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Humanity Packs A Suitcase
Much of the chaos that appears to be currently sweeping the planet stems from the penchant humans have for not staying in one place. Instead, whether because of some kind of political or climatic upheaval or boredom with their own cave and a need to explore new ones, they moved restlessly about the planet. After […]
The Travel Game: Men vs Women
June 15, 2018
Over the millennia, several people have noticed that men and women behave a bit differently as they go through life. Those who haven’t noticed this phenomenon usually end up either permanently dateless or eventually divorced, as they keep expecting the other sex to react the same way they do to life events. Travel is a […]
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 […]
Ordering A Meal in A Brave New World
January 20, 2018
Life in the Boomer Lane’s travel experiences have involved being felled by belt buckles, vending machines and assorted TSA agents. On this most recent trip, to Florida, the culprit was an airport restaurant. At first, LBL was delighted. The section of National Airport in DC that serves Southwest Airlines is actually the original airport. It’s […]
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, […]
The Blouse Man vs The Dress Man
October 9, 2017
The Blouse Man (1999) was a film set in 1969, about an unfulfilled housewife (Diane Lane) who spends the summer in the Catskills, along with tons of other women and their kids. Her husband, like all the other working spouses, arrives each weekend, for the sole purpose of reminding her how boring her marriage has […]
The Lost, the Misplaced, and the Other Stuff
September 22, 2017
Life in the Boomer Lane, like a lot of red-blooded, tax-fearing Americans, spends her days losing a lot of stuff. Much of this is actually misplaced, rather than lost. There is a fine, but important, distinction between the two. Here is a handy chart to know the difference: The following are items that usually get […]
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