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Travel
July 2010
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
Enjoy all the treats included at the Barcelo Maya
Say goodbye to the kids. Turn off your cell phone. It is time. Time to explore the off the beaten path charms of Playa del Carmen, located on the Riviera Maya.
Before cell phones doubled as cameras, I traveled light. This trip, I’m packing. A camera.
Radio Host Gil Whiteley takes his high altitude game to paradise
March 2010
February 2010
Boomers find their way home to this gracious resort—ideal for mulligan marriages or their children’s weddings—this year celebrating 30 years since “The Shining”
January 2010
Take a photographic journey with Eric Gemelli in the sky.
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
With 25 million visitors a year, New York’s Central Park is the most popular green space in America – and the most recognizable
September 2009
Western Australia’s Coral Coast is a Whale Shark Wonderland
NO, IT'S A TOURIST!
Event Centric travel is 180 degrees different than destination travel. Without the event, why bother? Travel Laureate Kevin Joseph heads to Atlantic City this month, his first time back in 25 years
August 2009
If any one thing defines the Baby Boomer generation, it was Woodstock—that pivotal weekend of music in rain-drenched upstate New York. It wasn’t so much the music that made our parents afraid as it was the fact that we, well, we stayed out in the rain. After all, didn’t your mother ever tell you….
Tuxtla is often the first stop on tours of Chiapas, Mexico's southernmost state
A journey back to the time of Luke Skywalker, takes Boomer and Journalist Andy Stone to Tunisia
In her modest home outside Puerto Vallarta a woman raised her 19 children while somehow finding time to become an art icon.
If you really want to impress out of town guests or clients in for a special meeting, this Denver-area gem should be your first choice. If you really, really want to impress then, set up an Inverness Golf outing
Get Ready America, We’re About to Fight the Civil War, Again
July 2009
This tropical paradise has more celebrations than it does grains of sand.
Vail loyalists return year after year to this landmark dining venue. Take a seat with Mark McIntosh at the front of the house where the electricity is celebratory.
The family Romano hits it big with seniors, boomers and twenty-somethings on an inter-generational Spring Break
June 2009
Perk up an otherwise low-key day in Hawaii by touring Kona Coffee Country. Journalist and photographer Dawna L. Robertson traces the world’s most popular brew from seedling to Starbucks
May 2009
Most successful notions get their start because of an unmet need. This Mexican getaway got a boost with prohibition
El Quelite draws crowds to one of the world's oldest games: ulama. Afterwards, it’s celebration time at El Meson
The Calypso Coast of Costa Rica has a rhythm to life. It’s a beat generations of tourists take away as the more vivid in memory
Wander around Nayarit in the footsteps of the ancient Mexica and you'll find likenesses of Mexcaltitan on everything from tequila shot glasses to the state's license plates
Shadowing Riviera Nayarit PR rep Richard Zarkin for an up-close and personal tour of the land he’s paid to promote
The Riviera Nayarit is sure to live up to the same solid reputation of its older siblings.
Health
July 2010
June 2010
April 2010
March 2010
Journalist Jane Earle weaves the story of how a Baby Boomers’ knee put her in the fine company of athletic wunderkinds like Montana, Elway and Kobe…all treated at Steadman Clinic in Vail Valley
Medical tourism is the new buzzword. Cosmetic surgery, the kind insurance doesn’t cover, isn’t cheap in the United States. The same operations can be hugely discounted in Latin America. Lately, boomers have been known to travel to Asia for prescribed treatments like colonoscopies at a fraction of the cost. Some patients fantasize that they’ll recoup on a chaise lounge with an umbrella drink in hand. Others prefer the ruse of coming back looking “rested” vs. ’fessing up they’ve undergone the knife. Still others are attracted to the cost savings
February 2010
January 2010
“You are obese! What are you going to do about it?” Weight affects Boomers beyond the scale
December 2009
Knowing the signs of and remedies for depression
November 2009
October 2009
By the time you reach Baby Boomer age, chances are you may have had or have an issue with your knees. Journalist Jane Earle chronicles her own knee replacement, her rapid recovery, and the joy in being about to peddle her bike again
September 2009
An owner’s manual for the perfect look
July 2009
May 2009
Location. Location. Location. Three words used historically to describe the real estate market are more appropriately applied to the precise area that treatment is rendered in an aesthetic medical practice, specifically, body parts. Baby Boomers competing with much younger talents for jobs are teeing up for cosmetic treatments—minimally invasive to The Works—in an effort to remain a force in the workplace
Finance
July 2010
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
Financial writer Eric Gemelli reviews the high stakes theory of holding in an interview with Childrey Investment Partners, LLC
March 2010
Every trade has its secrets: car salesmen know the true cost of a car, painters have shortcuts that make crisp paint lines and finance people know how to finesse the process to pay as little interest as possible. Financial expert Eric Gemelli shares mortgage minimizing secrets with www.WatchBoom.com readers
According to The Bridal Association of America, the average 2009 wedding cost $30,860. Author and Baby Boomer Chris Shogren-Thompson, a four-term elected School Board member, a volunteer and the mother of the bride, took the innovative route to get our daughter to YES on LESS.
