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BOOMERPDX DISCRIMINATION PROFILE

Two men walked into the bar, silhouettes against the glaring sun.                   They looked like two weekend yard guys at happy hour. Jeans and t-shirts, mid-fifties. In different clothes they’d fit into any country club. Tight hair and smooth shaves do that. One ordered a black and […]

BOOMER SUMMER SKIN CARE

Higher Temperatures Call For Baby Boomer Summer Skin Care. Skin is a living organ. It’s stuff that continually regenerates itself. If that’s hard to believe, scratch your arm over something dark. Look, you’re exfoliating and didn’t even know it. New skin sounds pretty good, like no maintenance. Baby boomers know better. We’ve been outside in […]

SUKES OF HAZZARD

Primetime With The Sukes Of Hazzard. No Isaac? Athletes convey confidence. They ooze it. The greater the achievement, the higher the confidence. And much more oozing. Radio guys either bring the ooze, or they learn it well enough to fool the rest of us. Big Suke of Portland sports talk radio seems to have done […]

PORTLAND HOUSING = BOOMER FUTURE

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 […]

BOOMERPDX COOKING TIPS

From Foodie To Finish, Cooking Tips for Boomers. Everyone’s done this: You sit down to eat and the plate looks so beautiful you take a picture and post it. You want to share the perfection if not the calories. None of pictures look the same, but they all look delicious. That’s only part of the […]

BOOMERPDX DIET TIP

Five things to stop eating? Or zero? That’s A BoomerPdx Diet Tip. C – carbonated drinks R – refined sugar A – artificial sweeteners &colors P – processed foods Why stop eating anything? White bread, white rice, pasta. Sugar and cream. Stop eating that? Too controversial. Food is nutritional, cultural, and historical. Bread means farming […]

10 BOOMER HEALTH NOTICES

What To Know, What To Ignore For Boomer Health. 1. You weigh too much. Extra weight stresses your knees and hips, your ankles and heart. Too much weight is a golden ticket for Type 2 Diabetes. Why not go away and mind your own business? 2. You’re too thin. Thin people have a greater threat […]

STAMMTISCH: PORTLAND’S BAR OF THE YEAR

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 […]

HOW TO BEAT STRESS TV

Feeling Anxious? Overwhelmed? It Could Be Stress TV. Most of the time competition makes it clear who winners and losers are. It’s not a guessing game. In auto races the first one across the finish line is the winner. Waving a checkered flag helps. If that’s not enough, watch for someone gargling milk at the […]

GET STARTED, KEEP IT GOING

Two of the hardest  words to learn in the English language: Get Started. Most get started after they’re told what to do. “Stand up. Put one foot in front of the other. Repeat. Get started now.” It’s that easy and that hard to get started. With the reported obesity epidemic sweeping the nation’s youth why […]