1. Destination Kohler – Food & Wine Experience (www.destinationkohler.com/food/food.html) : If you consider yourself to be an oenophile (i.e. you like sampling the grapes) or you like really good food, take a trip to Kohler, Wisconsin (an hour north of Milwaukee) for this Oct. 25-27 event. Chefs slated to attend include the dashing Todd English and Keith Famie, who competed on “Survivor: Outback.” The site tells you practically everything you want or need to know.
2. Coming Out and Staying Out
(www.gmhp.demon.co.uk/coming-out/) : Although this site is British-based, it confronts universal issues regarding how people can deal with the sometimes torturous process of revealing that they never loved Sarah down the street (or, for lesbians, maybe that they did). (After all, National Coming Out Day is Oct. 11.) Gay Stories: Coming Out (www.bibble.org/gay/stories/comingout.html) may also be useful.
I’m at turn_it_up@hotmail.com.