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Chinatown has always mesmerized me; fascinated and tantalized me, but it's been years since the last time I prowled it's streets.  Minutes from the Waterfront Station and next to Gastown, Chinatown has a mystique all it's own.  Apparently it is the 2nd largest Chinatown in North America - next to...
07/08/2012
  It seems like Vancouver can't get enough of the fiberglass street statues........During the Olympics it was Orcas, we've had eagles and bears too, and now its dozens of sculptures modelled after the 2,200-year-old terracotta warrior statues unearthed in China decades ago. The warriors — each pa...
07/08/2012
07/08/2012
It's been a whilie since I've been on Active Rain - and as I was writing up this blog on WordPress and for Facebook I thought I really should get back to my 'first-love' - Active Rain! So.....  A suburbanite being an urbanite for seven days ~ isn’t that the cat’s meow? Having lived in the countr...
07/08/2012
So public transit, where I come from is a four letter word.  Out here in Chilliwack we can only dream that one day we will have any form of transit taking us to Abbotsford never mind down-town Vancouver (Greyhound excluded of course – put does that fall under the category of transit?).  In the pa...
07/08/2012
 Last week the REALTOR.ca app for Blackberry® was released.  How cool is that?  The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) now has apps for three of the most popular smartphones. REALTOR.ca is the most visited real estate website in Canada, listing on average some 350,000 properties at any time....
05/03/2011
Well guess what?  My neighbourhood of Garrison Crossing is contention to be recognized as the Best Neighbour in Canada to Live in.  Many of you have seen the posts I've done on Garrison and know what a unique and wonderful neighbourhood it is.  We're currently in second place overall - however we...
03/04/2011
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    If you or someone you know is thinking of Buying or Selling property in Chilliwack's Garrison Crossing, Cultus Lake, Hope, Abbotsford, Langley or anywhere in the Fraser Valley Area of B.C. - or if you would like more information please give Chilliwack Realto...
02/20/2011
                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  If you or someone you know is thinking of Buying or Selling property in Chilliwack's Garrison Crossing, Cultus Lake, Hope, Abbotsford, Langley or anywhere in the Fraser Valley Area of B.C. - or if you would ...
02/16/2011
So you are convinced it is a Good Idea to Buy a Home That Was a Former Grow Op? Are you considering buying a property that was a former Marijuana grow operation or meth lab?  I'm far from an expert on the subject, although Chilliwack has more than its fair share of former Grow-Op Homes.  Perhaps...
02/10/2011