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My Friend Bill
June 29, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
This month, Life in the Boomer Lane and Now Husband lost a dear friend. Bill was a journalist with the Asbury Park Press, and was the first (and for some time, only) print journalist who was writing about the David Goldman case. Goldman’s young son Sean, had been illegally held in Brazil since 2004 by […]
The Link Between Mattress Stuffing and Weight Loss
June 28, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Lunchtime While Life in the Boomer Lane was visiting Beloved Daughter and her family in London, Trish, a close friend of LBL’s daughter, told LBL about a “secret” diet plan, known only to French women. LBL likes to trade beauty secrets with Trish. On a past visit, she introduced LBL to the “Nude” line of […]
The Missing Body Parts of Women Over 50
June 26, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
It occurred to Life in the Boomer Lane recently that she has fewer body parts than she used to have. Her tonsils have been gone since 1954. Since she has never understood what, exactly, tonsils are, she never missed them. And she also knows that after my generation, doctors seem to have decided that whatever […]
Facebook for Boomers
June 25, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Beloved Daughter has asked that Life in the Boomer Lane write a post about boomers on Facebook. LBL isn’t sure how she phrased it, but it might have been “Gee Mommy, since your generation, especially the Class of ’69 of which you were such an integral part, is so much more fascinating than mine could […]
A Flat in Marylebone
June 24, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane has just returned from visiting Beloved Daughter in London. BD, her husband, and their one year old live in an utterly charming late 1800s second floor flat in Marylebone, a gorgeous neighborhood on the edge of Regent’s Park, filled with trendy shops, fabulous restaurants, and a certain number of Americans […]
Pork Cheeks and Buffalo Milk Ice Cream
June 20, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Sorry, US. You can take a lesson from the Brits about how to run a food festival. The annual Taste of London restaurant festival was held yesterday in Regent’s Park, just a few blocks from Beloved Daughter’s flat. A mind boggling array of restaurants and pubs were represented. Many of them had created charming outdoor […]
Grandma Does London
June 15, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane is in London to celebrate the first birthday of First Grandchild. Like any besotted grandmother, she believes her grandchild walks on water (or he would, if he walked). On her last trip to London, she tried to smuggle him through Customs between France and the UK. She has decided not […]
Sixty isn't the "New" Anything. Except sixty.
June 3, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
I’m venting. I’m seriously so tired of hearing people say things like “Sixty is the new fifty.” Or forty. Or even thirty. This morning, on one of the talk shows, I caught about 30 seconds of the guest going on and on about how sixty-year olds should go mountain climbing and have pajama parties and […]
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What Husbands Do When Wives Leave Town
June 30, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
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Life in the Boomer Lane’s children all live in remote places, like London and Seattle and Charleston. Sometimes LBL likes to visit them solo. It’s a different kind of bonding than if Now Husband were with her. And LBL’s friends Jean and Joyce are both on Anna Maria Island in Florida. That can be another […]