HSSS.tv’s Aaron “AHizz” went behind the scenes with Smashburger owner Tom Ryan at the VIP pre-opening shindig of Smashburger’s new Hillcrest location. Apron – check. Meat – check. Spatula – check. Smasher – check. Aaron got his smash on, working the grill like a pro…giving their lead cooks a run for their money. Stop by Smashburger in Hillcrest for one of the best hamburgers you’ll ever stuff down your cakehole. Oh, and don’t forget the milk shakes, they’re nomnom! (please forgive the sound, it was loud in there.) Read More
Congratulations to our brothers and sisters in New York State who now have the freedom to marry the one they love! I watched the LiveStream on pins & needles and listened to some very passionate, powerful speeches, including Senator Grisanti who, despite his strong Catholic conviction, believed that NO ONE should be denied the right to marry the one they love and receive all the rights & protections afforded that union. Shortly after 10:30PM (Eastern time) on Friday, June 24, 2011, four days shy of the 42nd anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village – the riots that ignited the LGBT equality movement – New York State Senate, in a vote of 33-29, approved marriage equality. Read More
Yep, you read that right! We made primetime TV, baby. Remember back about six months ago you heard us rambling on & on about filming with the Bump! crew from LOGO? Well, the show finally premiered nationwide on Wednesday, March 9, and we’re happy to share it here with you now…you know, just in case you forgot to set your DVRs. Bump – the ultimate gay travel companion – is the world’s first LGBT travel and lifestyle television series presenting new, gay-friendly destinations in each episode with a stylish, fun & upbeat twist. The show airs internationally on OutTV, LOGO, Here and others. San Diego was the featured destination in episode 5 of the series’ 5th season. So, they’ve been around and know exactly how to have fun no matter where in the world they go. Read More
Stampp with Madame Secretary Hillary Clinton
If you don’t know Stampp Corbin, you should. We had him on the show a couple months ago and he was a riot! Stampp’s an international business & community leader, philanthropist, political activist and one of my favorite oenophiles – we both like white, chilled, thank you. He’s walked the hallways of Stanford, Harvard and the White House and isn’t the least bit pretentious about it. He’s a smart, savvy and driven entrepreneur who has founded, run and sold several multi-million dollar IT companies. He’s served on the Boards of the Human Rights Campaign, Easter Seals and Mount Carmel Hospitals, was a National Advisor to the Small Business Administration during the Clinton Administration and the Co-Chair of the National LGBT Leadership Council for Obama’s Presidential campaign. And, even though Stampp is an out and proud gay man now living in San Diego and producing the city’s only LGBT weekly newsmagazine, the recently launched San Diego LGBT Weekly, he’s rubbed elbows with some big-time leading ladies the likes of Hillary (Clinton,) Michelle (Obama) and two-time Tony Award-winner Tonya (Pinkens,)…and that’s just a few of them. Read More
