SONOMA, Calif. -- Out in the Vineyard will host its Gay Wine Weekend 2013 in California Wine Country from June 14-16, which will feature a weekend of wine and celebration, benefiting the Sonoma County AIDS Network.

Gay Wine Weekend includes three full days of LGBT events in Northern California's magnificent Sonoma Valley, home to some of the world's most prestigious wines and wineries.

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The world famous former Cunard liner R.M.S. Queen Mary, once the undisputed Grand Dame of the North Atlantic and perhaps the most loved ocean liner of the 20th century, will be visited by the youngest Cunarder Queen Elizabeth on the evening of March 12 in Long Beach Harbor.

Retired from the sea now 45 years, the hotel and special event venue has been visited by millions of tourists. Cunard Line has never forgotten its famous former flagship and over the years has sent its ships to pay tribute to the first Queen.

SAN DIEGO -- GayTravel.com has selected Bryan Kosarek of Austin, Texas as its Season 2 GayTravel Guru.

Kosarek made it through the grueling online competition where hundreds of applicants -- including several leading candidates from San Diego -- hoped that they would be selected for the job, which provides the "guru" with a stipend to travel the world over the next year.

First, there are the warnings: "It's so far away from home." "Can you really handle being on a plane for that long?" "Be careful exchanging money, you will get ripped off." And so on and so on.

Haven't all traveling Americans heard this before when venturing into unfamiliar territories? Except the warnings sound like this when you live close to the border, like I do, in San Diego: "Mexico is so dangerous; aren't you worried about getting decapitated?" "The lines at the border are so long and it's scary if you walk or drive." You get the point, right?