PinnedMember-onlyThe Running List of Vancouver, WA’s Restaurant, Bar, Coffee Shops, and More ClosuresOne of the most eclectic bars in downtown VX74, Pho Divine, and Be Well Juice Bar recently left the downtown and uptown area — Everything has to come to an end, those are words we are all very familiar with. Unfortunately, in the restaurant world that means closed spaces. In turn that leaves communities with fewer choices on where to spend time. In Vancouver, WA, recently several places have closed. If you look for…Life5 min readLife5 min read
PinnedMember-onlyPictures that Speak: The Art of Telling Stories Through PhotographyPut life into your memories and unleash the power of your captured moments — You just took your 100th photo in the last few days. This time it was of that great meal you want to remember until you take another great photo of the other amazing meal you made. OK, so it wasn’t food, it was something random. You saw something that sparked…Photography5 min readPhotography5 min read
PinnedMember-onlyIt’s Time to Make a Pivot for Your Mental HealthIf you don’t make time for yourself, no one else will. — It’s been quite a month or so for me. The big return to the office has happened. I go in two days a week now. While I get to work at home three days one week, then two days another because I’m off every other Friday. I decided when this…Health5 min readHealth5 min read
Published inCheckmate·PinnedMember-onlyCreating Content That Will Last ForeverWriting this type of content will help you in the future. — Every day we are writing various articles on a lot of different topics. The topics that we cover can be wide-ranging. The thing is how relevant they will be in the future. In comes the idea of creating evergreen content. How evergreen is what you are writing about? What, you…Medium4 min readMedium4 min read
Published inNew Writers Welcome·PinnedMember-onlyStop Being Afraid to WriteYour fear is only going to hold you back from being great. — I recently have been wanting to write a few different articles on money-related issues. My plan for weeks if not months was to make a shift on my personal website as well as here on Medium to write about my other interest. Mainly budgeting, ways of making money, personal finance. …Personal Growth4 min readPersonal Growth4 min read
Aug 7Member-onlyThe Running List of Restaurant Opening in Vancouver, WA USAQuench Your Thirst: Boba Tea, Discover New Beer and Wine Places, and Experience a Trendy Cocktail Bar in Downtown Vancouver's latest openings — Some come and some will go, that’s the way the restaurant world works in a lot of places. Vancouver, especially downtown Vancouver is no different. In my article about Restaurants closing in downtown Vancouver, there are several that had been around for a little bit but closed for whatever reason.Life4 min readLife4 min read
Aug 15, 2022Member-onlyDon’t Write to go Viral, Just Write to WriteDon’t worry about being a major success, just write to write. — What’s your desire? You do have a desire for your life, right? Everyone has hopes, dreams, and things that they really want to do in life. What about that article you wrote, you know the one that you think was your best work yet? …Inspiration5 min readInspiration5 min read
Published indata-driven fiction·Jul 1, 2022Member-onlyWhy Returning to the Office isn’t Really the Best PolicyWhen you first get back into the office, you realize why you didn’t want to return at all. — It’s been 3 months or 90 days since the big return to the office. To say that the two days in my week that I’ve had to get up and go in has been a feat like no other is a complete understatement. …Life4 min readLife4 min read
Jun 10, 2022Member-onlyEmbrace the knowledge you get from other peopleYou’ll be surprised by how much this can help you. — In our lives, we meet a lot of people. Those people that we meet will leave us with a lot of different feelings. They can be good or bad, it just depends on the situation. A lot of times we make decisions on how we are going to accept the…Advice5 min readAdvice5 min read
May 30, 2022Member-onlyThe 3 Best Tips to Improve Your Frying ImmediatelyDo These 3 things and you’ll have the best tasting food period. Do you hear that? The sizzle, that hissing sound, the popping, oh the popping. These are sounds that cooks know all too well. If you cook a lot, you know how to handle yourself in the kitchen. …Cooking6 min readCooking6 min read
