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).

Say What??? Southeast Asia Signs

February 10, 2014 86 comments

Warning: Do not read this if you are consuming a beverage which you do not want to see coming out your nose.  Even for those of us who love to travel, getting around in countries where we don’t speak the language and often can’t even read the alphabet, can be stressful. As Southeast Asia has […]

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Wanna Feel Kinda Small — in a Good Way? Our Visit to the Elephant Nature Park Near Chiang Mai, Thailand

February 3, 2014 67 comments

Our visit to the Elephant Nature Park, 60 kilometers from Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, was replete with wonderful photo opportunities. At one point, I carefully aligned my camera to take a photo of my husband Steve (a/k/a Mr. Excitement) and was somewhat annoyed when his fake smile disappeared and he became a little agitated, […]

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The Longest Day – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA to Chiang Mai, Thailand

January 11, 2014 96 comments

View out airplane window

 As my Boomeresque Facebook friends know, ever since we returned from New Mexico in October, I’ve been mostly consumed by planning our trip to Southeast Asia and Hawaii. Some 32 years ago, I had the dumb luck good fortune to marry someone who gets to travel to warm interesting places as part of his job. […]

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Handel’s Messiah – Philadelphia Orchestra Style

December 25, 2013 36 comments

Verizon Hall Stage, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

When our nearly thirty year old son was nine, he was accepted into the “special” choir at his elementary school. Although he was usually a child who had to be pried from his bed every morning, on choir days, he cheerfully almost cheerfully got himself up early for the before school rehearsals. In an effort to […]

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The High Road to Taos, New Mexico

December 13, 2013 78 comments

San Francisco de Asis Church, Rancho de Taos, New Mexico

After our visit to New Mexico’s capital town city, Santa Fe, we remounted our rented Ford Fiesta for the drive northeast to Taos, New Mexico. From my reading, I knew that the drive on the High Road to Taos from Santa Fe  is part of the there — there. The 56 mile route officially starts at Pojoaque, northeast of […]

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Passports with Purpose 2013 – Donate to Help Build Schools in Mali (And You Might Win Cool Prizes Too!)

December 3, 2013 6 comments

As Boomeresque readers have probably divined by now, like most travel bloggers, I have a fairly serious case of wanderlust that has taken me to many parts of the world. Through my travels, I have seen the magnificence of which human beings are capable, but also those who are struggling just to subsist. In 2008, […]

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Our Peruvian Honeymoon — 1982

November 14, 2013 62 comments

Visiting Peru was on my bucket list long before I knew there was such a thing as a bucket list. I had been wanting to go there ever since seeing a photo of Machu Picchu on the cover of a National Geographic magazine in about 1964 when I was ten. (Back Story Confession: Steve (Mr. Excitement) […]

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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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Captain Phillips — A Boomeresque Movie Review

October 17, 2013 38 comments

The Maersk Alabama in Mombasa, Kenya after the piracy ordeal.

As Boomeresque readers know, the fact that I have no credentials as a film critic, has not dissuaded me from offering my two cents in the past, so here’s my take after seeing the movie Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks. Unless you were living on another planet in 2009, you know that Somali pirates boarded […]

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Boomeresque Visits the Pennsylvania Guild Fine Craft Fair on Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square

October 14, 2013 26 comments

Quilt Exhibit at Pennsylvania Guild Fine Crafts Fair, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia

2017 update: The Pennsylvania Guild Fine Craft Fair will take place on Friday, October 13th – Sunday, May 15th, 2017 (i.e. this weekend!) on Rittenhouse Square in Center City Philadelphia. Come on down! Here’s my review of the fair from 2013. On Sunday, the approximately 140 exhibitors at the Pennsylvania Guild Fine Craft Fair must […]

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