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A smokin' gift idea for Dad

Friday, June 19, 2009

A new cookbook has indulged me with a state-by-state list of the best “serious barbecue” restaurants in the country AND recipes from said establishments. Check them out with Dad in mind!

My first time at Hooters: Now, THAT'S March Madness!

Monday, March 23, 2009

My family and I will go just about anywhere to watch our favorite team play in the NCAA tournament. But, a Hooters in Jackson, Mississippi? Darn right, y'all!

Gumbo at the Gumbo Shop - where else?

Friday, March 20, 2009

We got schooled in the fine art of gumbo-making yesterday at the Gumbo Shop in the French Quarter. Bringing home some of their spices, too!

Poolside musings from the Big Easy

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Deep thoughts - and a few shallow ones, too - about New Orleans from my little place in the shade.....

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Mm-mm, Memphis!

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Turning the corner into a darkish back alley, we noticed the throng of people waiting to outside to get in. "This must be the place," I said. And it was. The Rendezvous. The place where I had the best barbecue of my life.

I'm going to Graceland, Graceland...

Friday, March 13, 2009

I just can't get that Paul Simon song out of my head. Why? Because I AM going to Graceland... in two days!

Best places to relocate, if you could only sell your house

Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009

I recently ran across a Web site touting the top 20 places for boomers to "thrive." The list looks good, but one has to wonder if anybody's doing much relocating these days.

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Enough with the bird strike stories already!

Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009

I have just the teensiest fear of flying. Most of the time, I can sit in my seat - knees jammed up against the 300-pound doofus sleeping in front of me in full recline - without breaking a sweat. That is, until everybody started squawking about bird strikes.

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Holiday in Hawaii (not mine, unfortunately)

Monday, Dec. 22, 2008

Pictured above is the home where the Obama family will be spending their Christmas vacation. Ten days of fun in the sun, or as much fun as the Secret Service will allow. Here at BoomerGirl Headquarters, it's 1 degree outside. That's 1, as in the singlest of single digits.

A vacation tale of two drivers

Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008

He’s been driving for five hours and still won’t relinquish the wheel. Clearly, the man does not want his wife driving on summer vacation.

Cruise with your girlfriends: All expenses paid by the Travel Channel!

Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008

When a rep from the Travel Channel contacted me yesterday to ask if I'd post a blurb on an incredible opportunity for three women, I almost didn't bite. After all, they're looking for girlfriends 35-45 years of age, which is slightly younger than the boomer demographic and excludes yours truly - at 52 - from going for it myself! Then I thought, what the heck...

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