If you are bewildered about the consumer electronics age, Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) offers 10 Smart Consumer Electronic Tips for your home environment.
A recession provides a unique opportunity to remodel your home. Labor is cheap, commodities are 60 percent less expensive, and there’s significant promotional pricing being offered in an effort to move product. These factors, when taken together, can reduce the overall cost of the remodeling project by 25 to 30 percent. The bottom line is that there are plenty of opportunities to increase the value of your home over time.
February is Heart Disease Awareness Month and heart disease is still a prevalent problem in North America. High blood pressure (hypertension) is a major risk factor for heart attacks and strokes. Thankfully, most cases of mild to moderate hypertension can be brought down to normal levels with proper diet and lifestyle changes. IAlternative treatments to reduce blood pressure have no effects other than a healthier and happier body.
A matchmaker can act as a personal trainer for your love life. If you are newly single after years of marriage it can be intimidating, to say the least, to re-enter the dating scene. Finding a committed, long-term relationship can take tremendous amounts of time and energy. A matchmaker does all the leg work for you.
Like any good design project, your event needs to start with a concept or theme. When choosing a design, make sure it represents you and the event. Keep it simple and clever; your event will not only look chic, it will save you the headache of planning and sourcing down the road.
Rathtrevor Provincial Park is an important participant in the Brant Festival. Each year the Oceanside communities: Parksville, Qualicum Beach and Nanaimo, play host to the Brant Festival in honour of the annual Brant geese migration. The Brant Festival runs from early March to the end of April; it celebrates and highlights the biodiversity of the area, our interdependence on the natural ecosystems around us and the importance of nature to everyone’s quality of life.
For those who truly want the Island experience, why not choose a place to stay that reflects the Island mindset? The Beach Club Resort has, in many ways, mastered the Oceanside experience. Currently, the Beach Club is participating in the “Parksville Uncorked” wine festival. They will be hosting the “Bubbles on the Beach” event. Guests can enjoy champagne, shellfish, ‘BC bubbly,’ shrimp, lobster, and oysters, right on the flawless Oceanside beach.
A Celebration of Coastal Life! Throughout the coastal towns of Tofino & Ucluelet and around Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, the non-profit Pacific Rim Whale Festival Society is preparing to welcome whales and visitors alike to the 24th Annual Pacific Rim Whale Festival. Community locals claim it’s an all-out Celebration of Coastal Life that’s determined to earn its gold star as a well-worthy roadtrip.