Geffen is providing beds for visitors in tony Malibu, Calif., with his recent purchase of the 21-year-old Malibu Beach Inn (22878 Pacific Coast Highway, 310-456-6444) for a reported $29 million. The film...

Special treatment.(SPA)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... Spa-obsessed queer globetrotters will try anything to reduce those jet lag-induced lines! Chocolate You don't have to be an Oompa Loompa to indulge in the decadent Godiva Chocolate Wrap ($175) at Ajune Spa in New York City (1294 3rd Ave.,...

A desperate vacation.(ORIENTATION)(Frenchman's Reef and Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... Cutting fall travel plans short so you can catch the second season of Desperate Housewives? Book a long weekend on St. Thomas at the Frenchman's Reef and Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort (800-524-2000) and you won't miss a beat--the hit show...

Airport gyms.(ORIENTATION)(Hilton O'Hare Athletic Club at Chicago's O'Hare Intl. Airport )(Absolute Spa at the Fairmont at Vancouver Intl. Airport)(The PiYo at Las Vegas McCarran Intl. Airport )(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... Stuck in layover limbo? These in-airport gyms aren't just for buff gay flight attendants. The Hilton O'Hare Athletic Club (Between Terminals 2 and 3, 773-601-1723, $11) at Chicago's O'Hare Intl. Airport includes a steam room. The PiYo class...

True tales of an airline pilot.(ORIENTATION)(Interview)
November 8, 2005... Confessor: Michele Veillon, pilot, United Airlines Favorite travel film: "Airplane! What can I say? It's a classic." Pet peeve: "When passengers stop just outside the Jetway to greet friends and relatives, blocking every other person...

Rent ... in San Francisco?(ON LOCATION)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... In an exterior shot from the film version of Rent, opening November 23, San Francisco's rough but revitalizing SoMa neighborhood (at Sixth and Jesse streets) stands in for New York City's EastVillage. "Sixth Street is an intense area," says the...

Style.(travel with it)(Sony Ericsson Z520a)(Brief Article)
November 8, 2005... PHONE HOME The days of making static-filled phone calls from abroad are long over. The latest digital devices, like this Sony Ericsson Z520a, about $150, combine everything from high-res cameras and video recorders to Web browsers and instant...

Global phones.(GOODS TO GO)(Brief Article)(Buyers Guide)
November 8, 2005... 1. The quad-band BlackBerry 7290 features e-mail, phone, browser, and organizer applications, starting at $349.99, depending on carrier. 2. PalmOne's quad-band Treo 650 Smartphone combines e-mail, a Palm OS, and Web access, $399. 3. Cingular...

Airplane essentials.(GOODS TO GO)(Brief Article)(Buyers Guide)
November 8, 2005... 1. Everything you could possibly need at 35,000 feet will fit into this Bric's pilot case in camel nylon, $195, 2. Hide those jet-lagged eyes with a pair of large metal Ray-Ban aviator sunglasses with gray lenses, $99.95. 3. Trade that flimsy...