Latin Flavour
The World Cup has brought a lot of attention to Latin America these past few weeks and that interest is only going to increase with the start of the 6th Annual Latin America Week here in Vancouver....
View ArticleRaonic’s Napping Results in Aces
The Canadians are through! Milos Raonic and Eugenie Bouchard have both advanced to the fourth round of Wimbledon with impressive wins on a rain soaked world stage. Bouchard defeated Andrea Petkovic...
View ArticleLearn a Language While You Sleep
The dream of every student, from grade school to grad school, is the ability to learn while you sleep. Think about all those hours you spend on your mattress… If those could be combined with learning a...
View ArticleCelebrate the Light
It all started on Canada Day – A fifteen-minute display of light streaks, shimmering arcs and deafening explosions. Then we had a short break and then BAM! The skies were alight again for the Fourth of...
View ArticleWorld Cup Final Party
Outdoor sporting celebrations are a problem for Vancouver organizers. After 2011s (let’s not use the ‘r’ word) public mutiny, the city is tentative to put their stamp of approval on any event that...
View ArticleReturning From the Crusades: LeBron is Coming Home to Ohio
After four seasons leading the Miami Heat, Lebron James is returning to the city that once called him King. After weeks of speculation, meetings and prognostication, James has decided to return to his...
View ArticleTen Ways to Keep Cool in Your Bedroom
The temperature this week in Vancouver is on the rise. This can mean uncomfortable sleepless nights – a crime against humanity. Here are ten ways to beat the heat when it’s time to turn in: 10....
View ArticleRecycle. Reuse. Recharge.
The push is on for humans across the planet to improve their utilization of their resources. We should no longer consider our manufactured goods or natural commodities disposable. We need to make the...
View ArticleVan Gaal’s Sleep Pods
The Netherlands stoic manager, Louis van Gaal, the man who gambled on a goalie switch during the final minutes of Holland’s quarterfinal match with Costa Rica in this year’s World Cup, is back in the...
View ArticleUrban Beekeeping
Hives for Humanity is offering free beekeeping lessons every Monday night at the Milross Gardens in Chinatown. The non-profit organization will host weekly workshops from 5 pm to 6:30 pm until the end...
View ArticleDeath of a High School Hero
Riverdale’s ‘average Joe hero’ will meet his demise this week, when Archie Andrews dies in issue 36 of the comic book “Life with Archie.” For those of you not following the series, the writers have...
View ArticleVancouver Pride
Pride week is underway in Vancouver and the rainbow flag is flying high. At City Hall, the flag has been up since Monday, with the city council addressing the specific steps Vancouver is taking to make...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Waterslide
This past weekend Salt Lake City residents were treated with a summer gift: a 1,000-foot long slip-and-slide down the city’s Main Street. The massive slide was a huge hit and was accompanied by live...
View ArticleReason #47 To Purchase a Luxury Mattress
You’ve just had your first baby. You’ve moved the crib into your bedroom for nightly feeding and you’re splitting the duties, but neither of you is getting enough sleep. The couch is now your second...
View ArticleNeymar’s Mattress Endorsement
The Brazilian football phenom, known simply as Neymar, touched down in Tokyo this week to film a series of mattress advertisements intended for Japanese television. The superstar athlete, who became...
View ArticleVoice Conditioning
Like athletes, professional singers need to be mindful of their rest. Sleep helps to restore muscles, but it also helps to protect your voice. Getting eight hours of rest reduces the time you spend...
View ArticleDiner en Blanc
If you haven’t received your official invitation by now, it’s probably too late. Diner en Blanc is returning to Vancouver for it’s third sitting. The mysterious all-white dinner party is an invite-only...
View ArticleJump For Joy
A fantastic new photomural is on display in Chinatown thanks to the inspiring photography of Eyoälha Baker and the patronage of Murality.org. Titled “Jump for Joy Photo Project,” the piece will be on...
View ArticleSleeping Cities
Jawbone, the makers of the ‘UP’, a self-tracking system you wear on your wrist, has published an interesting data survey that shows the sleeping patterns of different cities around the world. The UP...
View ArticleProudly Brewed in Vancouver
What’s better than eight hours of sleep on a luxury Simmons Beautyrest? To be honest, not much. But a cold pint of craft beer on a summer day comes close. Vancouver’s craft beer scene is exploding this...
View ArticleTen Sleep Tips for Switching from Holiday Mode to Work Mode
10. Hydrate All that time in the sun has sucked the moisture from your body. As you head back to work, try and drink as much water as possible. It will help you stay awake, fall asleep when you want...
View ArticleTen Reasons to Surprise Your Spouse With a New Mattress
10. Distraction Purchase Your new shoes cost close to what you paid for your first car. Distract your spouse by coming home with a bed you can ‘both’ enjoy for years to come. 9. Back Pain Assume a...
View ArticleVancouver’s Zombie Walk
Haven’t been sleeping well? Feel stressed and under appreciated? Trouble at home? Lose your worries at this year’s Zombie Walk. The Zombie Walk returns to Vancouver to round off the summer. The event...
View ArticleThe Apple Rollout 2014
Apple has rolled out their impressive new lineup of devices for the fall season. The next must have accessory for 2014 is the new Apple Watch, a wearable device that promises to be more user friendly...
