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Baby Boomer Icons via Boomerpdx

November 18, 2013 by

We all want the game-changer on our team, the person who hits the homer, wins the race, the one who makes a difference. Any list is full of the greats and near greats and it’s hard to go wrong. But what about those whose labors created the foundation of the future, whose work reveals the […]

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Hillsdale Paella vs La Pepica Paella

November 11, 2013 by

Portland Oregon or Valencia Spain? With any luck Baby Boomers outgrow their bad food childhoods. Learning a new name for those food memories helps. One tortuous dish on the kid menu was called Spanish Rice. It was minute rice, tomato sauce, hamburger, and huge chunks of kryptonite green pepper. No one called it paella. No […]

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Portland: Track Town North Makes A Run For Hyatt Hotel And More

November 6, 2013 by

A stepping stone is a good thing for someone taking a step. Not so good for the stone. It’s never a win-win deal when the stepping stone is a person, place, or thing. Sports can be a great stepping stone. How many times have you heard a high school football player say, “If I wasn’t playing football I […]

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Love Shines On Broadway

September 22, 2013 by

And Keeps Shining On. Hey there Delilah what’s it like in New York City I’m a thousand miles away But girl tonight you look so pretty, yes you do Times Square can’t shine as bright as you, I swear it’s true

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Environmental Working Group and NW Boomer

September 3, 2013 by

One is a guide for healthier living and toxin awareness. The other is a lifestyle guide for better Boomer living. They meet where the rubber hits the road, or the food hits the table, or the eye shadow hits the skin. Where one guide is for everyone seeking a less toxic choice in a more […]

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The Boomer Roomer

June 12, 2013 by

You see yourself as a caring baby boomer? If you live in Portland, Oregon, add a twist to keep it weird enough to fit in. Your kids are grown, maybe moved out. Your parents haven’t moved in with you and you haven’t moved in with them. Call it living the dream with your wife, husband, […]

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Boomer House

June 7, 2013 by

First Published On Boomercafe.com (click on over)   Memo to young families: Pay attention to other parents as the years pass. You’ll see them again. My kids are in their twenties now, but for one pre-school birthday we invited kids and moms from the class. I was too busy on the ‘entertainment’ side and didn’t notice the adults. Working […]

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AUTHORS FOR BOOMERPDX

January 25, 2013 by

Is A Writer’s Birth Order Important Or Not? Zelda? To create better context for Dead White Male Authors, or DWMA, Boomerpdx and Think Tank 121 offers 20th Century giants of letters’ birth order to the general public. Director of Writing / Maintenance, Story Teller, no relation of the physicist Edward Teller, presented a paper from […]

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