Living

YOU don't have to be an interior designer to be able to add style and panache to your home. There are many simple tips and tricks that you can do to add that special wow factor to your surroundings.

HOW can you make sure that your portfolio is being managed successfully and earning a good return through these uncertain market conditions? It's called risk management.

Seniors Gathering - A Taste of Hollywood: A free drop-in program for an informal get together and chat from 10 to 11: 30 a.m. on the second Tuesday of every month at the North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St.

A number of years ago, I went to do a consultation at a home in the British Properties.

NEAR the end of his brother Rob Blair's life, David Ray asked if there was anything he could do for him. "God forbid he was to pass away, I was thinking, look up an old friend or something," says Ray, a Vancouver filmmaker.

IT doesn't matter how big a wine geek you are (or not), wine tastings on a grand scale can occasionally be quite somnambulant affairs.

Use of music helps clients tell their stories

WELL, it had to happen. Long a symbol of romantic purity, a luminous orb to be flown to, jumped over or lassoed, the moon was overdue for a massive reversal of fortune. As tall poppies go, it's our tallest.

Puppy Problems? No Problem! By Brenda Aloff, Dogwise Publishing, 313 pages, $39.95. THEY are cute little bundles of fur that are endearing from the moment they come into your home. Puppies are also a lot of work and require a great deal of attention.

Art deco chic: extravagant glamour between the wars