One of the many advantages to having an empty nest is the freedom to swap your nest with other adventurous types. We decided that before we sold our house, we would try using it as bait for a cheap month in New York City. Being in the habit of Googling at the drop of a […]

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A friend of ours invited us to be his guests at a charity dinner and although usually I just decline invitations on work-nights I paused this time because I started thinking about post-retirement possibilities.  I said yes.
So here’s how the night unfolded.
When we arrived there was a bar set up in the lobby.  On the […]

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By Jan Cullinane
According to the U.S Census, almost three million gays and lesbians turned 55 in 2005; by 2010 that number will be closer to four million - and these are probably conservative numbers. Many gays, lesbians, bisexual, and transgender people feel that a traditional active-adult community or other communities may not welcome them.
Gays and […]

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By Jan Cullinane
If this intrigues you, consider The World of ResidenSea. The World is a 44,000-ton Norwegian-built, 12-story luxury ship that has a crew of 250, about 200 residents and guests, and 165 one-to-three room apartments and studios. The cost of a home on The World ranges from around $850,000 to $6.3 million (not counting […]

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Jan Cullinane

A chicken in every pot…a plane (?) in every garage.
You may be familiar with Herbert Hoover’s actual 1928 Presidential campaign slogan (“A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage”), but who would have thought a variation of it would apply to approximately 500 communities in the United […]

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By Jan Cullinane
Retirement (n): removal or withdrawal from service, office, or business; withdrawal into privacy or seclusion.
WRONG! With apologies to Webster’s Dictionary, this is no longer your father’s (or mother’s) retirement. Today’s retirees, and those approaching retirement, differ from their parents in a number of important ways.
Baby boomers (those born between 1946 […]

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