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BOOMERPDX CHOICE: LIVING YOUNG OR OLD, LIVING IN PORTLAND

March 7, 2017 by

    Help a family move an elderly parent a few times to find the BoomerPdx Choice   A few things people new to Portland can’t fathom is how living in Portland felt in the late 70’s and early 80’s. It was a dive city. A studio apartment between NW 20th and 21st on Lovejoy […]

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GENTRIFY PORTLAND RENT

July 18, 2016 by

What else goes up with gentrify Portland rent? Your blood pressure. Once upon a time the chase for the lowest rent led to some pretty sketchy dwellings. It was a contest to find the worst place for the lowest rent. A young single man seeking low rent in college is one thing. A single man […]

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PORTLAND BORN, PORTLAND WED, PORTLAND WORLD pt 2

March 22, 2016 by

Every marriage has a beginning. This is one of them. Portland Born, Portland Wed. I met my wife in early 80’s NW Portland. She was a new professional starting her first practice next to my apartment building. I should say my studio apartment, a sort of mini-pad that’s all the rage with the kids these […]

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BACK TO THE FUTURE AT 60

October 21, 2015 by

Back To The Future Or How’d You Know It Would Turn Out Like This? By 1985 the oldest baby boomers were around 40 years old. They were old hippies by then, or peppy preppies if they cut their hair and learned how to trade bonds. Yes the boomer generation was settling in quite nicely toward […]

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BOOMERPDX ARCHIVE, c. 1983

February 22, 2015 by

1-10-83 (Monday) A former Oregon governor died last Saturday. Tom McCall breathed his last in the hospital up the street. Good Samaritan. A student nurse in my building cared for him at the end. She said he’s a great guy. Everyone says it. He seems like someone you’d like to know. Oregon history’s Tom Vaughan […]

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END OF THE CHEESE STEAK TRAIL IN OREGON

January 30, 2015 by

NW 23rd and Northrup. A food obsession isn’t a pretty thing. It makes you do things you’d rather not do, go places you shouldn’t. The best example in Portland, Oregon is the famous Poc Poc in SE. Where do you go after Poc Poc? Thailand, of course, and take Anthony Bourdain with you to get […]

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PORTLAND STREETS WITH BOOMERPDX, pt 1: THE BIKE

February 27, 2014 by

A Look Back At A 1980’s Bike/Car Conflict On Northwest 21st. What do you call an apartment living, bike riding, Portlander? Today they’re called hipsters. They either bike, walk, or take mass transit like eastcoasters. Maybe hipsters have always been here, but the name sounds too lame to claim. Hippie? Okay, it’s been around. Hipster? […]

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BOOMER ON

March 30, 2013 by

YOU KNOW THE SAME FRIENDS AND LIKE THE SAME PLACES Ed, one of the most transcendent of Portland baby boomers, carried the room at a local bar. He whipped out a micro-laptop the way Elvis played guitar and he spun a web connecting the past, present, and future in his perfect boomer business style. The beer in his pint […]

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