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).

Places to Eat in Bucks County, Pennsylvania: The Historic Piper Tavern and The Hattery.

January 20, 2019 18 comments

Exterior of the Historic Piper Tavern, Pipersville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

We spent the first day of our mid-week escape from Philadelphia to Bucks County, Pennsylvania visiting the three sites composing the Mercer Mile in Doylestown, the county seat. When lunch time approached, we asked one of the employees at the Mercer Museum for a recommendation. Without hesitation, she recommended The Hattery. She explained it is […]

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Travel Book Gift Recommendations By Travel Bloggers

December 17, 2018 26 comments

Travel Book Gift Recommendations By Travel Bloggers

Disclosure: This post with travel book gift recommendations by travel bloggers contains “affiliate links” to Amazon.  If you follow a hyperlink from here to a book on the Amazon site and purchase the book, Boomeresque will receive a tiny small commission on the sale that does not affect your price, but will help a tiny […]

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A Nice Place to Stay in Bucks County, PA: A Review of the Galvanized America Inn & Gallery

December 2, 2018 7 comments

Galavanized America Inn, Bucks County, PA at night

Growing up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were debated and enacted, it is understandable I became a bit of a history geek. At an early age, I felt the thrill of walking in the footsteps of Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other assorted Founding […]

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Zentangle Diva Challenge #276 – Fall Snow on Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square Edition

November 15, 2018 15 comments

Lion statue in Rittenhouse Square.

If you’re new to the Zentangle method, you should start here.  If you only want to see beautiful photos of the snow on Rittenhouse Square, you can scroll down. Otherwise, let’s get right to this week’s  Zentangle Diva challenge which was to use 2 semi-circles as the string for our tile. Laura (the Diva) also […]

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A Visit to Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the Mercer Mile

November 1, 2018 25 comments

Mercer Museum, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Mr. Excitement and I are baby boomers on the far side of the Big Six Oh, but taking off 2 days for a mid-week visit to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, starting in Doylestown, still felt like skipping school, a guilty pleasure. (Note: I’m pretty sure I never actually skipped school because I was THAT scared exciting.) Bucks […]

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Zentangle Diva Challenge #371 – Back in Philadelphia Edition

October 12, 2018 8 comments

Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia

Last weekend, I officially moved myself from our summer beach place in Brigantine, New Jersey, back to the City of Brotherly Love (and Sisterly Affection), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. You know you’re back in Philly when a 19th century Rittenhouse Square  townhouse is festooned with one American flag and 2 Eagles Nation flags. (For non-USAers, the Eagles are […]

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Our Favorite Restaurant in Brigantine, New Jersey – The Crab Shack

October 6, 2018 8 comments

Dungeness crab at the Briagntine Crab ShacK

(Updated August, 2019) Every summer, I escape the heat and humidity of Philadelphia by decamping “down the shore” to Brigantine, New Jersey. Brigantine is the first barrier island north of Atlantic City. Brigantine can be hot and humid too, but there’s something about being next to the ocean that makes it seem tolerable. (The central […]

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Zentangle Diva Tangles 269-70: Procrastination Edition ⏳

October 2, 2018 7 comments

Zentangle Diva Challenge using Mezzanine

I’m supposed to be writing a blog post about our trip to the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador. It was one of our best trips, but I’m having a severe case of procrastination, a/k/a writer’s block. Seriously, we were there in February. It’s now October. The hour glass in the title of this […]

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Seespan: A Boomeresque Continuous Line Tangle

September 28, 2018 6 comments

The silver lining for this year of distressing cable news in the United States is that it seems to inspire me want to be creative as I watch listen. I meld my politics addiction with my Zentangle method addiction. My latest tangle can best be described as a continuous line tangle. Linda Farmer of tanglepatterns.com encouraged me […]

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Zentangle Diva Challenge #368 – Visit to New York City Edition

September 21, 2018 30 comments

Park Avenue Synagogue, New York City, dome

I participated in the weekly Zentangle Diva Challenge the day after returning to Philadelphia from a weekend visit to New York City, a/k/a the Big Apple, a/k/a Gotham, a/k/a the City that Never Sleeps. (If you have absolutely no interest in doodling on steroids, scroll down to read more about our New York City Sojourn. […]

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