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Art and Connie Crawley - April 19, 2019 1

Urban Food Explorers My wife, Connie and I, call ourselves Urban Food Explorers, and we stay on the hunt for family-owned and operated eateries, American...

Food

The Return of Baxter Street as a Dining Destination, Part 1

Art and Connie Crawley - July 30, 2019 3

In just a two-block section of Baxter Street, six, locally owned restaurants have emerged to establish the locale as a dining destination. Easily within...

Food

Have some history with your food

Tim Dondero - October 20, 2019 0

One significant advantage of being over 50 is no longer having to cook daily for family. But for those who enjoy cooking, or even...

Food

Strawberry Sangria: A cheerful drink in trying times

Tim Dondero - July 2, 2020 0

Despite its ominous name, meaning “bleeding” in Spanish, the Iberian wine punch “Sangría” is a cheery, even gentle, drink in warm weather. The congenially...

Food

Spaghetti alla Putanesca: A Storied Dish to Spice up Winter Dining

Tim Dondero - January 25, 2020 0

The scent of evil perpetually attracts. In the 1890s, for example, Oscar Wilde noted, “As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will...

Food

The Return of Baxter Street as a Dining Destination, Part 2

Art and Connie Crawley - January 25, 2020 0

In part 1 of The Return of Baxter Street as a Dining Destination (July 2019) we highlighted in a two-block section of Baxter, six locally...

Food

Have some history with your food

Tim Dondero - October 20, 2019 0

One significant advantage of being over 50 is no longer having to cook daily for family. But for those who enjoy cooking, or even...

Food

The Return of Baxter Street as a Dining Destination, Part 1

Art and Connie Crawley - July 30, 2019 3

In just a two-block section of Baxter Street, six, locally owned restaurants have emerged to establish the locale as a dining destination. Easily within...

Food

Two of our favorite restaurants

Art and Connie Crawley - April 19, 2019 1

Urban Food Explorers My wife, Connie and I, call ourselves Urban Food Explorers, and we stay on the hunt for family-owned and operated eateries, American...

Boomer Life

Moving Their “Retirement” Home – All 300,000 Pounds.

Betsy Bean - June 15, 2016 0

While many boomers are downsizing their living space or are planning to do so, Tom and Beth Allen have enlarged theirs. In fact, they...

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Boomer Life

Home Ec Revisited: More Than Cooking and Sewing

Theresa Rice - March 21, 2017 1

Boomer boys took shop and auto mechanics in junior and senior high. We young ladies studied Home Economics. We were introduced to kitchens and...

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Boomer Life

Uber and Lyft

Saleen Martin - January 19, 2017 2

The money can be very good; the hassles mostly minor, and the hours totally flexible, say some of the boomers driving locally for the...

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Memoir

Genealogical Surprises! Love Letters Reveal a Mother I Never Knew

Doris Y. Kadish - June 15, 2016 0

I retired from the UGA departments of romance languages and women's studies in 2011 after a lifetime of studying and teaching. And for all...

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Boomer Life

The Acquisitive Generation Begins to Downsize

Betsy Bean - November 11, 2016 0

Teresa Howard, 59, and her husband, Dallas, 63, are anxious to sell their 4,200 sq.f. house in Lawrenceville to move closer to their daughter...

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Food

Strawberry Sangria: A cheerful drink in trying times

Spaghetti alla Putanesca: A Storied Dish to Spice up Winter Dining

The Return of Baxter Street as a Dining Destination, Part 2

Have some history with your food

The Return of Baxter Street as a Dining Destination, Part 1

Two of our favorite restaurants

Moving Their “Retirement” Home – All 300,000 Pounds.

Home Ec Revisited: More Than Cooking and Sewing

Uber and Lyft

Genealogical Surprises! Love Letters Reveal a Mother I Never Knew

The Acquisitive Generation Begins to Downsize

Magazine

Boomers Write

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I need a new bra

Letters from Vietnam, 1967