Archive for May, 2008
Reflections on the Lake Bed & Breakfast - Pender Island
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008Penny is the sweetest Inn keeper you’ll ever find. I had a wonderful time there, only $125 per night, including individual room, free canoe, bike, and such serene escape with private dock, with steel boat and canoe.
penderislandbedandbreakfast.com
Reflections on the Lake Bed and Breakfast
4711 BUCCANEERS RD, NORTH PENDER VON 2M2
E-mail:reflectionsonthelake@shaw.ca
PHONE: 250 629 3664 PLEASE PHONE BETWEEN 8 am to 8 pm THANKS
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Taxi: from Utter Bay Ferry to Reflections Lake is $23.00
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Wisedom from Ghandi
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008Technorati
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008<a href=”http://technorati.com/claim/gbmk9rsnh” rel=”me”>Technorati Profile</a>
Westin Grand Hotel-Downtown Vancouver
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Visit to modern newsroom - Georgia Straight
Monday, May 12th, 2008Editorial Room of Georgia Straight
The Georgia Straight has room for bikes, and it offers employees showers, yoga classes, etc.
My friend Charlie Smith, General Editor of Georgia Straight. His wife is East Indian, and he can speak Cantonese quite well! He’ll MC my Dominelli Carnevale 2008 on May 30th in a suit….. along with Siama Naz, Host of Chai Time on Channel M.
Italian Cultural Centre
Thursday, May 8th, 2008Lobby, this venue has 700 free parking spots.
Main Ballroom space - fits up to 500 guests, has 3 flat screen TV, full theatre stage, along with a small green room that can fit 10 people. 3 lights.
Inside the girl’s bathroom
Court Yard before the lobby
Commercial Loading bay, big enough for 5 ton truck to back up. Man in the picture is Fabio, the wonderful catering manager at Italian Cultural Centre.
They have awesome food, tasteful venue, and provide customer service with a good understanding from experience. Contact Fabio for your next event:
The Italian Cultural Centre Society
3075 Slocan Street
Vancouver, B.C. V5M 3E4
Phone: (604) 430-3337
Fax: (604) 430-3331
Office Hours
Monday to Friday - 9:00 am to 8:00 pm
Saturday - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Sunday - Closed
Canvas Lounge - Art Opening Night May 15th (Free to get in, 1 glass of wine, appies, dualing piano!)
Thursday, May 1st, 2008Pimp My Blog: Blog Promotion 101
Thursday, May 1st, 2008Pimp My Blog: Blog Promotion 101
When: 10-2, Saturday, May 3rd
Where: Tradeworks Training Society, 87 East Pender Street, Vancouver (Pender and Columbia)

Why: Now that you’ve got a blog, why toil in obscurity? Whether your goal is global media domination, raising your professional profile, or just getting your voice heard, this course will teach you techniques of effective and appropriate blog promotion. Each course is strictly limited to no more than 8 students, and covers blog basics like:
- what a blog can and can’t do for you, professional vs personal profiles and promotion, community netiquette and joining the blogosphere at large, what to say when you have nothing to say/what to say when you have far too much to say, and more!
Who: raincoaster media ltd, in partnership with Tradeworks Training Society.
How(much)? $125 tuition prepaid only, or $100 if taken with any other half-day course.
To register: email bloggingclasses@gmail.com and reserve your space via the secure Paypal link at the top right-hand corner of
http://runningthroughrain.wordpress.com. Reservation guaranteed only upon acceptance of payment.
With a small class size this will be a program of personalized, hands-on learning. Learn how to let Google and Technorati and other search engines know you exist, and begin to take part in the blogging community as a whole, including where to turn when you need help. The session includes an introduction to proven and values-driven blog promotion practices and netiquette. Learn how to make people want to link to you, want to read you. You will leave with all the skills you need to take your blog as high as you want to go. See you on Technorati!
Upcoming Courses: Corporate and Nonprofit Blogging, Blogging for Entrepreneurs, and Photoblogging (online and in Montreal, courtesy Neath of Walking Turcot Yards). Please email to be put on the notification list.
Bio: Lorraine Murphy has been blogging for many years, and her flagship blog, raincoaster (http://raincoaster.com), is ranked in the top 30,000 blogs in the world. She maintains The Shebeen Club Blog (http://shebeenclub.com), running through rain (http://runningthroughrain.wordpress.com) for students of her courses, and Blogger’s Blurt (http://bloggersblurt.wordpress.com), for beginning Wordpress bloggers. She mommyblogs at http://TeenyManolo.com and celebrityblogs at http://Ayyyy.com.















