by Phillip Tiicham Muir – SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT Blooms and a Bite for a Bargain The Butchart Gardens is running a Summer Dinner and Admission Special from June 1 through 21. Experience their colourful array of summer blossoms followed by a two-course dinner in The Dining Room Restaurant. Cost is $68 plus tax from June 1 […]
by Annilee Armstrong, Red’s Chair – Whether it’s due to aging, genetics, hormonal changes or other causes, hair thinning and loss can be worrisome and frustrating. Healthy hair and hair growth begins with a healthy scalp. It’s important to remember that our internal health can directly affect our scalp and hair. Much the same as
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by Laura Waters, Snowdon House Gourmet & Gifts – What incredible weather we have been enjoying. I recently travelled to the Phillipines and experienced 35° to 38° weather with extreme humidity. I had a lovely visit and enjoyed myself but I’m convinced now more than ever that we live in paradise. It really and truly
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by Jo Barnes – Home is a place in the heart and that is never more clearly seen than at airport departure gates. Travellers have connected with family, friends and loved ones and enjoyed their visit. However, when it comes time to leave, home isn’t always a geographical location. Seated with luggage by his
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by Janice Henshaw – Are you planning on spending the whole summer at a lakeside cabin, cruising along a river in Europe, or camping in one of our beautiful parks? That sounds awesome! But most of us will be spending quite a bit of free time this summer relaxing in our backyards or on our
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by Katie Kroeker, Pacific Ridge Landscapes – Patios are synonymous with summer days and languid evenings. They invite us to slow down, reconnect with others and to enjoy the moment. Have you ever wondered would it take to transform your own outdoor space into your new favourite destination? The next time you’re out on a
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by Muffet Billiard-Leake, Muffet & Louisa; and Margot Wilson, Dig This Sidney – Summer is here – most of us want to open the doors and move our living and entertaining to the patio, garden, deck or even roof top. Transforming our outside space to a comfortable and welcoming extra room without walls can be a
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by Gillian Crowley – Wade Davis Talk As part of the Mary Winspear’s speakers series, Wade Davis will discuss his latest novel: Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest. Author of 19 bestselling books, Davis’ resumé includes Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society (1999-2012), UBC Professor of Anthropology, and the
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I have an addiction. I can just about remember what it felt like before, back when I was a teenager, a little moody, prone to time brooding in my bedroom. In my 20s I got by with just a few binges a year, usually around the holidays when there was time off work. But since
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There is a reason why “new car smell” holds a place of affection for some people: newness signifies perfection, that moment before something pure and clean and fresh becomes, well, something average. Before the cookie crumbs get between the seats, before the coffee spills in the cup holder, before life turns something ephemerally beautiful into
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