Beth Carpenter

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AARP at the TV Upfronts: Five Shows We Can’t Wait to Watch

Posted on 05/16/2012 by Beth Carpenter | AARP Blog Author | Comments

EntertainmentThe following is a guest post from AARP entertainment writer Austin O’Connor. Here’s one thing I’ve learned during the first two days of the network upfronts in New York City: Attending these annual glitzed-up PowerPoint presentations — when the nets unveil their upcoming fall lineups to assembled advertisers and brand partners — as a writer for AARP is a little like attending a high school prom as a parent chaperone. Sure, you’re there, but it’s really not about you. See, for …

Impressive Women: 93-year-old Yoga Master Tao Porchon Lynch

Posted on 05/11/2012 by Beth Carpenter | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Your LifeShe’ll be inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records today, for Mother’s Day, as the oldest living yoga instructor ever. And if that isn’t neat enough, the woman can turn a sharp boogie: Check out these photos of this amazing yogi in Central Park this week. What’s your Mother’s Day inspiration? Is there someone we should write about? Tell us in the comments!

From Omaha to Ecuador: All I Miss Are Triscuits

Posted on 05/2/2012 by Beth Carpenter | AARP Blog Author | Comments

TravelThe following is a guest post from Suzan Haskins, who previously wrote about her decision to retire overseas. “What do you miss the most from home?” As a speaker at International Living conferences held around the world, this is one of the most common questions I’m asked. And it’s one that’s easy to answer. I’ve been living in Latin America for 11 years, and the truth is that I have a new home now, in Ecuador. There’s not much I …

Meet @J_Dimps, 80-Year-Old Twitter Rockstar

Posted on 05/2/2012 by Beth Carpenter | AARP Blog Author | Comments

TechnologyMeet Josephine Lamberti. She’s 80 years old, lives alone on Staten Island, and has a bigger Twitter following than Ed Asner and the founder of Pinterest. (Sorry, guys. We love what you do, though!) We called her up and asked her how this whole thing got started. How did you get on Twitter? Josie: Well, my grandson came up with it to keep me company, and he thought of something I would enjoy. Donny, her grandson: Originally I was making these funny …

From Omaha to Ecuador: The ABCs of Retiring Overseas

Posted on 04/25/2012 by Beth Carpenter | AARP Blog Author | Comments

TravelThe following is a guest post from Suzan Haskins. “How did I get here?” I wonder that often. Here is a small Andean mountain village basking under the equatorial sun in a green valley 8,000 feet above sea level between two extinct volcanoes in northern Ecuador. Win a 7-day Caribbean cruise for two and $1,500 spending money! And of course, I know more or less how I got here. Almost a dozen years ago, my husband, Dan, and I sold …

100 Years Old, Throwing Fenway’s First Pitch…. Twice

Posted on 04/19/2012 by Beth Carpenter | AARP Blog Author | Comments

EntertainmentThe following is a guest blog from Austin O’Connor. You can read his full piece on his grandfather here. Well, it happened. He threw the pitch. Twice, actually. After months of training, my grandfather walked out onto the field on a spectacularly sunny afternoon at Fenway Park last Saturday to toss the ceremonial first pitch on his 100th birthday. As the ballpark PA announcer ticked off the highlights of his biography — Bill Hogan, Jr., President of the Boston College class …