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Car share Vancouver

May 17th, 2013
I ICar2 go is a great way to get around in Vancouver. I recently took out a membership with this new car share company. I often find myself  in town & need access to a car for a short time.  Getting in & out of town on the skytrain is fast & very easy BUT then I feel getting from 1 appointment to the next is time consuming on the bus & taxi is not always readily available & can be expensive. ...
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Garden Designs

May 3rd, 2013
GardenWorks has a great program that they offer for landscape design. It is a free consultation so I thought I would make call & set up a appointment. I met with Kyoung ( the designer) & I had a MOST informative  session. The drawing she did was creative & looks like her choice of plants will have year round colour & texture. Kyoung said that it is very helpful to her for people to come in wi ...
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Film Festival, Vancouver

April 20th, 2013
 The Projecting Change Film Festival is a 5 day event featuring award-winning documentaries and exploring themes such as environmental and social sustainability, empowerment, identity and global culture. The curated film and speaker sessions take place at SFU's GoldCorp Centre for the Arts on Hastings St  in downtown Vancouver from April 24 - 28.I will be going to the Biophilic Design film on ...
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Perscription Prices

April 1st, 2013
Do you ever question what you pay for your perscriptions? I had thought the prices were standard until I watched "Steel on Your Side" on the news last week. I went to the web site they referred to to check out a cream I had purchased @ Rexall & was I surprised to find out that the same 30 oz cream I had paid $77.00....expensive YES was offered @ Safeway for $58.00. That is a 30% savings!!!!! ...
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Home Show Vancouver

February 22nd, 2013
If I am in town I love to go to the Vancouver Home Show which is on this weekend, February 23rd 2013. Last year I was doing a renovation to my little bathroom & I was able to get lots of great ideas at this event. It makes shopping for all the bits & pieces that one needs to purchase much more time effective. I also find that to talk to the exhibiters gives me a better concept of their philos ...

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Port Coquitlam Prices

February 2nd, 2013
What goes up yes eventually comes down. This week I was working wth a family looking to buy a new to them town home on the upper end of the "new " scale. In their $400,000. price zone in Port Coquitlam there were 42 yes FOURTY TWO places to choose from. There was everything from foreclosures to estate sales to look at so properties that were a must sell not home owners testing the market. I n ...
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BC Automible Association

January 20th, 2013
I have been a member of BCAA for over 10 years now & this week I was reminded just how helpful that membership is. While driving the other day I was waved over to the side of the road by a passing driver who alerted me that I had a flat tire. OH bother ( As WInnie the pooh) would say. I just put new snow tires on my truck 3 weeks ago!!!. Not now I have just enough time to get ot my 12 noon ap ...
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Whistler BC, Bargain real estate

January 16th, 2013
WHistler real estate has been reversing her cousin in Vancouver for real estate prices. Yes as the lower mainland prices head up up & away out of reach for a lot of buyers, Whistlers values have been softening to the tune of 30% over the last few years. Here is what the Globe & Mail posted on this subject. More affordable homes up the mountain make it attractive for retirees & families to mov ...

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Property Assessment 2013

January 15th, 2013
I just received my property assessment & OUCH. What happened??? My modest rancher in a older area of Coquitlam has, according to the assessment authority gone up in value to the tune of $70,000!!!!! My ego of course kicked in & said see your original $250,000 was a great investment ....look at how well your real estate portfolio performed. That thought although true is not in reality the infl ...
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Old Furnaces

December 23rd, 2012
Out with the old & in with the new. Yes with this cold weather & the Fortis & Provincial government incentives being offered it is time. My 32 year old Lennox furnace is going to be replaced & my heating bill I am told will be reduced by 30%. I did call Sears in for a quote & OUCH it was almost $6,000.!!!! so I have shopped around & have a MUCH more user friendly quote!!! I will ring in the n ...
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