“Let’s eat out.” Think back … to restaurants you have frequented, loved, and hated. Family meals. Date nights. Special occasions. Exotic food in foreign lands. What’s the first restaurant you ever went to? The best restaurant meal you remember? Your worst restaurant disaster? What are your go-to restaurants now? Golden arches or Michelin stars, share your restaurant stories forward.
As the suspense builds to the Oscars, think back … What’s the first movie you remember seeing? Which movie gets your vote for Best Picture Ever? How about Worst Ever? What movie changed our culture? What movie changed your life? Which stars did you idolize or lust after? What movie can you quote, line for line, beginning to end? Share your movie stories forward.
It was the third-rate burglary that took down a sitting president. Think back … What do you remember? Did you follow it closely? Who were the heroes? What did you think of Nixon, then and now? What did we learn about politics and government? Do you see parallels with the current administration? Is our “long national nightmare” finally over? On this Presidents’ Day, share your Watergate stories forward.
Ten thousand baby boomers retire every day. Think back … What’s your image of retirement and where did it come from? What were your parents’ and grandparents’ retirements like? Have you retired? If so, what’s it like? If not, do you plan to? How do you envision it? Will you be able to survive financially? Is there a downside to retirement? Share your retirement stories forward.
We often have many roommates over the course of our lives—not just at college, post-college, or camp, but also the families we grew up in and the families we formed. Think back … which roommates were most memorable? What brought you together? How did you get along? What endeared you to them? What drove you crazy? If you lived alone, what was it like not having a roommate? Share your roommate stories forward.
This week marks a year since Donald Trump’s inauguration. Think back … to a significant year in your life. Your senior year of high school, or a gap year. Your first year of marriage, or the year you broke up. Your child’s or grandchild’s first year. Your favorite year or a year of loss. A year of heaven or a year from hell. Or, reflect on the last year and how you survived it. Pick a year and share it forward.
Happy New Year! As of today, purchasing recreational cannabis is legal in California, and some form is now legal in 29 states. Think back … What was your first experience with pot? Did you inhale? Where and with whom? Do you use it now? For fun or for medicine? What have you told your kids about drug use? Share your marijuana stories forward.
This week we observe the winter solstice, the longest night of the year. Think back … to a significant night in your life. Maybe a Christmas Eve as a kid or a candlelit Hanukkah as a parent. A warm moony summer night or a chill starry winter one. A festive all-night party or a dark night of the soul. What happened that night and how did it affect you? Share your night stories forward.
In a world that rewards conformity and condemns deviance, it’s not easy being green. Think back … Were you LGBTQ in a straight world? A woman in a man’s world? A racial, ethnic, or religious minority? Atheist or evangelical, geek or jock, liberal or conservative? Have a physical or mental disability? Did you come out as who you are? Who has come out to you? Did your children or grandchildren struggle to fit in? Share your nonconformity stories forward.
Tech products are perennial holiday gifts—but what are the stories behind them? Think back … How has technology changed the world? How has it changed your world? What has it replaced that you miss? What technology have you embraced? What technology do you abhor? And where are our flying cars? Share your technology stories forward.
