AdventureWoman.com is adding three new terrific pages to our website. We are adding a page honoring military service women, a book review section and a film (movie) review section. We're really thrilled about our three additions and we hope you're excited, as well. But we need your help!
If you know of an outstanding military/service woman we'd like to know about her, too. She can be active, retired or deceased. If she is someone you admire, the chances are we'll admire her, as well. So please send us her name and contact information if you have it. Send it to: Submit@AdventureWoman.com.
Further, if there is a great adventure book you've read by or about an adventurous, pioneering or groundbreaking woman - please tell us! We count on you for your recommendations.
And of course, if there is an exciting movie you think we should know about, please don't hesitate to contact us. We're interested in films that are current, mainstream, historical, independent - basically anything you think might interest women who love travel, adventure and the outdoors.
We appreciate your help. Please keep the nominations coming and we value your suggestions!
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Ice Hot at the Ice Lounge
Another fun and "totally cool" destination in Vegas is the Ice Lounge. The Ice Lounge is called Minus 5 because, well... it's Minus 5 degrees inside. The Minus 5 Ice Lounge is located at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.
You'll receive a coat, gloves (you can keep the gloves) and boots with the price of admission. You can upgrade to a fur coat and hat for an additional cost or wear the standard blue parka (I opted for the parka). We bought tickets that gave us the garb and two drinks for $28 (you can get the one drink package for $18). Obviously, you can buy more drinks, but this will get you started.
The icy bar is filled with beautifully carved ice sculptures and beautiful people. The bar tender "Jeremiah" was totally charming and friendly. He offered to take his jacket (and shirt) off for our photos and when he did we thought the ice was going to melt. "Head to Hollywood" we encouraged him. Yes, he is gorgeous.
What is especially "cool" is that the cocktail glasses are made of ice (and the specialty Ice Lounge drinks are completely delicious).
Special note: check out the discount books in the local Taxi Cabs. We each received a FREE tee-shirt with admission to the Ice Lounge and received lots of other discounts around town. Really, check it out. You'll get great freebies and 2-for-1 admissions.
Why go? To "chill" be "cool" and have a fabulous time!
You'll receive a coat, gloves (you can keep the gloves) and boots with the price of admission. You can upgrade to a fur coat and hat for an additional cost or wear the standard blue parka (I opted for the parka). We bought tickets that gave us the garb and two drinks for $28 (you can get the one drink package for $18). Obviously, you can buy more drinks, but this will get you started.
The icy bar is filled with beautifully carved ice sculptures and beautiful people. The bar tender "Jeremiah" was totally charming and friendly. He offered to take his jacket (and shirt) off for our photos and when he did we thought the ice was going to melt. "Head to Hollywood" we encouraged him. Yes, he is gorgeous.
What is especially "cool" is that the cocktail glasses are made of ice (and the specialty Ice Lounge drinks are completely delicious).
Special note: check out the discount books in the local Taxi Cabs. We each received a FREE tee-shirt with admission to the Ice Lounge and received lots of other discounts around town. Really, check it out. You'll get great freebies and 2-for-1 admissions.
Why go? To "chill" be "cool" and have a fabulous time!
Friday, April 9, 2010
Pole Dancing, the Playboy Cub and Sin City Comedy
You can't envision about Vegas without the legendary dancing girls, otherwise known as the "Vegas Show Girls" with the fabulous outfits and famous, bedazzled feathered headdresses. They are as famous as the casino gambling or the bright lights of the strip. Vegas, of course, offers a variety of exotic dancing; including, beautiful show girls, topless dancers, strippers and pole dancers.
In fact, there has been a movement to turn these different forms of dance into legitimate methods of exercise. And why not if you're having fun, getting stronger and becoming more flexible. So it was out of sheer curiosity that my friends and I signed up for Pole Dancing lessons. After all, I am all about trying something new and then there's the old adage, "When in Rome..."
