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Baby Boomers And Booze: The Test

With Thanksgiving a day away it’s time to change the boomer diet and fitness channel? Here at boomerpdx the answer is, “Why?” If you’re on a roll, keep rolling. Whether you’re losing weight and feeling good, making changes that matter, or just feel like annoying others with important data, don’t stop. One way to make […]

Portland Tech Town Makes Room For Startup Weekend

Portland, Oregon, the ultimate startup, began with a coin flip. The coin was a penny, a big penny, but still a penny. One man’s loss was another man’s city name. Boston, Oregon never sounds right. Since then, Portland’s been fertile ground for startups large and small. First the big, then the bigger to really big.

Too Expensive For Boomer Exercise? Probably Not

Breaking Down The Numbers (approximate values) What to do about rising co-pays, premiums, and fees from the insurance and medical billing? First, make an appointment with a Naturopathic Doctor for a baseline health analysis. Find an ND you like. Here’s mine. Then find a gym.

Portland Leaders, Admired & Respected

The Portland Business Journal Makes The Call. Local business leaders know they’ve done something right when the Business Journal singles them out in their yearly round up. The work they do is often the face Oregon shows the rest of the world. Instead of media interpretations on television, the Business Journal highlights show a different reality […]

Boomer Exercise Translations, pt 2

Get Strong, Stay Strong. But First, A Cup Of Tea. Continued from Part 1. (From the original English.) Spring.org.uk.com listed twenty things exercise does. Baby boomer fitness works right in there. Those three words, baby and boomer and fitness, have become code for erectile dysfunction. Does exercise help ED? How can it hurt? 10. Helps with […]

Average American Man = Fat?

This is what it looks like my boomers. Average American from The Atlantic. The artist compares Average American, named Todd, to other countries. Do you agree with this interpretation, or is there something missing?

Marine Corps Means Fine Food?

Who has better food advice, an organic gardener, a holistic butcher, or the Marine Corps? The shocking answer is all three since the Marine Corps is all about good nutrition. What? No more SOS (Sh#t On A Shingle), boiled baloney, or powdered eggs? Since when did a Drill Instructor give a damn about food? When […]

Museum Boomers, pt 1

What To Do When You Say Enough To Stuff? Stuff comes to us in different ways. Sometimes we find it, sometimes we buy it. When we get too much stuff we have to make choices. If we have good stuff, we should make good choices. Baby boomers like making good choices. Giving stuff to museums […]

Your Chiseled Core

or, You Haven’t Seen The Sights In A While? Maybe it’s a boomer thing, or a Portland baby boomer thing, but middle aged men with abs seems a little too much. True story: I’m sitting in the sauna and a guy walks in behind his chiseled abs. He’s no boomer, so his shorts droop. With […]

BOOMER FOUNDATION

or, HOW MY EIGHTY SIX YEAR OLD MOTHER IN LAW OUT-WALKS YOU You’ve heard the saying “You can’t know someone until you’ve walked in their shoes.” For Portland baby boomers it might be Birkenstocks with socks, which I like. You walk in their footsteps. Or take their path. What’s it mean?