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PORTLAND HOUSING = BOOMER FUTURE

June 20, 2015 by

Baby Boomers And Millennials Meet In Portland Housing Future. If you graph the timeline of young to old, small living spaces appear in the beginning and end. A young single person needs a small place to crash on their down time. From work to friends to dates, ‘Youthies’ need to pack as much experience into […]

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MAGNA CARTA BIRTHDAY PARTY

June 15, 2015 by

Once Upon A Time The English People Were Heard In The Magna Carta. Weren’t They? If you could read the Magna Carta, you’d come across the part about arresting freemen for no cause. It’s the most popular part. By 1215 most freemen had had enough problems with King John. Now you needed a reason to […]

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STAMMTISCH: PORTLAND’S BAR OF THE YEAR

May 12, 2015 by

What Makes A Bar Great, And Why Stammtisch? Have you been to Germany for Octoberfest? To Prague in the Czech Republic for their famous beers? I haven’t, but plans for a beer run to Central Europe seems like a good idea. Instead of a steady diet of cathedrals, museums, and castles, why not a beer […]

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FACEBOOK: FACE OF BOOMERS

May 7, 2015 by

Was This Part Of Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Plan? You start your computer, hit a few keys and look in awe. Go the right page and you see a family reunion, high school reunion, job reunion. Boomers dig reunions. Problem neighbors? Your town, your state, is taking turns aggravating you? It all goes away on a […]

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COURTROOM FASHION HITS AND MISSES

April 28, 2015 by

What Styles Say In Courtroom Fashion. If you go to court for a serious offense, take a good look around. Who looks like a good cellmate. You’ll want to know in case things go horribly wrong. Yoga pants in court? Fanciful and fun for the gym, dojo, or Safeway, but court? Not so much. There’s […]

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ITALIAN FASHION, BOOMERPDX STYLE

April 27, 2015 by

Man-Up For A Museum Exhibit of Italian Fashion. How often does this happen: The local art museum, in this case the Portland Art Museum, puts on a fashion show in their exhibit halls. Since it’s Italian fashion it’s all gowns, one of a kind outfits, and tricky shoes. Eventually you see ready to wear pieces […]

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420 TWITTER FEED

April 20, 2015 by

Straight Dope On High Holiday From Twitter Feed. Any marketer will explain Twitter as a bet on the odds. With so many Twitter members you’ll find an audience waiting. What if you’re not selling anything, just joining and creating a twitter feed to be a part of it all? Baby boomers might join to stay […]

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DUII FOR MILLENNIALS: THE MOVIE

April 18, 2015 by

What’s The ‘You’ In DUII For Millennials? You’ve seen the ad on TV? The drunk driving ad? Two young couples out for a good time. Jackets and ties and ladies in nice dresses. Laughing, drinking. Probably have babysitters waiting to go home. More laughing. Then the drive home. The police roadblock. Nobody funny now. The […]

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PORTLAND BOOMER GARDEN

April 2, 2015 by

The right decisions for the boomer garden means sending the right signals. If it’s a weed, pull it. If it’s not, leave it alone. Couples who garden together need to agree on which is which. One way is talking it out. Another is writing it down. Hand signals work so much better and encourage more […]

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HAMMERING ART IN THE HUMAN ARCHIVE

February 28, 2015 by

Inhuman With The Human Archive: Taking It Out On A Statue This is how a museum works: You study parts of museum collections to discover gaps in time, material, and style. It’s an archive of stuff made by human, a human archive. For instance, American clocks had metal workings before the Revolutionary War. Wooden workings […]

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