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Not Guilty by Reason of Menopause
By Cafe on September 03, 2008  |  Comments 2

Not Guilty by Reason of Menopause

Menopause? If you live long enough — and you’re female — you’re gonna get it! So, when Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant wrote the book, “Not Guilty by Reason of Menopause,” she was turning a tough time into a new adventure. But the trouble, she found, is that sometimes, you have to patch things [...]

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Baby Boomer Ears: A Nation of Noise
By Cafe on September 02, 2008  |  Comments 2

Baby Boomer Ears: A Nation of Noise

Are we baby boomers getting crankier? Or just more discriminating? BoomerCafé co-founder and publisher David Henderson is wondering, why is society today so deafening?

I don’t know about you but as a baby boomer, I wonder whether America has become a noisier place, a louder society, or, is it just my age and maturity that [...]

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World’s Most Successful Street Vendor
By Cafe on August 24, 2008  |  Comments 0

World’s Most Successful Street Vendor

Sometimes, age doesn’t matter to a person who is passionate about their work, as BoomerCafé Publisher and Co-Founder David Henderson recently discovered on the streets of New York:

I found Joseph Ades — considered by many as “The World’s Most Successful Street Vendor”— by accident, while I was visiting New York City. He was pitching his [...]

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Greg's Letter from Lebanon
By Cafe on August 21, 2008  |  Comments 0

Greg’s Letter from Lebanon

Just because we are baby boomers and over age 50 doesn’t mean slowing down for many of us … certainly not BoomerCafé Co-Founder and Executive Editor Greg Dobbs. In Greg’s “day job” as news correspondent for HDNet Television, he travels the world to cover news, sometimes to dangerous places, and he shared those experiences [...]

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Baby Boomer Illicit Drug Use Increases

Bob Deans of the Cox News Service reports that, “The generation that once celebrated sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll as a rite of passage is carrying substance abuse into retirement, says a just-released U.S. government survey.
Illicit drug use shot up 116 percent during the past five years for Americans between the ages of 55 [...]

High School Reunions

High School Reunions

For many of today’s baby boomers, high school reunion is a fading memory. Not so much, though, for writer Julia Jones.

It’s that time of year again! You go to your mailbox one afternoon and there it is. Laying there, innocently looking like another bill or piece of junk mail. Then you look closer, and [...]

Scare Your Kid Out of the House!

Scare Your Kid Out of the House!

Kids coming home? AGAIN?!? GypsyNester.com has figured out the Top Ten Ways to Scare Your Boomerang Kid Out of the House!

10. Greet your child at the door naked, with a bottle of Viagra and a can of whipped cream in your hands, and shout, “Honey, I guess we can’t use the kitchen, our [...]

Loveless in Tennis Heaven

Loveless in Tennis Heaven

Some baby boomers are never stuck for something to do … even if they do it wrong. That’s how things have turned out for Laurey and Bill Boyd, who have made for themselves a “loveless” marriage … loveless, in tennis heaven.

My husband and I have rediscovered an old high school sweetheart: tennis. With [...]

Our Lady of Weight Loss

Our Lady of Weight Loss

Life and wellness coach Janice Taylor is both a boomer and a late bloomer. Why late? Because she waited ‘til her 50th birthday and then shed 50 pounds! She went on to write, “All Is Forgiven, Move On: Our Lady of Weight Loss’s 101 Fat-Burning Steps on Your Journey to Sveltesville,” and has [...]

Baby Boomer Health Advice: Bust That Gut!

Baby Boomer Health Advice: Bust That Gut!

When it comes to living a healthier life, Dorothy Packer-Fletcher is a baby boomer who knows of what she speaks. Several years ago, she cut her weight almost in half! So BoomerCafé asked her to tell us how she did it. And equally important, how she kept those pounds off. Her [...]