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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Baby Boomer Ibiza Holidays – Not Just For Hard Partying Millennials

May 21, 2015 0 comments

City of Ibiza World Heritage Site

Visitors to Spain seeking warmth, beaches and even history and culture, do not have to confine themselves to the mainland. From the United Kingdom and from other cities in Europe, you can not only book flights directly to Spain and her mainland cities, but also directly to Ibiza, one of the Mediterranean Balearic Islands off […]

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Zentangle Diva’s Challenge #218 — Back in Blanes on the Costa Brava Edition

May 19, 2015 36 comments

Marimurtra Botanical Gardens, Blanes, Catalunya, Costa Brava, Spain

[Not sure what Zentangle is? Start here.] This week, the Zentangle Diva (Laura Harms) challenged us to produce a white on black Zentangle tile (composition). I have to admit, I don’t love working in white on black. None of my white drawing implements deliver the control I find with my Sakura black pigma micron pens, […]

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Zentangle Diva’s Challenge #217 – “I’m Baaacck” from Catalunya, Spain Edition

May 12, 2015 24 comments

Despite having a seriously challenging week during which her young son was hospitalized with viral pneumonia, Laura Harms, the Zentangle Diva, managed to post her weekly challenge. She celebrates her 35th birthday this week. Our challenge was to create a duo tangle using the tangles Dex (3 letters) and Bunzo (5 letters). 35—get it?? It’s […]

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A Visit to Málaga on the Costa del Sol, Spain (Lemonade Edition)

January 31, 2015 32 comments

The Alcazaba of Malaga, Spain

The city of Málaga on Spain’s famed southern Costa del Sol (Sun Coast) is a very popular destination for tourists in search of the sun, especially sun-starved Brits who are reliably identifiable because they are the pale people wearing shorts and sandals (sometimes with socks ouch) in February as the locals bundle up in their […]

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Traveling through History

August 22, 2013 26 comments

Athens Acropolis from the Agora

Revised October 6, 2019. I have been probably rightfully accused of being a very serious Baby Boomer (i.e. boring, but reliable), a founding member of Mr. and Mrs. Excitement. However, I do try to add a little levity to most some of my posts, even those covering seemingly serious subjects, like Pope Francis’ visit to […]

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Tenerife, the Canary Islands – More Sol Than the Costa del Sol

October 9, 2012 16 comments

Mount Teide, Highest Mountain in Spain,Tenerife, Canary Islands

In early March of 2001, my husband, Steve, and I were dispatched to Torremolinos on the Costa del Sol on the southern coast of Spain to retrieve Nona, Steve’s 91 year old grandmother, from the hospital. While vacationing there (she was a very spry 91 year old), she fell and broke her hip. As is […]

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On the Road in Spain with Our #2 Boomlet

September 4, 2012 17 comments

Updated: November 3, 2018 This article appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Travel Section on September 2, 2012.  (It has since disappeared from their website. So much for my 5 seconds of local fame.) When our son was a high school student in a suburb of Philadelphia, he rejected my advice that it was very helpful […]

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