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Floatie fun in Penticton, BC
By Ken Hegan for MSN Quit what you’re doing. RIGHT NOW. Sneak out of your office. Go for coffee and don’t come back till next week. Or wait until really late tonight, then call your boss’s voicemail and tell her/him that you’re sick, paralyzed, or dead. Then grab your sunscreen, hop on a plane, and…
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Giant sized Monopoly game in Chicago
If you’re visiting Chicago this month, check out this fun new street art. An anonymous artist has turned Chicago into a giant game of Monopoly. No doubt without any official city approval, the artist (or artists) painted Monopoly cards onto Chicago sidewalks and pavement, and installed monopoly pieces, little green houses, pairs of dice chained…
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DogVacay offers doggy sleepovers
When you’re on holiday this summer, who’s taking care of your dog? Me? How nice of you to ask. Unfortunately, I’m also looking for a dog-sitter for my sharp-dressed golden lab Kyle. Maybe we should both try DogVacay, which looks and feels like a doggy version of the couch-surfing site, Airbnb. DogVacay’s website says they…
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Celeb flies with Emotional Support Dogs … are monkeys next?
So I don’t really care who Aubrey O’Day is. According to the Internets, she’s an American singer, actress, fashion designer, and former member of the girl group Danity Kane. Plus Donald Trump fired her from his reality show Celebrity Apprentice. I only mention O’Day, 28, because this week she Tweeted a pic of her chilling…
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MSN travel story: How to stop gambling on airport shuttle vans
I love the mysteries of travel. Every time I arrive at a new airport, I’m bursting with questions. Will I get nice weather all week? Are the beaches as pretty as the pictures? Is this a real airport shuttle bus? Should I really be climbing into a creepy windowless panel van? What’s that toe-curling smell?…
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This Writer/Billionaire says “Take my card”
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Pop the question with a Wedding Proposal Planner
Ah, spring. Love is in the air and young romantics are sweating bullets as they secretly plot their wedding proposals. If you’re planning to pop the question in Vancouver, never fear. There’s a professional here to help. Kristie Kent is the Proposal Planner at the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel. That’s right: her job is to…
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MSN Travel: Actor Peter New Goes Hollywood or Bust
His whole life, he’s dreamed of swimming with Hollywood sharks. Now my buddy Peter New, a Vancouver-based actor, is so close to the surf he can almost taste the kelp and Santa Monica sand. Peter has played a ton of roles including ‘Stuttering Paramedic’ in Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Jimmy the Doorman…
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MSN Travel story: Stay in people’s homes for cheap
“This place isn’t mine. But I’m staying here for the weekend.” Courtesy: airbnb ————– It finally happened…a Facebook ad actually worked on me. No, not the Gout Study, as compelling as that surely must be. The first-ever Facebook ad to lure me in is an intriguing travel service called airbnb. Their website describes themselves as…
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