Boomeresque:Definition
1. Adj.: Describing a person born between 1 Jan. 1946 and 31 Dec. 1964
2. Adj.: Description of a person, place or thing possessing Baby Boomer je ne sais quoi
3. See also, Boomer, Esq.: A Baby Boomer who is also a licensed attorney (See, e.g., About).

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Zentangle Diva’s Challenge #192 – Out of (South) Africa Edition

November 4, 2014 24 comments

Knysa, South Africa

Last week, the Zentangle Diva challenged us to use the tangle “Betweed” (Weekly Challenge #191). Last Monday, my husband and I were in Port Elizabeth, South Africa overnight before a flight to the northeastern part of the country (adjacent to Kruger National Park) for an animal viewing safari at the Thorny Bush Game Reserve. I […]

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Zentangle Diva’s Challenge #190 – Cheetahs, Baboons and Penguins (Oh My) Edition

October 22, 2014 51 comments

cheetah outreach cape town south africa

This week’s challenge by the Zentangle Diva is in honor of her grandmother, Ardath, who succumbed to breast cancer. The challenge was to use the color pink in Zentangle Inspired Art (ZIA) to honor loved ones we’ve lost to breast cancer and those who are survivors. I’d also like to dedicate my composition to medical […]

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Zentangle Diva’s Weekly Challenge #189 – 35,000 Feet Edition

October 16, 2014 40 comments

South Africa Airlines

The Zentangle Diva’s challenge this week was to use the tangle Yuma by CZT Tina Akua. Working on this challenge helped keep me somewhat sane during a 15 hour non-stop flight in an economy seat, flying from JFK Airport in New York to Johannesburg, South Africa. I had to incorporate a few turbulence induced squiggles, but that’s […]

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Take Your Holiday in Turkey Off the Beaten Path

September 25, 2014 4 comments

Daylan Turkey mud baths at Lake Koycegiz

If you are visiting Turkey on holiday, there are some places that are are on most travelers’ “must see” list. Among them are the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Mount Nemrut, the Blue Mosque, and, of course, the Hagia Sophia. If you are seeking sun and relaxation, you might head to the Turkish Riviera along Turkey’s Aegean […]

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Zentangle Diva’s Weekly Challenge #185 (Budapest, Hungary Edition)

September 15, 2014 19 comments

The Diva’s challenge this week was to create  a “duotangle” using only Phicops and DivaDance. I’m still a relative newbie at tangling, having never attended a Zentangle class, so I had never worked with either of these tangles before. That’s OK. It forced me to learn two new tangles and to simplify. I completed this […]

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My Boomer Baby: Meet Mr. Excitement

August 24, 2014 232 comments

angel statue, chapultepec park, Mexico City

Updated April 15, 2020 Friends and relatives Readers who have been following this blog know that my husband frequently appears in my blog posts as “Mr. Excitement”. I hope new readers will continue to somehow find themselves at Boomeresque, so I think Mr. Excitement finally deserves an introductory blog post. (Especially because I’ve already written two about […]

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Reflections: Honolulu, Hawaii

August 14, 2014 83 comments

Mr. Excitement and I had the good fortune to be in Honolulu, Hawaii during one of the worst Philadelphia winters in years. After our month-long trip to Southeast Asia in January, in February we arrived in Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oahu to start Mr. Dr./Professor Excitement’s three month sabbatical at the University of […]

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What’s Up with Wats in Chiang Mai, Thailand?

March 14, 2014 59 comments

Seated and standing Buddhas at Wat Suan Dok, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Our 40 hour marathon trip from Philadelphia ended in Chiang Mai, a small city  in northern Thailand. After a decent night’s sleep in a real bed and a slow morning, we set off to find out what’s up with wats in this former capital of the ancient Lanna empire. (I was on the fence about […]

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Philadelphia Phriday – Wissahickon Valley Park

October 26, 2013 45 comments

Waterfall in Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia

Many Boomeresque readers know that before I was a travel blogger, I was (and still am, sometimes), a Boomer, Esq. — that is, an attorney of a certain age. Confession: I didn’t love law school. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story famously said:  “The law is a jealous mistress and requires a long and constant courtship”. (Well, […]

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Brigantine, New Jersey — Where Lawn Ornaments Go To Die

August 14, 2013 69 comments

We raised our sons in a leafy green suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The houses had lawns, but no lawn ornaments, except for perhaps dueling candidate signs during elections. In the arc of my Baby Boomer life, I’m not sure exactly when I stopped seeing politically incorrect and/or cheesy statues on people’s front lawns, but it […]

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