All Entries in the "Baby Boomer Culture" 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!
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.
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 boomers stimulate economy
The 60 percent decline in home prices in Las Vegas since 2006 has opened the door for out-of-state retirees to move to the region and stimulate the housing market, real estate observers say.
How Did We Ever Get This Far?
BoomerCafé now poses the question of every boomer’s lifetime: how did we ever get this far? From white bread to open fans to cars without seatbelts. Dave Williams has been wondering the same thing, and puts it all together in his funny look at “Surviving Childhood.”
Saying Good-Bye to Our Parents
The mothers of four different friends have died in the past month, and my own mother, 88, has turned her face to the wall. “I’m finished,” she says when I urge her to join me for a walk in the park that stretches invitingly just outside her windows. “I’ve had enough.”
Boomers Still Getting High
Tune in, turn on and drop out was the motto of many baby boomers as they revolutionized drug use such as marijuana and other illegal drugs. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that many things do not change. A government study based on data collected during 2006-08 from almost 20,000 U.S. adults born between 1946 and 1964, found that 5% of baby boomers are smoking marijuana and abusing prescription drugs
Boomers Caught Between Parents and Kids
A new study in Canada has revealed that baby boomers are finding it tough to manage their finances for parenthood and their grown up children. This has resulted in their reduced retirement savings, and increased debt levels.
