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Chef Simon Bouchard brings modern romance and a touch of gourmet indulgence to life at stunning Liquidity Bistro. Liquidity Bistro is pleased to announce an advance opening of its 2017 season with the launch of an intimate, four-day Valentine's menu. Guests may book reservations for Valentine's brunch (February 11 & 12), Valentine's dinner specials (February 10-12) and Valentine's Day dinner on February 14. With 30 acres of panoramic vineyard scenery and a bounty of fresh local ingredients for inspiration, new Executive Chef Simon Bouchard and his team have crafted a variety of inspired and exclusive menus for the Valentine's Week occasion.  Diners can indulge in savoury tarts and pastries served alongside innovative brunch dishes, such as beef & eggs cassolette, Fraser Valley duck confit and crispy poached egg salad. Completing the meal is the signature mimosa, made with fresh orange juice and Liquidity Bubbly. On February 10-12, guests c

We all want to live happy and healthy lifestyles. That is almost everyone’s resolution. Every mom out there wants her family healthy all the time. We want our families healthy during all seasons such as the Fall and Winter Season. After paying for all our bills we tend to be broke. But planning the right way can easily help us stay focused. Keeping your family healthy during winter can be quite hectic and so you have to do it right. You need to make sure that your family is wrapped up. These colder months can lead to a lot of sicknesses especially for those with weak immune systems. It is therefore important to remain warm at all times. We should cover our bodies up and turn on the heaters in order to supply adequate supply of heat. A review of our personal hygiene habits should also be considered. Be sure that your family keep clean by washing their hands before touching food and visiting the washrooms. Also, make sure that you wipe surfaces with sprays and antibacterial wipes

Daycare is such a crazy topic right now. There is no spaces available anywhere and it costs an arm and a leg. One great option that is readily available in BC is that of Child Care Subsidy, and here is where you will find the answers to all of your questions regarding what the program is, and how you can apply! What is Child Care Subsidy? You may be asking yourself, what exactly Child Care Subsidy is. Child Care Subsidy is a monthly payment that is sent to eligible families to assist them with the cost of their child care. Each monthly subsidiary payment is reflected based upon each individual family’s unique circumstance. You can choose a basic preschool setting, home daycare, large facility daycare or a Montessori style centre. Our selection for Montessori school is first academy . Are You Eligible for Child Care Subsidy Several of the eligibility requirements are that you must be a resident of British Columbia. You must also be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident of

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Do you have shopping to do this weekend? If so, it's a great time to use Swagbucks and earn cash back for your purchases. From Friday through Sunday, they're doubling the cash back in all of their stores! It's really simple to use: Just click this link to sign up for Swagbucks and shop at over a thousand different stores - you'll get points (called SB) for every dollar you spend. You can then turn those points into free gift cards at some of your favorite retailers. As a special bonus, if you sign up through me and spend $25 or more this weekend, you'll get a $2 bonus applied to your account after your points are credited to your account. It doesn't stop with shopping, either. You can earn points for everything from searching the web to watching videos and trying our new products and services. This year I saved over $500 on my Christmas shopping by using Swagbucks to earn gift cards to shop on Amazon. That is a huge amount of money to save ar

Online Shoppers Get HOLY S#!T SKIN IN JUST THREE STEPS   DERMA FLASH , a revolutionary at-home professional quality facial exfoliating device, is proud to announce a new online retail partnership with Ulta Beauty , the largest beauty retailer in the United States.   DERMA FLASH is an exfoliating device specifically created for the delicate skin on a woman’s face. This little magic wand removes dead skin cells and built up debris from the skin’s surface, while also getting rid of peach fuzz. DERMA FLASH instantly reveals smooth, radiant, camera-ready skin.   Inventor & founder Dara Levy owned a high-end med spa and sold over 6,000 dermaplaning treatments in five years. Dara loved how radiant her clients looked after a treatment and noticed an amazing difference in their confidence level. She had an epiphany that an at-home dermaplaning solution did not exist. She immediately got to work and spent the next three years researching and developing DERMA FLASH a

Celebrations are such important things. They are an essential way of marking a milestone in your families lives, and they bring everyone together in such a positive way. But they can also be seriously hard work. There is the stress of organizing them. As well as the cost, and the worry that everything will go right on the day. But there are some ways you can have an awesome celebration without tearing your hair out. Read on to find out what they are. Planning A great party starts with clever planning . Get this part right, and you are setting up the foundations for a fantastic event. But what do you need to consider when planning a party? Image here Well, first of all, you want to fix a date. If there is anyone that you definitely want to attend, make sure you check with them first that they are free. Then you need to set your venue. For most folks, this will be their home or garden. But for a larger get-together, it might be better to hire a town hall or similar place.

Do you want this year to be the year you actually keep your New Year’s Resolution to achieve better and healthier habits?    “It’s the ultimate personal challenge,” says Leigh Stringer, author of The Healthy Workplace . "It takes guts and determination to make and keep those life-changing commitments in our lives, but it can be done.” Stringer offers up 5 major reasons we fail, and how to stay on track:   1.       Get Serious. We need a strong reason to overcome our natural lack of motivation.   Becoming healthier is a really good idea.  But to get us to change our behavior – to actually change the way we eat, move, sleep and manage our stress on an ongoing basis – requires a really powerful motivator.  We need a reason that makes it “absolutely essential” for us to do something differently, and think of ourselves differently.  Our lame excuses need to be trumped by a greater calling.  We need a real sense of urgency and a stronger “why.” Deciding to be hea

On the surface, Lilykins lives the life of a typical house cat. But Lilykins has another life – a secret life – that transports her to a world of incredible adventures. In twenty-six bright, beautifully illustrated pages, The Secret Life of Lilykins reveals to readers, through fun rhyming verse, the fantastical world of its feline protagonist. From hunting a “plain old pigeon, small and mild” who “turned into something else quite wild!” to lording over her couch cushion queendom and striking up conversation with her window perch pal, Mr. Squirrel, Lilykins is a clever, creative, and enchanting kitty who parents and children will delight in telling the tale of, time and time again. A truly unique, undeniably entertaining addition to the contemporary children’s fiction market, The Secret Life of Lilykins highlights: Diversity in children’s storytelling: Lilykins and her cat brother, Charlie, have two dads, Max and Patrick Environmental awareness: “We all live

BOLDFACE ( BOLDFACEGear.com ) has married technology with backpacks to allow parents to create their own on-demand one-of-a-kind backpack in under 5 minutes! Backpack images are photo quality. Now mom and dad can chuck that tacky t-shirt with their kid on it and rock something really cool! BOLDFACE backpacks come with interchangeable "faces" that can be swapped out in seconds, providing consumers with the ability to completely change the look of their backpack. When junior grows older, mom and dad can just make a new "face" and replace the old one of junior in diapers...in seconds!   Consumers no longer must take what global backpack producers shove down their throat. Consumers are now empowered to express themselves by creating their own backpack, providing them the utility of a traditional backpack with a platform for self expression. When consumers grow tired of their backpack they need not purchase a new backpack. They only need to create a ne