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A Wet Farewell to Turkey
Life in the Boomer Lane has been wrestling about what should be the blog focus of her just-completed trip to Turkey. There were two top contenders. One was the astonishing beauty of the terrian, filled with sites of deep antiquity. The other is her new-found knowledge that, when one uses a bidet, then stands up […]
LBL Is Off
September 13, 2019
Life in the Boomer Lane is taking a short hiatus from whatever it is that we used to refer to as civilization. In other words, she is leaving Dodge for a couple weeks and travelling to a country in which Trump seriously admires the stronman leader, and describes the people as “”…these people, how nice […]
Helpful Uncoupling
June 25, 2019
Life in the Boomer Lane has just returned from Maine, where she visited a dear friend, G. She does this on an annual basic, and she and G have developed a system that works for them. This consists of equal parts talking, shopping, eating and getting into trouble. While LBL was visiting, G received a […]
Tangier: It’s Right There
March 14, 2019
Life in the Boomer Lane has just returned from Tangier, in Northern Morocco. Now Husband spent part of his youth there and wanted to visit the high school he attended, the store where he purchased individual cigarettes as a 14-year-old, and the marble columns in front of one particular building, in which his name had […]
NeNe Wreaks Havoc in the Liquor Store
March 3, 2019
Life in the Boomer Lane has just returned from a swell trip to Florida. She visited a close friend in Palmetto and stayed at a lovely Airbnb on a beautiful street in St Pete. She also narrowly escaped being incarcerated. When she and her friends arrived at the Airbnb, they realized they needed several essentials. […]
Pratfalls and Other Ways to Enjoy Travel
June 14, 2018
Life in the Boomer Lane suspects that there is some kind of disorder in which people keep having “accidents,” well beyond what would be normal. For that reason she hesitates to relate to readers the first couple days of her trip to Turkey. The trip started out in the most positive way possible. LBL was […]
Travels Without Anthony Bourdain
June 6, 2018
Some loyal readers may not have noticed that Life in the Boomer Lane has not been posting as of late. Others may have noticed but have simply used this time to get caught up on honing their Candy Crush strategies. Others may have used the time to figure out just where Melania is. No matter […]
Pregnant Women, Large Men, TSA Pat Down Sex, and Cheetos
February 14, 2018
Life in the Boomer Lane has just returned from a visit to see her son in Charleston. She chose a 6:05 AM return flight, in order to get back in time to go to her painting class. When she scheduled the flight, she was focused entirely on enjoying the company of her son, her daughter-in-law […]
Facebook Flies the Friendly Skies
November 22, 2017
Life in the Boomer Lane is always seeking unique travel experiences. She has had them on all forms of transportation, as well as in airports and train stations. She has gotten her arm stuck in a vending machine, been smacked in the face with a belt buckle, been put into a room with travel felons, […]
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