Do You Like to Ski?

Then this fabulous weekend is for you and it's sure to be an AMAZING time! Check it out...

POWDER 2010 is only 4 weeks away! A women's snowboard/ski weekend in beautiful Mammoth Mountain. Our host hotel is Mammoth Mountain Inn, located directly across from Main lodge. This is a ski in/ ski out resort. Friday night is filled with six funny comics to keep you laughing, and Saturday enjoy a live performance from "That's What She Said", this hilarious duo will keep you talking for weeks! All discounted tickets MUST be purchased before Jan 21st, after their will be no more discounted tickets. To purchase tickets visit: http://powder2010.eventbrite.com/ Reserve your room today at Mammoth Mountain Inn 1-800-mammoth Discount code: 10027, also mention POWDER for 50% off! rooms start at $99/night

Resurrection!

We're alive! Sorry for the black outs during the last couple weeks. Dip and I were on the boat (with very limited internet access) and then needed to take care of ourselves and play catch up.

What an adventure the Sweet Cruise was! A warm THANK YOU to Shannon Wentworth, Jen Rainin, Daddy (aka Frances Stevens), and Sara Jane for inviting Dipstick and I to come along, as well as all the "Sweeties" on board who made our cruise a success. Congrats to you! Here's to many more Sweet adventures. Also, a shout out to all those we met on the high seas! Thanks for coming to our events and coming up to say hello!

If you missed the cruise, you can sign up for other upcoming trips they've got in the works: Sweet's Kenyan Safari (February 7-16, 2010). Don't want to travel so far? How about joining Sweet on their Salmon River Rafting this summer (August 16-21, 2010)?

RE: recap of the cruise, I'm not sure where to start, so instead of explaining, I'll let the photos do the talking.

Enjoy...

Oh Ida!

We're in New Orleans, getting ready to set sail on Sweet's Inaugural cruise and who has decided to poke her head in our business? Hurricane Ida! Right now, she's probably reeking havoc on Roatan, Honduras--the fourth port stop in our Caribbean cruise.

I was just watching the Weather Network and they said Ida could strengthen and her projected path was right up our alley. The weather peeps also mentioned that Carnival Cruise line just rerouted one of their ships to avoid her. Haven't heard anything from Sweet yet, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Ida will just mind her own business.

Wish us luck if we have to sail through the eye of the storm! If so, in the pictures, I'll be the one with the barf bag in my hand and the glazed over look in my eyes, thumbing my way in my Dramamine stupor.

I joke, of course. I think things will be just fine, as we all have a collective good karma which will see us through.

Keep your eye on her! And I'll see you on the other side!

Lip

Big Lesbian Pool Party in LA Next Weekend

If you're doing to be in southern California on the 26th of Sept, you'll want to make the pilgrimage to West Hollywood on Saturday Sept 26th for "Wet" at the Standard WeHo. "Drink, Dance, Dip," is their motto and it's sure to be a scene out of the L Word. It's put on by Shannon K Productions and Diva Mel (aka Melissa Vickers, mi amiga).

Check it out California!

DETAILS

Saturday, Sept 26th

Noon-6pm

The Standard Hollywood

8300 W. Sunset Blvd.

Book Your Sweet Cruise Now!

Lipstick & Dipstick are going to be setting sail with our favorite Sweeties for their inaugural cruise and we want YOU to join us! Check out DiscoverSweet.com to hear all about the great destinations we'll be hitting and all the fun stuff planned on-board. Oh and there are some inspiring volunteer opportunities in NOLA and in the ports.

While I've got you, be sure to vote for Sweet as Best Tour Operator in Trip Out's Travel Poll.

November 8-15, 2009
Leaves New Orleans with a boatload of lesbians
Stops in Cozumel, Belize, Costa Maya (Mexico) and Roatan (Honduras)

Come play with us!

Butches of the World Unite

I have to admit, I'm really sad that I won't be able to attend the Butch Voices conference in Oakland next month. As far as I know, this is the first conference of its kind in the US. Butches coming together to organize, strategize, inspire and educate. Could anything be sexier?

We are woman-identified Butches. We are trans-masculine Studs. We are faggot-identified Aggressives. We are noun Butches, adjective Studs and pronoun-shunning Aggressives. We are she, he, hy, ze, zie and hir. We are you, and we are me. The point is, we don’t decide who is Butch, Stud or Aggressive. You get to decide for yourself.

One of my favorite writers, Ivan E. Coyote is leading a writing workshop. There's another for those of us who identify as butch and maintain a female identity. There's workshops for XL butches, butch safety and butches having babies. The one I'm really bummed about missing is the intergenerational butch panel.

Oh, I hope they hold the conference again next year when I can go! But don't let my inability stop you. If you can swing it, attend the Butch Voices conference in Oakland, California August 20-23, 2009.

And for those of you in Portland, be sure to attend the Butch Voices fundraiser next Thursday at the Egyptian Club.