Living

This summer when I’m on vacation, I plan to do things a little differently. There’ll be no ferry involved. No plane. No car with a roof rack. There’ll be no suitcase, no map, no boarding ticket.

Long lineups outside Bloedel Conservatory for the chance to see, and smell, rare bloom

A few days ago a fellow Richmond Garden Club member and I led a large group on a tour of Paulik Park, the most secret garden in Richmond.

“Exciting with lots of warmth and sunshine and full of fruit and flowers” describes summer’s weather and the abundance of the season’s bounty. But it also describes today’s exuberant wines ready for you to enjoy in July and August.

You’ve had a bad day at work, you're stuck in traffic, have gotten into a fight with a friend, still can’t find an affordable apartment or found yet another parking ticket on your car.

It may not feel much like summer today, but on Wednesday – and just in time for 7-Eleven Day – it’s expected to start heating up again in Richmond.

The International House of Pancakes (IHOP) admitted today that it had ‘faked’ its name change to IHOb to promote its new burger menu.

As a retiree who’s no longer perpetually exhausted from working full time, I now have the pleasure of taking courses at will.

A guffaw was not the response I expected.

It’s summertime and thoughts turn to weekends at the cottage, camping in the mountains and leaving your home potentially vulnerable to unwanted guests.