The New York Times started a blog called “Booming: Living through the Middle Ages,” focused on lifestyle of the baby boomer generation. The author, Michael Winerip (pictured, left) feels that he is well-qualified to start this blog: he was born in 1951, and has four children, aged 18 to 24 years old–much like many others in his generation. Baby boomers will be able to use the blog to find entertainment destinations, read literary essays, learn about new songs that they might like, and even ask for advice. The author says that this blog will be very personal, pulling much material from his own life and experience as a baby boomer.
“About Booming: Booming is a section about baby boomers — the 78 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964. Besides news and information useful to this generation, you’ll find essays by boomers and by their children. You’ll find debates about books, new music to embrace and some secrets to enduring love. The wide-ranging conversation will be led by Michael Winerip, who has covered education, parenting, politics and his fellow boomers. You can reach us by sending an e-mail to booming@nytimes.com.”
You can access the blog here, or copy and paste this link into your browser: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/booming/index.html.
You can also watch a short video about the new blog here, http://www.nytimes.com/video/2012/09/12/booming/100000001779778/booming.html.