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What’s in your trunk?
September 1, 2010
There was a short segment on NPR the other day, in which people were asked, “What’s in your trunk?” Of course, some of the answers were very funny. But as Life in the Boomer Lane was listening, she realized that she had no idea what was in her trunk. LBL only knew that being married […]
Raising A Family On Bibimbap and Corrective Shoes
August 12, 2010
In 1977, Then Husband and LBL moved to a neighborhood called Lyon Village, putting them within a couple blocks of Clarendon, the commercial area that bordered the neighborhood. Clarendon was a pretty exciting place back then, if you enjoyed looking at the site of a vacant 5 and 10 cent store, or if you needed […]
Easy Rules for Baking Success
August 6, 2010
LBL loves to bake. Pies. Cakes. Cookies. Clay pots. You name it, she will bake it. Along the way, she has noted several rules that are really important for a successful result: 1. Read a recipe first and see what ingredients you still need before starting to bake. This will avoid the following when you are […]
Go to Craft Fairs or Become A Lesbian
August 4, 2010
Elisabeth Hasselbeck thinks a lot of older lesbians would have turned out straight if they could only land a man. The co-host of “The View” said older women who have led heterosexual lives are choosing same-sex partners because men their age are chasing younger women. “All the older men are going for younger women, leaving […]
On Safari in My Vegetable Garden
August 3, 2010
I have never had any interest in planting anything in the ground, tending it, watching it grow, and then eating it. I assumed I was genetically unable to do so because for many generations in Eastern Europe, my family wasn’t permitted to own land, and so the farming genes were sort of erased. But I’ve […]
The Girl Who Strayed With Buyers
August 2, 2010
If you’ve been in the real estate business as long as I have, you’ve probably accumulated a lot of fun experiences that, in retrospect, could have been used successfully in POW camps. I’ve locked myself out of houses, and once, another agent and I had to climb in through a high window to get in. […]
Why I Want to Live in the Sundance Catalog
July 29, 2010
Life in the Boomer Lane’s Sundance catalog arrived today. She is always so excited to see it, and it’s not because she wants to buy everything in it. It’s because she wants to live in the catalog. There are some really good reasons for this and even better reasons why this wouldn’t be such a […]
And She Spanx, too.
July 25, 2010
Life in the Boomer Lane bought a lovely dress to wear to First Son’s wedding last September. She had to wear Spanx with this dress. Most people know about Spanx. LBL knows about ithem because her former best friend Jean became a model, dumped her and now Spanx is Jean’s best friend. LBL also know […]
Why I Don't Ride A Bike
July 21, 2010
The other day, my Now Husband Dan asked, “You don’t ride a bicycle?” This was an interesting question, since we have known each other since December 2002 and have lived together/been married for the last four years. Apparently, his astute powers of observation are limited to things like “Wow! Look at that squirrel in that […]
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What’s in your trunk?
September 1, 2010
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There was a short segment on NPR the other day, in which people were asked, “What’s in your trunk?” Of course, some of the answers were very funny. But as Life in the Boomer Lane was listening, she realized that she had no idea what was in her trunk. LBL only knew that being married […]