Premium: An active, curious, exceptionally young-at-heart person over 60 who is into style, ideas, and cultivates innovation and Personal evolution at all levels. Forgive me, but I have to start with some assumptions about you. I do this  despite a stern warning I received as a young army recruit in the summer of 1966 that “assumptions are the mother of all f**k ups.” So, bear with me and let’s

Premium Fitness:“It’s All in the Mind, my Friend. It’s All in the Mind” At 14,000 feet (4250 meters), we’re six climbers from five different countries, clustered around a stove, barely burning yak dung. We’re talking trash, telling tall tales, and whining about the shortage of yak shit – proving that these three words, “misery loves company” contain more practical sense than the sum total of all the inexplicable,

Experience is Everything… Or It’s Nothing I knew a man who accumulated experiences like some people hoard newspapers. At 20, he rode the rails. In his 50’s and early 60’s he lived on a small yacht, struggling to live the life of a free-spirited bohemian. Like a character out of a Hemingway novel, or perhaps like Hemingway himself, he was obsessively searching for a redemptive experience, one

The Art of Premium Parenting, Part 2: Should You Keep Your Mouth Shut and Your Wallet Open? In Part I of Premium Parenting, I promised you I’d suggest possible answers to the thorny issues facing Premium Parents. I’m here to deliver on my promise. However, first, a little patience because I want to begin with a real story that happened to a friend of mine. It’s a great

The Art of Premium Parenting, Part 1:  Should You Keep Your Mouth Shut and Your Wallet Open? To set the stage for our upcoming blogs on premium parenting and grandparenting, let me share with you my parenting/grandparenting credentials: 1.  Deborah and I are the proud parents of 4 married children, 3 daughters and a son, ranging in age from 30 to 36. 2.  Each of our

Trekking to the Everest Base Camp – Is Adventure Travel for You? Part III:  Warmer than a Witch’s Tit and Cleaner Than a Pig in Shit   Okay, so you decided to choose adventure over comfort, to forgo a jacuzzi and sauna for the hard-earned sweat and challenge of a high-altitude trek.   Good for you! And as a side benefit, you’ll earn bragging rights

Trekking to the Everest Base Camp – Is Adventure Travel for You? Part II:  Group or Solo Travel Let’s say – theoretically -that the youthful adventures you once dreamt about have been “responsibly and conveniently” forgotten since you became an adult. (Come on! Does a mature individual live his life like Don Quixote or Walter Mitty?) And now, at 60 +, freed from the financial

Trekking to the Everest Base Camp – Is Adventure Travel for You? Part I I’m old fashioned.  I still believe that the most cherished things in life are what we sweat for, like love, health, happiness, and beauty. Nope! Bad metaphor when talking aboutthe Everest Base Camp (17,550 feet/5350 meters).  At minus 20, you don’t want sweat. The climbing’s a challenge, the altitude’s a challenge,

Since you’re a Premium or a Very-Alive-and-Relevant-60+, I’m sure you remember the first 26 Life Hacks from Part 1. Here is the continuation of our list on how to get smarter, healthier, and happier, and live the premium lifestyle you deserve! BTW, if you’re not yet familiar with the term Life Hack, it’s a shortcut, trick, or strategy designed to achieve maximum success. Behind every life