by Okanagan Life | Nov 26, 2012 | Paul's Voice
Twice each year for 18 years, readers of Okanagan Life have come together in an exercise celebrating democracy, to vote for their favourite pastimes, businesses and people. It appears the Best of the Okanagan (BOTO) brand is alive and well in the Okanagan—you only...
by Okanagan Life | Oct 15, 2012 | Community, Paul's Voice
“Have you ever been forced to leave your home because of a threatening fire?” asked my brother Danny in a hurried call last January. Danny lives south of Calgary on what British Columbians would call the bald prairie. Before I could visualize anything remotely...
by Okanagan Life | Sep 17, 2012 | Paul's Voice
It was 1967. A culprit had made off with a piece of cake and Mom and Dad were on the case. Deliciously, I anticipated and welcomed the trial as we assembled in the kitchen because innocence was mine. My eight-year-old eyes sneered at my seven older brothers and...
by Okanagan Life | Jul 30, 2012 | Music, Paul's Voice, Wine & Food
Did you know that music can influence your wine purchases? In a new study, researchers played German music in a store for a day and 73 per cent of the wine sold that day was German. The next day when French music was played, French wines made up 77 per cent of sales;...
by Okanagan Life | Jun 15, 2012 | Paul's Voice
Forget everything you thought you knew about advertising … “The most effective advertisements are the ones consumers don’t even realize they have seen.” He must be mad! Yet Dr. Mark Changizi seems sane enough. Does his statement sound crazy to you? Or is it...
by Okanagan Life | May 15, 2012 | Paul's Voice
“I think, therefore I am.” Is this statement false or true? Last year I wrote about an author who claimed to know the happiest region or city in which to live. I wondered out loud if the Okanagan might be it, or if it could ever be that place? I concluded it...
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