Secrets of Our Wisest Portlanders

Is youth really wasted on the young? Or are we just not paying attention to those who’ve been there and done that?

If we’ve learned anything from our romps around Portland with some of the city’s sagest senior citizens, it’s that age is what you make it—and having fun along the way is the most important part.

The 50-Year Friendship

A longtime local reflects on youth and old age in the Rose City. 

Is Portland a Good Place to Retire To?

We asked real estate agents, policy wonks, geriatricians, and seniors whether Portland is a good place to grow old.

Wise Oregonians Give Us Their Best Advice

Listen to your elders. 

Lifestyles of the Happy and Gray

Flexible schedules and good company are the key to joy.

The Portland Art Gallery Where Age Is an Asset

Geezer Gallery (yes, it’s really called that), an exhibition space and arts center, is devoted to showing seniors’ work.

Can Third-Act Careers Work Out?

We asked artists, literary agents, career coaches, and gallerists about who succeeds in midlife creative careers.

How Much Does Living in a Senior Community Cost in Portland?

Finding Atlantis might be easier than answering this apparently rhetorical question.

Published in the The Wisdom Issue issue of Portland Monthly.