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).

Singapore Selfie (A Visit to Singapore)

June 7, 2014 70 comments

Our month long trip to Southeast Asia, started in Chiang Mai, Thailand and ended in the city/country/island of Singapore. (Yes, Singapore is all those things). Arriving on the Azamara Journey after a 13 day cruise, we allotted two full days for our Singapore sojourn. Although Singapore has a population of 5.13 million (2012), Singapore is […]

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TSA PreCheck — Yes, Please

May 25, 2014 112 comments

Updated May 4, 2017 What happens at United States airports when you do not have TSA PreCheck? Like others annoyed by familiar with air travel in the United States since 2001, you know you will go through airport security screening by the United States TSA (Transportation Security Administration). TSA.  TSA has a helpful TSA flight day check list. […]

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“If You Want to Make God Laugh, Tell Him about Your Plans” — Carpe Diem Edition

May 4, 2014 95 comments

Carpe Diem

If you’re a Baby Boomer, you’ve been on this planet long enough to probably concur with the statement: “Life is a trip”. I recently celebrated a milestone birthday. As I suspect it has for many, this occasioned a good deal of reflection on my life so far and my hopes and expectations for the future. […]

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The Bernice Pauhi Bishop Museum — Honolulu, Hawaii

April 18, 2014 60 comments

Ships of Oceania, Pacific Hall, Bernice Pauhi Bishop Museum

Updated September 12, 2018. Mr. Excitement and I managed to visit Honolulu three times before we made finally our way to the Bernice Pauhi Bishop Museum, Hawaii’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History. In retrospect, it should have been one of the first places we visited. The museum was established in 1889 by Charles Reed […]

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Hawaii Quilt Guild Show: E Ho’onanea I Ka Mili Kapa

April 7, 2014 81 comments

Pineapple Quilt at the Hawaii Quilt Guild Show

(Updated on March 27, 2015). E Ho’ononea I Ka Mili Kapa Got that? I didn’t think so. It was the theme of the 2014 quilt exhibit by The Hawaii Quilt Guild at the Honolulu Museum of Art School. The translation from Hawaiian is “Come and Be Soothed by the Quilting”. After some unpleasantness regarding my health, I was […]

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“If You Want to Make God Laugh, Tell Him About Your Plans.” Honolulu, Hawaii Edition

March 28, 2014 139 comments

Waikiki Beach from our Lanai with the Hawaiian Hilton Village's Rainbow Tower.

According to my blog publication schedule, this post is supposed to share more information about Chiang Mai, Thailand. However, if you’re a Baby Boomer, you’ve inhabited this planet long enough to know that Woody Allen had it right when he said, “If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.” My latest […]

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To Write or Not to Write, That is the Question

March 20, 2014 80 comments

letters from Colombia

I need to clarify that by “write”, I mean “hand-write”. This post is inspired by a Facebook discussion started by a homeschooling mother. She, her husband, and two young sons (ages 7 and 9) are traveling the world. She expressed some surprise and disagreement upon learning that some homeschoolers are not teaching their children cursive […]

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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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How to Travel Without Your Dog

March 2, 2014 104 comments

There are many websites full of helpful information about how to travel with your dog. (I’ve included a list of some of my favorites below). I wish we were traveling with our dog, Dino, but on a month long trip to Southeast Asia that included a 40 hour air travel marathon and ten flights on […]

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The Hawaii Chocolate Festival – Educational and Yum!

February 25, 2014 80 comments

Hawaii Chocolate Festival

One of the pleasures of being a travel writer/blogger is the opportunity to meet up with other travel writers/bloggers. Most recently, I found myself in Honolulu, Hawaii, at the same time as Canadian travel writer/blogger, Doreen Pendgracs. Doreen has a delicious niche. She writes about chocolate. Her quest to inform herself about this gift from the […]

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