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KAUAI MUSIC: KEKAI CHOCK AT SMITH’S GARDEN LUAU

March 23, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Kauai music comes from the rhythm of the waves, the sudden rain squall, and Kekai Chock at Smith’s Garden Luau. I was there with Kauai Team Two after cruising the Wailua River to the Fern Grotto. They were looking around while I watched our seats once the crowd started filing in. From my part of […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: aloha jazz lounge, beautiful guitar, Django, GUITAR, guitar stories, Hawaii, kaikona, kauai, kauai music, kekai chock, luau, music, music winner, smith family, smiths garden luau, travel

GRAND CANYON KAUAI vs GRAND HYATT KAUAI

March 17, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The Grand Canyon of anywhere is a place I want to see. From the Columbia Gorge in Oregon, the Colorado River Gorge in Arizona, or Mt. St. Helens in Washington, I’ve got a new grand. But you’ve got to get up early to see the Waimea Canyon; not so early for the Grand Hyatt.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomers, BOOMER, boomers, good story, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon kauai, grand hyatt, grand Hyatt kauai, Hawaii, mexican food, tourist, travel, Waimea canyon

FERAL WILDLIFE ON LAND AND SEA

March 16, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Feral wildlife has not run amok. Just ask Surf Chicken. It’s his beach, his island. Not yours.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: animals, chickens, feral wildlife, fish, Hawaii, kauai, land and sea, ticket updates, travel, travel plans, wildlife

SHOWING UP vs BEING PRESENT

March 14, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Showing up means being present? Not today. It means being ready, being there, right there, right where you planned on being. Is that where you are? Right now? If not, why not?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby beach, be different, blogger, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, Hawaii, hawaiian beach, islands, kauai, Oregon, resort people, sea turtles, short term rentals, show up, showing up, travel, underwater

BETTER MAN FOR WHO, FOR WHAT?

February 20, 2023 by David Gillaspie

If someone asks you to be a better man, not their Best Man, what do you say? What do you do? You could agree to make a better effort. Or you could let it go. Either way, you’ve got a problem. Then what?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomers, best friend, best friends, better man, BOOMER, boomerpdx, boomers, friend, improve yourself, make a difference, mankind, MARRIAGE, married, men, wife

MUSICAL ENDURANCE CLASS FOR THE NON-MUSICAL

February 11, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Musical endurance means hitting the same note over and over the rest of your life. Sounds easy, right? Because it is. If you were one of the gifted, the lucky, the special, you started early and have been doing it your whole life. However, if that’s not you, play the blues in E. That’s your […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomers, BOOMER, endurance, GUITAR, guitar player, guitars, music, musical endurance

WORKING TOGETHER IN THE BEAVER STATE

February 1, 2023 by David Gillaspie

A call for working together won’t make you a homer, a weakling, or manager. For now, let’s say it’s a call to ‘police up’ your area, clean up your mess. Do you know about policing up your area? It’s not about giving yourself a police badge.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Army, beaver state, best friends, BOOMER, Coos Bay, cultural exchange, fort sam, high school wrestling, japan, judo, marshfield pirates, Portland, San Antonio, self storage, sharing time, soldier's story, sports, taekwondo, together, work out, working, working together, wrestling

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH TOO CLOSE TO HOME?

January 21, 2023 by David Gillaspie

A neighborhood watch group creates a bond. People looking out for the best interest of others? That’s the glue holding communities together. But things get a little sticky when they turn on you. It started with walking the dog.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby, boomerpdx, communities, dog, grandkids, mernace, neighborhood watch, Oregon, Portland, social interactions, threatening, threatening menace

AMERICAN DREAM — 2023: THE GOLDEN RULE

January 16, 2023 by David Gillaspie

THE American Dream remains the same: Be Somebody. Be someone you’re proud of. If you’ve been the good example bringing someone back from the edge, keep it up. If you’re the reason someone was out there, keep reading.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: all-america, America, American Dream, american dreamer, american flag, American History, blogger, boomerpdx, care, civil rights, Civil War, equality, Gettysburg, golden rule, historical, historical reality, Martin Luther King Jr, public school, true history

LIFE RESET? WHERE TO START

December 17, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Does a life reset sound pretty good right about now? Has your fear of missing out taken over? Before you go all in on a reset, consider this: Are you who you think you are?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomers, blogger, boomers, life reset, mental health, mid-life, mid-life crisis, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon, suicide, the edge