The Boomer Magazine

  The Martin Agency’s Mike Hughes finds grace and humor in his last days – BY BARBAR FITZGERALD –   Mike Hughes, president of The Martin Agency, Richmond’s advertising powerhouse, was told this past December at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York that he had two weeks to live. As an old newspaperman [...]

During the past Christmas season I was at the last minute faced with buying a gift for my Dad, a new wristwatch.  Let me explain I have a hard fast rule about shopping in general.  Anything over 15 minutes in a store is a huge waste of time.  Go in find what you went for [...]

“Figure you had those things so long, think you’d be able to play ‘em by now,” my grandmother said to me the other day. It was just a few days after Christmas. She continued puffing away at her cigarette while I sat at the drums … in shame. My granny of all people had burned me. [...]

Fan Holiday House Tour’s 50th anniversary gives a special house a chance to shine – BY TERRI L. JONES –  – PHOTOGRAPHY BY TONY GIAMMARINO   This 1911 Colonial Revival has the same grandeur, venerable architecture and lavish holiday decorations as the other homes on the Dec. 8 Fan Holiday House Tour. It even has a [...]

ABC News’ Becky Worley reports: See More here Get Great, Affordable Gifts for Everyone Left on Your List The holiday countdown is in full swing, and you have very little shopping time left to come up with the perfect gift idea, all without breaking the bank. Don’t panic! We’ve got some ideas for great, affordable [...]

Commercials bombard us … but there’s plenty of the real thing if we look   BY RAY McALLISTER It is only mid-November as I write this, and I’m sick of Christmas. Let me amend that. I’m not at all sick of Christmas. I love Christmas.  I’m sick of Commercial Christmas. It’s funny when someone says [...]