View ArticleThe Kids Are Alright
The kids could be heading back to school on Monday, as the B.C. teacher’s strike looks to finally be over. The two sides reached an agreement on Tuesday in the wee hours of the morning. Vince Ready, a...
View ArticleShould You Wear a Bra to Bed?
For most women, the choice to wear a bra to bed is a matter of comfort; some enjoy or need the support of a bra, while others find a bra to be an unneeded irritant. But some women believe that wearing...
View ArticleKeep Smiling Vancouver
Rough Guides travel guide has ranked Vancouver as the sixth friendliest city in the world. The online travel resource, produced by Penguin Publishing, took a survey of its users to create the list. At...
View ArticleTedx Vancouver
The hugely popular TED Talks series is bringing its local edition to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on October 18th for the 5th version of TEDxVancouver. The theme of this year’s event is TILT, as in tilt...
View ArticleThe Key to Unlocking Your Potential
Potential is a buzzword that is batted around when an individual is preforming at a level below expectations. It is often accompanied by the conjunction ‘but’, as in: “he had the potential to reach his...
View ArticlePasta License
A young man from Surrey is being denied his driver’s license because of his religious beliefs that include the wearing of a plastic colander on his head. Obi Canuel is a devout member of the Church of...
View ArticlePop Songs vs. Lullabies
Kelly Clarkson recently admitted that when its time to put her baby down to bed, her go-to-song is not a classic lullaby, but a pop hit from the 90s R&B group TLC. “Silly Ho” is her baby’s...
View ArticleMattress Vancouver
Simmons Canada has developed a wonderful new tool for helping you choose your next Beautyrest mattress. With a large variety of product lines, the process of selecting a new mattress can come across as...
View ArticleVancouver Reality Show: Ultra Rich Asian Girls
Another reality show focusing on Vancouver women is coming to the small screen this fall. HBICtv: Ultra Rich Asian Girls will be streaming online with a premier slated for October 26th, at 7 p.m. The...
View ArticleThe Forbidden City
The Vancouver Art Gallery is hosting a new exhibit this fall that will feature five centuries of artifacts from Imperial China. The exhibit is titled “The Forbidden City: Inside the Court of China’...
View ArticleVancouver’s Ambitious Goal to Become The Greenest City
Vancouver is hoping to become the ‘Greenest City‘ by 2020. This ambitious goal is something that we can all strive towards. It will be a hard designation to gauge and it definitely won’t solely come...
View ArticleFall Back
On Sunday November 2nd, most of British Columbia will move their clocks back an hour. Daylight savings is here and with it a chance to gain back some needed sleep. Sleep experts say that an extra hour...
View ArticleBlue Goggles
A new study conducted by Swiss researchers at the Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel has found that special glasses that block only blue wavelengths may help us sleep better. Our body is...
View ArticlePillow Talk
A stack of mattresses on a university campus in Georgia is leading a dialogue on the nature of sexual consent amongst university students. The project is titled “Pillow Talk: Conversations about...
View ArticleSplatter Zone
The goriest night out in Vancouver this Halloween season is Evil Dead: The Musical. The B-movie is transformed for the stage with all the characters you loved from the original film series. At the...
View ArticleThe Suite Dreams Project
A charity organization in Michigan is helping to create custom bedrooms for children with special needs. The non-profit group, “The Suite Dreams Project,” is dedicated to constructing unique bedroom...
View ArticleTop Ten Things That Come In a Pocket
10. Change With the loss of the penny, our change has become more manageable. 9. Polly Throwback! Polly pocket was the envy of every little boy. I mean a virtual world in a clamshell. How come they...
View ArticleVancouver Remembers
This Tuesday is Remembrance Day, a day set aside to acknowledge the brave men and women who have served and who are currently serving Canada’s military. After the events in Ottawa last month, it is...
View ArticleThe Return of Uber
This week the rideshare tech company Uber started a new online petition to allow their services to operate in Vancouver. Currently, the British Columbian government is restraining the upstart global...
View Article10 Next Level Sleeping Tips
At Simmons Mattress Gallery, we firmly believe that a new luxury mattress set can make the difference between a regular night’s sleep and an undisturbed, comfort guaranteed, nightly escape. Yes, our...
View Article2014 Grey Cup Weekend
The BC Lions have been eliminated from the CFL Playoffs, but the buildup to the 102nd Grey Cup is just starting to build. Vancouver is hosting the national event at BC Place Stadium. Organizers have...
View ArticleThe Nutshell Sleeping Pod
Always fascinated by bizarre sleeping products, our interest was peaked this week when we came across an unusual sleeping bag called ‘The Nutshell’. The Nutshell is a private sleeping chamber designed...
View ArticleThe Anatomy of a Simmons Beautyrest Mattress
A mattress is more than springs and cushions. Like your body, it is a complex system of integral parts. All those parts add up to the perfect sleeping vessel. Today we thought we would peel back the...
View ArticleFestival of Trees
The Festival of Trees has opened for another holiday season at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Vancouver. For the last 27 years, the festival has displayed beautiful trees decorated by generous...
View ArticleStreet Sleep
Last week 39 local executives braved the cold and rain to sleep outside to raise donations and awareness for Vancouver’s Covenant House Crisis Program. By morning, the sleepers had raised $385,374...
View ArticleNighttime Beauty Tips
Simmons Mattress Gallery wants you to look and feel as beautiful as possible. We strongly believe that your nightly bedtime ritual can help you reach that potential. This week we have compiled seven...
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