Author Archives: By MICHAEL WINERIP

Generation B: The Column Wraps Up With a Word From a Son

As this column comes to a close, a few comments from a son on what sort of parent the writer was.


Generation B: For Boomers, Sunblocks Come Late

Why a lot of boomers who tanned are developing skin cancer: dermatology was primitive when they were born.


Generation B: For Boomer Models, It’s Boom Time

As they age, there is a call for older women to pose in ads, fashion spreads and commercials.


Generation B: A Restaurateur Who Moonlights as a Headhunter

Even during the recession, a Manhattan restaurateur typically helps 10 to 15 people a week hunting restaurant jobs.


Generation B: Reinvention Is the Buzz at Boomer Conference

At a baby boomer conference, networking and business opportunities are amid concerns about the economy and aging.


Generation B: Graying in a Home, Not an Institution

A new generation of the mentally ill is the first to avoid state hospitals.


Generation B: Three Merchants Beat the Recession by Selling to Kids

A clothier, art framer and computer-services provider learn that people always spend on their children.


Generation B: Keeping the Family Plot

Does loving your dead relatives include paying for perpetual care of their graves?


Generation B: It’s All Downhill From Here

In my late 50s, I wasn’t sure a ski trip was a good idea, but I couldn’t find anyone to talk me out of it.


Generation B: Father and Daughter Bond by Years of Reading

A single father turns shared reading into a shared language and tradition with his daughter.