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The Best Country in the World is…
August 25, 2010
Those were the words on the cover of this week’s Newsweek. The actual article was titled “The Best Countries in the World.” Newsweek rated the countries that, if you were born today, would provide you with “the very best opportunity to live a healthy, safe, reasonably prosperous, and upwardly mobile life.” This was followed by […]
Being “Granddad” Without Having Been “Dad”
August 18, 2010
Dan and I married in 2006. Dan lived in a high rise condo in Washington DC. He was single, with no children and no pets. I lived in a house in Arlington, VA. I was divorced after well over two decades of marriage, with three grown children and a cat. One year after our marriage, […]
Being A Granddad Without Ever Having Been A Dad
August 18, 2010
Now Husband and Life in the Boomer Lane married in 2006. NH lived in a high-rise condo in Washington DC. He was single, with no children and no pets. LBL lived in a house in Arlington, VA. She was divorced, after well over two decades of marriage, with three grown children and a cat. One […]
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 […]
Mayhem in the Air
August 9, 2010
Only Daughter and her family arrived on Saturday from London, via British Airways. Before heading to the airport, Life in the Boomer Lane checked in with the BA website. She clicked the “Information” button in order to check if there were changes in the arrival time. The first option was “Cabin Crew Dispute.” The choices […]
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 […]
CSI: Arlington, VA
August 5, 2010
Life in the Boomer Lane sometimes wonders what Miracle the Cat does at night. LBL knows that she patrols the property and that she (LBL) will very, very occasionally be greeted in the morning by a dead baby mouse on her welcome mat (Now Husband husband shrieks each time that they must immediately get rid […]
No returns. No exchanges. No dressing rooms.
July 27, 2010
Life in the Boomer Lane and her friend Susan, in a never-ending quest for adventure totally beneath the maturity level that they should aspire to, found a new, humongous “store” to go to in the DC area. This store is called “Unique,” and they name is apt. The store is housed in the airplane-hanger-like space […]
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There's Nothing Funny About Carpeting
August 31, 2010
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Life in the Boomer Lane’s real estate manager suggested yesterday that she should write about the wall-to-wall carpeting currently being installed in the office. Wall-to-wall carpeting? Instead, how about my writing about flossing? Or socks? Or grocery coupons? Any of those topics would be more compelling than wall-to-wall carpeting. To make matters worse, the carpeting […]