We booked classes at The Pole Dancing Studio. This is owned and run by female pioneer and entrepreneur, Fawnia, who was the first person to put the concept of exotic dance, and pole dancing on video as an exercise form. Our personal instructor (we took a private class) was a woman named, Trixie, who had a great sense of humor, a lot of patience and a significant depth of dance knowledge. The studio itself is lit in a rich bordello red and the shinny brass poles are spaced out with just room to allow you to dance and swing to your hearts delight. After an hour we were ready for a glass of wine and a french meal underneath the Eiffel Tower over at the Paris Hotel. Would I do it again? You betcha! If you're really daring she'll teach you haw to lap dance or do a strip tease... But it's Vegas!
Dinner at Nevo is always delicious and the views of from the windows are staggeringly beautiful. After Nevo we went upstairs to the Playboy Club. The Club is fun but a little spendy (as they say in Oregon). The drinks with tax and tip are nearly $20 and the minimum bet at the tables is $25. But it is Playboy and the infamous bunny theme... the celebrity theme... is everywhere.
We met two very nice bunnies Jen and Renee who were very sweet and friendly. Funny, they reminded me of girls my daughter's age rather than international sex symbols which - I guess - is more a reflection of the years under my belt. Ultimately, it a good time, and if you're in Vegas you should give it a whirl. We left for higher ground again and went to Moon (the nightclub) but the room was young and crowded so we left for more gambling and other Vegas trappings.
The final night we hit the Sin City Comedy Club and I laughed so hard my stomach and throat hurt for two days after. The comics are wildly talented and funny. We upgraded our tickets to VIP for $11 and got front row with no standing in line. Always ask about the VIP option - they offer it just about everywhere - and many times the extra $$$ is well worth the extra experience factor.
In fact, there has been a movement to turn these different forms of dance into legitimate methods of exercise. And why not if you're having fun, getting stronger and becoming more flexible. So it was out of sheer curiosity that my friends and I signed up for Pole Dancing lessons. After all, I am all about trying something new and then there's the old adage, "When in Rome..."
We booked classes at The Pole Dancing Studio. This is owned and run by female pioneer and entrepreneur, Fawnia, who was the first person to put the concept of exotic dance, and pole dancing on video as an exercise form. Our personal instructor (we took a private class) was a woman named, Trixie, who had a great sense of humor, a lot of patience and a significant depth of dance knowledge. The studio itself is lit in a rich bordello red and the shinny brass poles are spaced out with just room to allow you to dance and swing to your hearts delight. After an hour we were ready for a glass of wine and a french meal underneath the Eiffel Tower over at the Paris Hotel. Would I do it again? You betcha! If you're really daring she'll teach you haw to lap dance or do a strip tease... But it's Vegas!
Dinner at Nevo is always delicious and the views of from the windows are staggeringly beautiful. After Nevo we went upstairs to the Playboy Club. The Club is fun but a little spendy (as they say in Oregon). The drinks with tax and tip are nearly $20 and the minimum bet at the tables is $25. But it is Playboy and the infamous bunny theme... the celebrity theme... is everywhere.
We met two very nice bunnies Jen and Renee who were very sweet and friendly. Funny, they reminded me of girls my daughter's age rather than international sex symbols which - I guess - is more a reflection of the years under my belt. Ultimately, it a good time, and if you're in Vegas you should give it a whirl. We left for higher ground again and went to Moon (the nightclub) but the room was young and crowded so we left for more gambling and other Vegas trappings.
The final night we hit the Sin City Comedy Club and I laughed so hard my stomach and throat hurt for two days after. The comics are wildly talented and funny. We upgraded our tickets to VIP for $11 and got front row with no standing in line. Always ask about the VIP option - they offer it just about everywhere - and many times the extra $$$ is well worth the extra experience factor.
Viva Las Vegas
Las Vegas is an adventure playground. There are so many fun and exciting things to do that you can become paralyzed with indecision. But as any seasoned Adventure Woman knows it's best to start with a plan of attack.