Perhaps you have seen those cute little commercials by E-Trade® that feature the baby suggesting “do some research, diversify our portfolio, and take control.” Surely a one-year-old baby wouldn’t lie, and if a baby can do it…then certainly anyone can. Financial expert R. Lane Farmer weighs the pros and cons of relying on professional investment advisors vs. self-administered investment accounts
February 2010
Financial columnist Eric Gemelli puts annuities under a microscope, gets the skinny on the product from Tara Fitz and rethinks risk according to Baby Boomers. So should you
Political observer Lloyd G. Pearcy has given up on media opinion polls as being partisan. Instead, he says, what citizens want isn’t so different today from 200 years ago
or be left permanently out of the loop
January 2010
The economy will start to pick up steam in 2010, Cultural Observer and Luxury Market Expert Michael Aumock is counting on it
Eric Gemelli forecasted the current economic cycle we’re in back in 2001. His advice: don’t panic
Creative Baby boomers have found the best way to have a luxurious vacation retreat on land or sea, is to share.
December 2009
Love, money and book reviews by MARKET ANALYST ERIC GEMELLI
November 2009
The second home market in foreign places isn’t dead, says Real Estate Expert Peggy Worthington, it’s just slowed like the rest of the global market. That means there are places to go and places to see and places to buy like never before
Want to get ahead? Do the math ERIC GEMELLI’‘s way. This MARKET ANALYST has a proven system that works for young people and Boomers too
Brothers-turned-filmmakers craft a second career, an enviable one at that, out of hunt season
The biggest financial mistake you can make in your baby boomer years isn’t lending your Uncle Joe money for his latest scheme or filing bankruptcy. While those decisions can cause you to kick yourself into tomorrow, arguably the biggest financial mistake you can make is running out of money during retirement. Financial consultant Bob Farmer cautions boomers that time is short
October 2009
The tab for higher education is a little like a movie trailer…it’s not always what it’s pitched to be to the general audience
Generally speaking, the Colorado real estate market has seen a bit of a bounce this summer with sales increasing in all categories—from entry level homes and condos to the high-end market
August 2009
When Boomer types are flush with cash, they give, they tithe, they donate some more. How is that changed in the recession of 2009?
The recession has propelled Andrew Hudson’s little list into a must-read for Baby Boomers.
to be a Bullish Boomer Right Now
June 2009
For some Boomers time is winding down. For Author Timothy Ferriss, time is what counts
May 2009
When the economy took down a high flying career, it didn’t take this junior Boomer long to reinvent himself
This Denverite did take home a lottery jackpot, he has added to an impressive car collection…and learned to just say ‘no’
Marketing to Boomers
—Brent Green on the science he’s perfected
January 2010
Privileged Perspective™
Steven Zaboji is a veteran of the audio-video industry.
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
3D: On the technical horizon, again!
March 2010
Acoustical magic
February 2010
Downsizing Home Entertainment
Baby You Can Drive My Car
Wheels reviewed by Jeff Rundles
July 2010
May 2010
A two-week test drive in two minivans – the 2010 VW Routan and the 2011 Toyota Sienna – reconfirm that minivans have a lot to offer
April 2010
March 2010
February 2010
The American car has long been a symbol of American might, and what was waning is on the rebound
January 2010
November 2009
October 2009
My ’91 Previa and ’89 Accord aren’t shiny new, but they operate beautifully and even over many years the upkeep is cheaper than car payments.
September 2009
The American Experience, the freedom of the open road, calls out for a convertible
May 2009
The VW defined the flower power generation back then and now the New Beetle redefines our generation.
