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Oh- word of caution SUNSCREEN is absolutely a requirement. Even if it is a little cloudy you would be amazed how quickly you will get burned if unprotected. ​

Looking forward to this weekend! I plan on attending the parade on Saturday and then the festival. We have a VERY fun place picked for dinner Saturday night!

Fortunately for PlaneTime Sauna Thermos is best between 5-8 p.m.! IMO it is a "don't miss" when visiting Barcelona! http://www.boytoy.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1845-barcelona/

Happiest of days Totally Oz!

Thank you for the Trip reports Totally Oz ! I am glad that you are feeling better.

Thank you TomCal for your wonderful trip/boy reports!

I always try to find a Hop On/Hop Off bus tour in cities I have not been to. This proved to be a very wise move in Barcelona. We bought a two day ticket and we were able to see much more of the city than we would have(And I STRONGLY disagree with BBB's comment "Take a cab to the ramblas. Walk down it until you get to the port. Between the port and the ramblas, you've seen 80 percent of the good tourist stuff in the city" but I loved the eye candy on Las Ramblas-just watch your belongings) than we would have on our own in a cab. I also have witnessed both British and German tourists behaving badly/rudely . In fact I have witnessed poor behavior by many different folks of different nationalities. It is NOT an exclusively American trait.

From my friend John at LoyaltyLobby,com http://loyaltylobby.com/2013/03/25/last-call-for-hilton-awards-at-old-rates-use-them-now-or-regret-rest-of-your-life/

I looked at some of these larger screen phones yesterday at a Verizon store and was amazed at how much lighter and larger they are than my current phone, But-is that a good thing? My current phone ( an HTC G2) is of a perfect size for my shirt pocket and I am thinking most guys carry their phones in a shirt pocket.These larger phones would be very snug in this pocket if they would fit at all. And these new phones are so very thin that I would be nervous carrying in my pants pocket. Also they are so light that you would not feel their presence. But with that said I will be looking at a new (Android)phone in the very near future.

If the estimate holds true I will be thrilled! I cannot afford personal health insurance now($700 a month premium) but I will be happy to pay $210 a month.

I bought my Airline tix today! UA had a bit of a sale, $138 a.i.

I would pay so much money to go to this concert!

This might be a better link? http://loyaltylobby.com/2013/02/23/hilton-hhonors-award-availability-until-2015-beat-the-devaluation/

This is shocking! And it is causing a huge uproar in circles where folks care about such things. Hilton Honor's has announces a MASSIVE devaluation of its point system. If you are invested in this program you might do well to red my friend "John's " blog post about trying to rescue some of your Hilton points. http://loyaltylobby.com/2013/02/23/hilton-hhonors-award-availability-until-2015-beat-the-devaluation/ I was never invested with Hilton ( I had some information about them which made them unattractive to me when I was choosing which Hotel Loyalty program I would follow.) so I do not know how this will effect the casual consumer.

Totally Oz you know I love my hotel chains and their loyalty programs! I have abandoned Marriott International altogether. Their program has been decimated by the fella in charge of their loyaylty program ( Ed French )over the past few years. And with the last announcement of the devaluation of Marriott Rewards points http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marriott-rewards-including-ritz-carlton/1437603-2013-marriott-rewards-hotel-category-changes-list.html I see I was right in abandoning them. Add in the Marriott/Mormon connection and I am shocked when I here of gay folks giving business to Marriott. I have never really invested in ICG/Priority Club (and it's Royal Ambassador tier) but my friend "John"-who has top status in at least 5 hotel loyalty programs-is a Royal Ambassador of long standing. Here is his rundown of the program. http://loyaltylobby.com/2012/12/23/pros-cons-of-priority-club-intercontinental-hotels-group/ And Here is his rundown of some of the big hotel loyalty programs with links to discussions of these programs. .http://loyaltylobby.com/2013/01/07/summary-of-pros-and-cons-of-hilton-hyatt-intercontinental-hotels-grouppriority-club-marriott-starwood-preferred-guest/

Thank you to LurkerSpeaks and to all of you! I am in Las Vegas in a three bedroom penthouse suite-enjoying NOT having to work whilst here. I had a lovely B'day dinner and then we moved the party to Share nightclub for some eye candy-more on that later! So good food, good friends and some lovely firm young flesh,,, not a bad way to celebrate the march to the grave!

Just a heads up that The Phoenix Forum will be that same weekend! So there will be a lot of "talent"in town that weekend. Also,,,for those that have websites ( cough TotallyOz cough) this could be a legit write off for you! https://www.thephoenixforum.com/

I am a legitimate reveiwer on many sites such as Tripadvisor. I have had negative reviews pulled for no reason on Tripadvisor. As soon as that happens my trust in the site goes down the terlet and I use the site as a travel/buying tool rather than a trusted review site while taking any reviews on these sites with a big lump of salt. I have friends in marketing who have told me the same thing as BiBottomBoy posted above.... So I tend to trust peer driven sites(even though there are shills in those as well-but they get sniffed out quickly) rather than sites which are strictly about reviews. You should also realize that TripAdvisor is owned by a HUGE travel company.

I enjoy travel and just look at the flights as a means to an end. I drive when I can but the reality of a 6 hour drive versus a one hour flight makes me grateful for choice. And until I can teletubbietransport to Montreal/Berlin/Prague (My foreign ports of call this year)then flying it is since those places have the fellas that I want to play with! Even friends who do travel via train from NYC to Montreal(one of those 5 hours on a train versus 1 hour on a plane)have run into hassles so nothging in this world is guarenteed!

I have miles in all three aliainces(OneWorld/Skyteam/Star)and I keep enough in my accounts for emergencies as well as using them for trips. I have a lot of miles and I have burned through a lot of miles. While they do not earn interest they can be a nice little pillow to have...and also a goal to aim for. That being said the game is becoming a lot more work than it used to be. I hope everybody has looked over at Flyertalk.com for some advice. If that is a little to hard core my friend Brian has a neat site- ThePointsGuy.com he has a LOT of advice on milage earning credit cards etc.

YAY! Such a fun weekend! Thanks Oliver!

Maybe we can find some generous MERmen to buy a train ticket to Palm Springs for a fat blowhard that like to wear filthy skirts(and no--not refering to myself here for a change),,,I have seen such things happen! And of course I am kidding,,,,just kidding,,,,

I am happy these shows are on Sunday nights...I can watch Downton Abbey instead!

Thank you Jaizan for posting your real life experiences-that is what is great about this site.

It kicks off in WeHo this year at Stripper Circus on February 6. I will try to make it but(yet once again)it is a late night event on a school night.I will probably have dinner with a few of the fellas before the show and then stick around for a bit. San Francisco is on a Saturday night (2/9) so I might go to that also. http://www.thehookies.com/index.html