Growing up Boomer

Baby Boomers and home features that would not pass inspection today While Baby Boomers homes carry nostalgia and mid-century charm, many of their original features would fail today’s home inspections. While charming and...

Boomers Call These Things Luxuries but Zoomers Just Call It Life There was a time when certain things felt like true luxuries—small indulgences that Boomers didn’t take for granted. But fast forward a few decades, and...

Baby Boomers and Inventions of the 1950’s Part 2 The ‘50s were a golden age of innovation that shaped modern life. While it may seem like ages ago, it was marked by a surge of creativity and technological advancements...

Baby Boomers and Inventions of the 1950’s The ‘50s were a golden age of innovation that shaped modern life. While it may seem like ages ago, it was marked by a surge of creativity and technological advancements that...

Baby Boomers and remembering the songs of the Vietnam War The music of the era defined the Baby Boomer generation so distinctly, that even four generations later, kids so far removed from the Vietnam War still associate...

Baby Boomers and Door to Door Salesmen We Baby Boomers remember these door-to-door salesmen as a fixture in our neighborhoods, especially in the postwar boom years of the late 1940s and 1950s when home ownership and...

Baby Boomers and Wacky TV shows of the 60s For us Baby Boomers TV was filled with gimmicks reflected the decade’s blend of physical dominance, theatrical personas, and the growing influence of television for generations...

Baby Boomers and living through 1973 Part Two 1973, The year pants got wider than our patience, and disco beats invaded every living room. We Boomers call it a time of freedom, but plenty of moments have slipped our...

Baby Boomers and living through 1973 Part One 1973, The year pants got wider than our patience, and disco beats invaded every living room. We Boomers call it a time of freedom, but plenty of moments have slipped our...

Baby Boomers and Soupy Sales Milton Supman, comedian, actor, radio-television personality, and jazz aficionado. But us Baby Boomers knew him as Soupy Sales, with his cast of characters, White Fang, Black Tooth, Pookie...

Baby Boomers and our very First Job (Audio) As a Baby Boomer our first thought is “I need to buy a Car”! Which represented ownership and freedom. But only one thing stood in the way of obtaining that dream; MONEY. So...

Baby Boomers and TV Shows From the 60s That Were Incredibly Controversial (Audio) While many ‘60s TV shows played it safe, others did the exact opposite. These TV series sparked controversy by challenging cultural...

Baby Boomers and School Lunch Items from the 1950s (Audio) In the 1950s, school cafeterias tried to feed big crowds on tight budgets, and often reflected the era’s shortcuts. Deep Fried, salty canned meats, and high...

Baby Boomers and Things We refuse to do. There’s a real power in hitting that point in life where we just don’t give a fig about being cool or hip. We Boomers and just too old for this nonsense, so sit back and lean the...

Things Boomers Say with Love That Younger Generations Always Misinterpret Communication between generations has always been tricky, but never more so than today. Baby Boomers grew up in a different world, with different...