For all you Leaf Peepers, September is here and the fall foliage reports are being updated. Below is a list of those websites that predict the weeks of the various autumn color stages -

• Maine Foliage Report
• New Hampshire Foliage Report for 2007
• Vermont Fall Foliage Report
• Massachusetts Fall Foliage Report begins September 14, 2007
• Connecticut Fall Foliage Report begins September 17, 2007
• Rhode Island Fall Foliage Report
• New York Fall Foliage Report begins September 12, 2007 - (leaf guide)
• Pennsylvania Weekly Fall Foliage Leaf Report
• Virginia Fall Foliage Report begins October 1, 2007
• Northern California Fall Foliage Report begin September 21, 2007
• USDA Fall Foliage Report

Celebrate long-term gay relationships! That is what Jim Brochu and Steve Schalchlin are doing in their award-winning two-man musical-comedy show, “The Big Voice: God or Merman?,” at San Francisco’s New Conservatory Theatre Center.

The San Francisco Chronicle says that Brochu and Schalchlin’s 22-year relationship are at the heart of the show. The characters are in a long-term, gay relationship but they cannot legally express the commitment to one another the way the heterosexual community can.

Ed Decker, New Conservatory Theatre Center’s artistic and executive director says, “‘Big Voice’ really is for everybody,” he adds. “Jim and Steve are a gay couple who have been together for a long time, but their life experience speaks to a universal truth of relationships and how we bond with one another and what sort of ignites our imagination, how we survive together with our friends, with our partners, with our lovers.”

“Big Voice” promises music, laughs and an honest look at long-term gay relationships. But you must act quickly. Big Voice is in previews Aug. 1-3 and runs Aug. 4-19.

San Diego is the perfect destination for families where you can easily mix a day in the great outdoors and still take in a museum or two. It is known for its beautiful year round weather where the average daily temperature is 70.5 degrees Fahrenheit (21.4 degrees Celsius). What makes San Diego an even more perfect vacation destination is, that within a very short traveling distance, you can enjoy coastal, mountain and desert environments all in the space of one day.

What better way to unwind and relax than on the San Diego beaches? San Diego boasts 70 miles of beach where families can swim, surf, snorkel, play volleyball, or just lie in the sun, a perfect spot for both parents and kids to enjoy a vacation day.

However, if the beach is too low key for you, San Diego has many other attractions to choose from.

LEGOLAND California, is a 128-acre theme park featuring more than 50 interactive attractions and rides that kids can push, pull, steer, pedal, squirt, climb, or build their way through a wonderland of activities.

SeaWorld San Diego, located on Mission Bay, is a 189-acre park featuring six major shows, fascinating attractions and dozens of exhibits containing marine life from around the globe.

San Diego’s Balboa Park is the largest urban cultural park in the United States. It has been referred to as the “Smithsonian of the West.” The park is the home to 85 cultural attractions, including 15 museums, 8 gardens and the San Diego Zoo. The Old Globe Theatre, modeled after Shakespeare’s Old Globe in London, is located within the park. The theatre has 3 stages, including an outdoor theater, where 15 plays and musicals are presented each year including its highly-regarded Shakespeare festival.

Also inside Balboa Park you will find The San Diego Zoo. The zoo is a world-famous 100-acre tropical garden that houses 4,000 animals of 800 rare and exotic species. Popular zoo activities include a three-mile guided bus tour, sky tram, children’s petting zoo, and baby animal nursery.

Parking at Balboa Park is free, but space fills quickly on weekends and during the summer. Overflow parking can be found on the streets surrounding the heart of Balboa Park on Park Blvd and Sixth Avenue. No matter where you park, the walk to the park is great but if you prefer to ride, free shuttles are available, just look for the signs.

Hillcrest, the Gay Heart of San Diego, is only minutes from Balboa Park with just a short drive from the downtown area. Also downtown is the Historic Heart of San Diego, the Gaslamp Quarter. Here you will find Petco Park which is the home of the San Diego Padres. This area is primarily straight, but gays feel welcome.

Located 30 miles northeast of downtown San Diego, the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park is a 1,800-acre preserve where wild animals roam free over vast expanses as they would in their native habitats of Africa and Asia.

If shopping is your form of entertainment, you will not be disappointed. Fashion Valley is the best, with Mission Valley only a few miles away. Horton Plaza (The heart of downtown) is a must see for the architecture. Also, there is the Las Americas Outlet mall located right next to the border of US and Mexico, and outlet malls at Vejas casino.

For all you Wizard of Oz fans, L. Frank Baum, who was the author of the book, did much of his writing at the Hotel Del Coronado. It is said that he based his designs for the Emerald City on the hotel. Baum is also credited with designing the crown chandeliers that hang in the Crown Room of the hotel.

Other must sees: the small “island” town of Coronado and La Jolla. In La Jolla you will find the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Main Gallery, upscale shopping and restaurants, and the seal pool which is a cove where seals nurse their pups.

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SanDiego.org is offering discount coupons so that you can enjoy more of what San Diego has to offer for the gay family friendly vacation:

• SeaWorld - 2 days of fun for the price of 1
• $5 off up to six one-day adult or child admissions - LEGOLAND California
• Rent 2 kayaks, get the 3rd FREE! - San Diego Bike & Kayak Tours Inc.