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Sweeties Awards Weekend

Sweet Feb 2

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You’re all incredible women with incredible gifts. That’s why we’ve created the Sweet San Francisco Weekend to honor your contributions on vacation and at home and have an amazing four-day weekend, March 22-25, 2012.

An LGBT hotbed (mecca is so overused), San Francisco prides itself on its pride. Of course, it’s landscape is as gorgeous as its lesbian community. From Golden Gate Park to the Golden Gate, you’ll marvel at San Francisco’s unmatched beauty and living history. Explore this wondrous city with the women of Sweet during our fun and friendship-filled weekend.

Please nominate your favorite Sweeties and tell us why they should be Sweetie of the Year.

Out of towners, we don’t care where you sleep (or even if you sleep), but we’ve arranged a nice rate for you at our homebase, the Galleria Park Hotel.

We look forward to toasting your accomplishments and exploring the gorgeous San Francisco Bay Area with you.

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Tags: 2012, San Francisco, The Sweeties

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Short & Sweet packing list

Sweet Jan 20

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Whoo hoo! It’s finally time to pack for our Short & Sweet Bahamas Cruise. Thanks to the warm Gulf Stream currents and balmy tradewinds, the Islands Of The Bahamas are blessed with a semi-tropical climate. Typical temperatures range from 70 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit. While we can give no guarantees regarding rain, rainfall is most unlikely from November through April. Water temperatures range from the low-80s in the summer to the mid-70s in winter.

We are doing a city tour followed by a visit to Ranfurly Homes for Children in Nassau. Click for details on our community service project. Please consider bringing donations from the wish list even if you don’t want to join us.

Here’s a list of things you don’t want to forget:
• Toiletries: Razor, lotion, make up (or not), hair ties, toothbrush, toothpaste, topsy tail, hair brush, mousse, gel, Advil, Extenze, tampons / pads, Q-Tips, etc.
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Sweet’s Golden Kitty trifecta

Sweet Jan 10

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For the third year in a row, Sweet cleans up at the Golden Kitty Awards on the Lesbian Lounge on MyLesbianRadio.com. Hosted by the effervescent and effulgent Denise and Donna, the Lesbian Lounge features interviews with prominent lesbians as well as everything you need to know to clean your toilet. Tune in Wednesdays, 7-9pm Pacific Time or download the podcast and listen later.

This year, Sweet took home three awards. Its third crown for Best Lesbian Travel Company plus Kitties for Shannon Wentworth for Best Eco-Gay and Shannon Wentworth and Anne Evans for Best Lesbian Couple (along with Sweeties Cathy DeBuono and Jill Bennett who were recognized for their bad-ass coupledom as well).

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Sweet Holiday Helpers

Sweet Nov 21

holidayhelpers Sweet Holiday Helpers

Everyone knows that Sweeties like to engage in good deeds wherever they travel, but did you know that this holiday season you can get involved closer to home? That’s right! Whether you’re in New England or New Mexico, living in West Hollywood or on West 57th, you can be a part of the Sweeties Holiday of Giving!

WEST COAST
On the west coast, Darcie Takeuchi is leading the efforts to support At the Crossroads (ATC). ATC hits the streets nightly after the sun has gone down in many of San Francisco’s toughest neighborhoods, providing outreach services to homeless youth. Email Darcie to find out how you can help support ATC. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Sweet Holiday Helpers, volunteer

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The Goods: Sweet Reads

Jen Rainin Nov 18

I am a reader. I’m one of those people who always has a stack of books on my nightstand and actually reads all of them, slowly but surely, and usually mostly on a plane or a beach. Read the rest of this entry »

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Sweeties operate, literally

Sweet Nov 4

Shannon Wentworth and Turtle Chairez having a post-op Coke and a smile.

BY SHANNON WENTWORTH
As I stood at the operating table, holding a feral cat’s uterus in clamps, I thought, “I have the best job ever!”

On our recent Isla Mujeres resort vacation, we did our most ambitious project yet. We trapped, sterilized and released feral cats. It was a three-part, three-day project.

Before we left, Sweeties, two nurses and one super awesome veterinarian teamed up to rustle up the supplies and the cash. Once we got there, we joined with four of the island’s most fierce defenders of cats, Lupita, Josefina, Paloma and Mildred, to capture these wild felines. While they look all cute and fuzzy, they are not like the housecats we’re used to in the United States. As soon as the trap closes on them, they are all hisses and teeth and claws. Blessedly, they calm down if you cover them with a towel.
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Tags: Shannon Wentworth, Sweet Somethings

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