The first day of my Vegas trip my girlfriends and myself decided to go sky diving. What?! Yes, we decided to take the ultimate plunge! Maybe this isn't really the ultimate plunge when visiting Vegas. During my last two visits to Vegas I got married. First at the Venetian and then re-married at the Graceland Chapel by Elvis himself. Whether I felt more nervous jumping from a plane three miles up or walking down a 30 foot aisle is debatable.
Nevertheless, met at the Tropicana Hotel at 7AM and were picked up by a courtesy van. We signed release of liability papers (you jump + you die = your fault)and watched a funky video by a ZZ Top -looking bearded man. Once we arrived at the airport we suited up and waited for our plane.
I was the first one in and hence, the last one out of the plane. I was hooked (by four points) to my tandem jumping partner Scott. It seemed that we ascended forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and... We were so high I could barley make out the cars and buildings on the ground. And then the the door of the plane opens and we big jumping. It happens so fast you barely have time to think - and that may be a good thing.
When I watched the last person jump and realized it was my turn it occurred to me to change my mind and fly back to the airport. But before I knew it I was on the edge of the plane ready to jump. I kept my eyes shut and felt Scott push us forward and then we fell like rocks out of the plane. And we kept falling and falling and falling and falling... Finally I opened my eyes to see the world around me and it was beautiful. Initially it is difficult to breathe, but eventually I caught my breath and began enjoying the experience. Wow! I saw my friends beneath me with their parachutes open but mind was still shut. Oh no!
Then there was a sudden pull upward and my shoot opened and we began floating. This was absolutely exhilarating. Scott handed me the handles to guide the parachute and it was fantastic. Then we started doing twists and turns that made me scream with laughter... Before I knew it we were landing. Landing like a feather hitting the ground. It was one of the best experiences of my life. Never sky dived before? Then you have to do it. It is an adventure everyone should experience one. I loved it! Would I do it again.... ahhhh... I hope so!
The first day of my Vegas trip my girlfriends and myself decided to go sky diving. What?! Yes, we decided to take the ultimate plunge! Maybe this isn't really the ultimate plunge when visiting Vegas. During my last two visits to Vegas I got married. First at the Venetian and then re-married at the Graceland Chapel by Elvis himself. Whether I felt more nervous jumping from a plane three miles up or walking down a 30 foot aisle is debatable.
Nevertheless, met at the Tropicana Hotel at 7AM and were picked up by a courtesy van. We signed release of liability papers (you jump + you die = your fault)and watched a funky video by a ZZ Top -looking bearded man. Once we arrived at the airport we suited up and waited for our plane.
I was the first one in and hence, the last one out of the plane. I was hooked (by four points) to my tandem jumping partner Scott. It seemed that we ascended forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and... We were so high I could barley make out the cars and buildings on the ground. And then the the door of the plane opens and we big jumping. It happens so fast you barely have time to think - and that may be a good thing.
When I watched the last person jump and realized it was my turn it occurred to me to change my mind and fly back to the airport. But before I knew it I was on the edge of the plane ready to jump. I kept my eyes shut and felt Scott push us forward and then we fell like rocks out of the plane. And we kept falling and falling and falling and falling... Finally I opened my eyes to see the world around me and it was beautiful. Initially it is difficult to breathe, but eventually I caught my breath and began enjoying the experience. Wow! I saw my friends beneath me with their parachutes open but mind was still shut. Oh no!
Then there was a sudden pull upward and my shoot opened and we began floating. This was absolutely exhilarating. Scott handed me the handles to guide the parachute and it was fantastic. Then we started doing twists and turns that made me scream with laughter... Before I knew it we were landing. Landing like a feather hitting the ground. It was one of the best experiences of my life. Never sky dived before? Then you have to do it. It is an adventure everyone should experience one. I loved it! Would I do it again.... ahhhh... I hope so!
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