All Entries in the "Baby Boomers" Category
I Always Wanted to Visit Peru
At BoomerCafé, we love stories about change, namely, how baby boomers change their lives. Harvard Clinical Instructor Dr. Bill Roiter, author of Beyond Work: How Accomplished Retire Successfully, wrote to us about one woman who tried change, had a tough experience, but kept going anyway. It’s called, “I always wanted Peru.”
Amazing Boomer Menopause Diet
My oh my how our boomer bodies have changed! Humor writer Kathleen Norton didn’t take it sitting down, though. She stood up — and went to the mall. She treats us here with her “Amazing Boomer Menopause Diet: Losing weight one toe at a time.”
Why Boomers Can’t Be Put in a Box
It seems like the American marketing community is poised on the brink of an astounding discovery: the value of the post-war baby boom market!
And The Angels Wept
A couple of years ago, Rob Reiner’s movie “The Bucket List” created a buzz that became a household phrase. Baby boomers the world over now use the phrase “bucket list” to describe their list of dreams to realize. Including Charlene Anderson.
Tom Brokaw Looks at Baby Boomers
After writing of the Greatest Generation, former NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw is now reporting on ours: the Boomer Generation. And what does he say about us? Well, you can guess a thing or two from the title of Brokow’s program: “Boomer$!”
Double Social Security Benefits
How’d you like to double the size of your Social Security checks? You will goose your future retirement income if you are able to delay the start of your benefits from age 62 to 70, reports CBS MarketWatch.
Remembering Martin and Lewis
We got an email at BoomerCafé from an independent producer in Hollywood, a baby boomer named Jack Walters. Jack is restoring and digitally remastering old TV shows on which we boomers grew up – Remember the 70s.
Social Security Squeezed by Flood of Retirees
New figures show that the Social Security trust fund’s annual surplus was all but exhausted in 2009 as the recession steered hundreds of thousands of workers to retirement or claiming disability.
Younger Than You Are
If we’re going to be boomers … we mean, young boomers … we have to think young. And here’s something special for you young boomer girls: according to writer Marcia Barhydt, that means thinking about young men. Younger, maybe, than you are.
Boomers Smoking More Pot?
Some Baby Boomers aren’t giving up smoking pot as they age. Others are coming back to it as they retire, reports CBS News.
How to Find a Woman … or Not
Just because we’re older, it doesn’t always mean we’re smarter. That’s why Gary Morgenstein’s new book for guys about dating might be useful. And not just for guys.
10 Things About Social Security
It is among the most popular and important social programs in America, yet many Americans have only a vague idea about how it works. What nearly every American knows is that it’s in trouble, reports Greg Burns in The Chicago Tribune.
Baby Boomer Jobless Numbers Improve
When it comes to unemployment, Baby Boomers saw a little light at the end of the tunnel in January, reports AARP. Fewer Baby Boomers were unemployed in January than in December.
