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Carol Tice World Domination

July 9, 2013 by

Where do most people go after the World Domination Summit? Why not take what you’ve learned from Portland, Oregon and dominate the next world? Portland baby boomers do that all the time. They dominated the blues at the Waterfront Blues Festival. Dominated the Food Bank, too. Where did Carol Tice dominate? The Original.

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NW Renovation For Boomers

July 5, 2013 by

Local Website And Magazine Delivers Answers If you’re a Portland baby boomer who pays someone else to do your home repairs, you’re missing some fun. On the other hand, if you’re a boomer who loves doing it yourself, you have a friend. From my home ownership experiences, a new friend is a good thing. My […]

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THE Oregon History

July 3, 2013 by

A Good Time For A Refresher Course? Museums serve to help us understand. The good ones are a destination onto themselves. The Oregon Historical Society is fast becoming that destination. Again.

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The Blazer’s Bait

July 2, 2013 by

The NBA needs an update on the benefits of playing in Portland. Players have the wrong ideas about the Rose City. Instead of letting the fallacies surrounding the great northwest ride another season, let’s clear things up.

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Boomer Blues Backlash

July 1, 2013 by

Robert Plant Headlines Waterfront Blues Fest What’s the greatest fear of going to a Classic Rock concert? Baby boomers face this one all the time. Is it watching a dream weaver come undone in front of your eyes? That the singer shows up so out of shape they huff and puff through their set? That their […]

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Museum Boomer, pt 3

June 24, 2013 by

How To Tell If You’ve Got Enough Stuff? A sick breath exhaled from the shuttered old Fox Theater on Broadway. You could smell it from the sidewalk. It had a taste. Since any taste in the air is suspicious, it wasn’t good. Portland Museum Boomer came to pick up historical theater stuff, like the brass […]

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Pride Parade NW Boomer Style

June 19, 2013 by

You Know You’ve Arrived When: A string of parades hit town recently. The big three were the Starlight, the Rose, and the Pride Parade. Each one has it’s Portland vibe.

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Boomer College Sandwich

June 18, 2013 by

With The Grads On Both Sides My Dad graduated from college in 1960. With three kids in tow and working full time. His plan was a career in the Marine Corps like his younger brother did. My Mom had other plans. He took five years to finish his BS in General Studies, and made it sound […]

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Sutton Sorensen Rides

June 18, 2013 by

From Kung Fu Bakery To Nashville Do you have friends online? Subscribe to their blogs? Listen to their Sound Cloud? Or you say you do then delete the email on delivery. Who would know if you read and listened to everything, or not? At least you subscribed and made that effort. But what do you […]

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Michael Graves Shower

June 15, 2013 by

The Problem Seems To Be Growing Oregon boomers, along with anyone with a tile shower, know this problem. The same goes for anyone in Portland with a house painted white. Stuff grows all over. If you don’t clean it up, it keeps growing. Tile is a special problem. Sure, it looks pretty at first. Then […]

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