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VENTURE PORTLAND, A HUG FOR THE CITY

September 11, 2014 by

More Than Business As Usual For 36 Districts. Portland began with an 1845 coin flip. At least that’s the official story. But Portland was Portland before two Easties, one from Portland Maine, the other from Boston, made their call. The clearing that became Portland was already an early business district for tribal trade. A land […]

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PORTLAND’S LITERARY AND CULTURAL DISTRICT?

September 11, 2014 by

What Does Google Say? Boston becomes the first city to designate a literary cultural district. Portland can’t be far behind since the choices at the original coin toss to name the city was either Portland, Maine, or Boston. That might not be enough to kick start a lit-district into gear, but just knowing another city […]

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INVITATION FROM PORTLAND: WHAT’S MY NAME?

September 8, 2014 by

An old Russian saying explains it this way: The much loved are called by many names. With that in mind, Portland must be much loved by the number of names it has. Stump Town. Soccer City, USA. River City. Rip City. Rose City. Beervana. Bridge City. And they all fit. Just like weather that changes […]

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THE BOOMER BOULDERING TEST

September 6, 2014 by

A Low Risk, High Reward Haven. Like all good football fans you take care of yourself. You watch what you eat and drink, then watch some more while imagining yourself capable of performing at the same level as the players you watch. That’s a lot of watching and imagining. Guys a little further away from […]

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HIKING BABY BOOMER PORTLAND, pt 1

September 4, 2014 by

Not one to miss a chance to reflect positively, I strolled Portland’s upper west side from 11th and PSU to the Central Library. It makes sense on the first Tuesday of each month. That’s when Willamette Writers, the largest writing organization in the state, holds its month meeting. I head down early on those days […]

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A MILLENNIAL EAGLE IN THE SKY

August 29, 2014 by

Score For Boomer Music…Again. Wednesday night the Eagles played the Moda Center at the Rose Quarter in Portland, Oregon. Rock Royalty came to town to play the hits from a long career, but they are a different breed than most royals. First off, they’re not English, so they could care less about royalty. The Rolling […]

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THE LAST GENERATION (before the internet)

August 23, 2014 by

The Moment Of Internet Conception. Being the last of anything signals a changing of the guard, but the last generation before the internet? Is this special? It’s not the last Civil War, or WWI, veteran. It’s not the last generation before electric lights. If baby boomers are the last generation before the internet, then we’re […]

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BOOMER DENIABILITY: WE DIDN’T LIGHT THE FIRE

August 22, 2014 by

We Know Where The Matches Are Though. Believable generational research relies on strong academic studies, insurance statistics, and the federal census. This triumvirate of detailed minutia creates a colorless picture of the past. Instead of men in grey flannel suits, it looks like grey men in flannel, lines of them. Baby Boomer research is the […]

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BABY BOOMER LIFE COACH: CHIP KELLY

August 18, 2014 by

Eat Right And Get Enough Sleep? Kelly Would Have Said The Same To Rocky. Does it get any easier than this? Don’t load up your plate three times at dinner and drop into a food coma in front of the television. You don’t need a coach to tell you that. Or do you? Be a […]

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OREGON COACHING SCANDALS

August 5, 2014 by

If the old shower whizzer could do it right, what’s wrong with the rest of the coaches? When athletes get paid huge sums to play their game, people pay attention. The money draws eyes to see if a player is worth the investment. It’s the opposite of rec-league friends and parents in the stands. The […]

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