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Indian Arm summer parties

September 16th, 2010
Boating & Partying with friends on The Indian Arm is what makes summertime in Vancouver so special. In August Peter and Kim had a 2 day weekend party and I was lucky enough to be invited over for the bbq and a few drinks at their cabin at Coldwell Bay. It was lots of fun especially when Pete showed off his newest fitness toys. These ropes in varying lengths are thrown from 1 hand to the other ...
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Inspiring Womyn G Cammermeyer

September 15th, 2010
This weekend @ The BOLD conference I was fortunate to listen to a talk presented by Colonel Grethe Cammermeyer. Gerthe  recounted her younger years  living in Norway& acting as  decoy  by her parents to smuggle guns to the resistance movement during the WW11 occupation of Norway by Germany. Weaned by that fierce determination to stand for justice stood her in good stead for the life she was t ...
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BOLD Weekend workshops

September 13th, 2010
I attended a great workshop this weekend. One of the venues was a computer class with Mary Bryson. What a treat to have this level of talent. Mary is a professor @ the  University of BC. She was impressive not only in her knowledge on the subject of Social Media but in her ability to manage the full class & eloquently discuss  Blogging Twitter & Flikr. A lot of ground to cover in a short 2 ho ...
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Indian Arm , North Vancouver, British Columbia

September 13th, 2010
These lots on Indian Arm at Coldwell Beach have sold with the price nosing just over $200,00 for the 2 water front lots. Over a year on the market & a few price reductions succeeded in a sale. These sellers were fortunate indeed as this recreational sector of our Greater Vancouver Real Estate market is sluggish View this recently sold Other or see all my home sales
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Indian Arm, Water Front, BC, Sale

September 11th, 2010
This was a very interesting summer up The Indian Arm. We experienced a very sluggish market. A bit of a surprise as we had such a fabulous summer. However the world financial market definitely had its impact on this recreational sector of the Greater Vancouver Real Estate market. Buyers discretionary spending purse strings tightened almost shut. FInally at the close of the summer a property I ...
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607 ALDERSON Ave, Sale,Coquitlam, British Columbia

September 2nd, 2010
I just sold this House at 607 ALDERSON Ave, Coquitlam, British Columbia Coquitlam West. It was interesting for me to see what impact bedroom configuration has on price. This older home had only 1 bedroom on the main floor & 2 bedrooms down. The impact of only 1 bedroom on the main level for a family home was big. Most buyers wanted at least 2 bedrooms up so the lucky buyer of this property di ...
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