By Megan | February 14, 2012 at 12:53 pm | No comments
Over the past year, we've had our eyes and hearts opened to new businesses, inspiring relationships and fascinating ways that couples balance their work and love.
Other than "just" owning a business two-gether, it's been interesting to learn about what keeps couples...
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By Megan | January 31, 2012 at 3:54 pm | 3 comments
Before interviewing Brittany and Jacob Reiff I visited their site, navigating around in order to get an idea of what their Portland, Oregon based start-up was like.
When I believed I had concrete understanding of what their cleverly-named site, Wantist...
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By Megan | November 23, 2011 at 10:18 pm | One comment
When Becky Cruze and Pius Uzamere told me they met online, the first thing that came to mind was, “I should have guessed”.
From their first online meeting in 2010 to establishing their online business in 2011, it would be hard to think of a better, more appropriate way...
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By Megan | October 26, 2011 at 2:47 am | No comments
Their Chinese hometowns are only a car ride away from one another yet it took flying across the world for Lin Yin and Leon Luo to meet one another.
Working as a photojournalist for Vancouver Chinese Community Newspapers, Leon’s decision to move to Canada from Ningbo, China...
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By Megan | October 18, 2011 at 5:49 pm | One comment
If Donna and Natale Rao said they didn’t work together, we wouldn’t believe them.
Perhaps we think that because of the calming energy in their co-owned Wellness Centre or that they understand how their two professions perfectly compliment one another, but the most...
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By Megan | October 12, 2011 at 12:16 am | One comment
Walking towards Sunflower Florist in Downtown Vancouver we found ourselves taking unusually deep breaths - not because we were out of shape, but because of the aroma’s luring us down the street. As we got closer the scents filling our noses were as enticing as...
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By MeganH | September 27, 2011 at 4:29 pm | No comments
If you thought that Louis Gervais was simply a caterer - wait until you visit his bistro on Harbourside Drive. A way to a journalist’s heart is through her coffee cup and the scones only made me fall deeper in love with the menu.
The new space, which opened only 18 months...
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By MeganH | September 19, 2011 at 4:20 pm | 3 comments
Ravy and Ranbir Mehroke, co-founders of Bombay Brow Bar (along with Ravy’s younger sister Amy Minhas), are ready to rock your eyebrows and rock your world: Step off the streets of Kitsilano and Yaletown and step into Bollywood beauty at its best.
If the vibrant colours,...
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By MeganH | September 7, 2011 at 5:10 pm | No comments
Stepping out of the car at Pitt Meadows’ Osprey Village was like taking a breath of fresh air. The quaint clusters of brightly coloured store fronts were a welcome in themselves. Then, we met the people who work there. The owners of the various companies - Montessori...
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By MeganH | August 30, 2011 at 10:26 pm | 8 comments
When Michael and DeEtta Cobra first met 18 years ago in their Kansas high school, there was no telling what a humble power couple they would later become.
They spent the early parts of their respective careers working in the “dot.com” industry...then came the crash;...
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