OMG, this clip of this year's USAG Stuttgart 4th of July celebrations brings back a flood of memories for me of my time at Patch Barracks (Feb 86 to Aug 90), Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany. Gained a lot of international community and civic relations public affairs experience at Headquarters, U.S. European Command. Met and fell in love with the man of my dreams ... Christian Beat M. de Wirt (20 May 1949 to 6 Dec 1986).

What a wonderful way to celebrate "LGBT Equality" in proud, strong voices to mark Gay Pride in London, England in July 2017!!

Going to San Diego's Gay Pride Weekend, July 14-16, with Ray G. ... we're really looking forward to the weekend in San Diego and our new business partnership/venture which we are starting out on together, as well. Am reejoining Primerica (a financial services marketing company ... listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange as PRI with a closing price as of July 3, 2017 of $76.90) with the "AIM" to open the first ever Primerica (field) office in Palm Springs ... serving "Main Street People" in both the LGBT/non-LGBT communities. (More details to follow!!) I am going to make this year's San Diego Gay Pride the real deal ... get VIP event tickets for the 15th and 16th, stay at Marriott Residence Inn in the Downtown/Gas Light District and do much, much more!! (I am feeling exhausted just thinking about it all.) Hopefully, I will be coming back to Palm Springs/home with lots of great pictures we hope to share with all our FB friends and family. P.S. Yes, I will still be helping present/future travel and event clients as well as friends and family get the best buy for their travel dollars thru "Concierge Travel and Event Planning with Alan." I can multi-task with the best of them ... LOL!!

Hale Koa bound with my niece, Nicole (Niki) Fau, Sep 10-15 to help me celebrate the 27th anniversary of my 39th birthday. We will be flying solo to HNL (Honolulu). Niki will be flying into HNL on Alaska Air by way of Seattle (I had/have a lot of travel certificates). I will be coming into HNL with American Airlines by way of Phoenix ... however we will meet up at the HNL airport around 2:30-ish on the 10th in Baggage Claim area. It will be Niki's first time to Honolulu and Waikiki Beach (and my umpteenth time ... LOL). There will be a lot for us to see and do besides looking at cute military boys at this U.S. Armed Forces Recreation Hotel (directly on Waikiki Beach) ... Pearl Harbor, the Polynesian Cultural Center, Hula's (the Gay Bar on Waikiki Beach) and much, much more. In addition, I am taking Niki to the Hale Koa to celebrate her entrance to UCLA this October where she wants to major in Psychology ... go Niki!! (I am so proud of you girl!!)

Amazing voices celebrating the birthday of the United States of America and the many freedoms its citizens and other residents enjoy!!

Happy 4th of July to all my friends and family both in the U.S. and overseas!!

Family vacation time is well underway across America again. So, many of my travel clients, friends and even "strangers on the street" ... are asking me (a Concierge Travel and Event Planner with 20-plus years hands on travel industry experience) ... "How can I get the most bang for my vacation dollar today?" I tell them to take a good look at these four "Budget-Friendly Traveling Tips" from "Ask Primerica." They work!!

According to the last census, Palm Springs has 115 gay couples per 1,000 households (the third highest rate in the U.S.), and that's just the domesticated tip of the iceberg."