Scenic Canyon Hike

The Mission Creek Greenway in Kelowna is a fantastically popular 16.5 km trail for walking, running and biking. However, I'm surprised how many hikers keep to the flat portions between Lakeshore, Gordon and KLO roads. Head further up the path, starting at the Hollywood Road access near km 11, to view gorgeous scenic vistas, green ponds home to mallards, and cute bridges. Enjoy fall!

 

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Ways to Wear Pandora

Pandora has become the fastest-growing jewelry company in the past decade, and with good reason. The bracelets and charms allow for personalization and are at a price-point perfect for gift-giving and minor self-indulging. Whether you love it or hate it, you have to admit it's a pretty savvy marketing strategy!

Thanks to local jewelry heaven, Posh Gallery, my collection started over eight years ago. I've bought and sold so much - at one point even had the solid gold bracelet! - and have now honed my inventory to:

Clips and multiples above; unique meaningful charms below.

When I see others with Pandora, they are inevitably wearing a single bracelet with a hodge-podge of charms. I'm surprised so few take advantage of the plethora of ways to wear this jewelry.

Actually, my favourite way to wear the bracelets is without charms at all, connecting the silver and leather to make one-long five-strand bracelet:

Or use the double Diva clips (now discontinued) without any other charms:

I also often wear my cache as necklaces using the long leather cord or both silver bracelets as a choker:

Ladies, get creative with your Pandora! And excuse the housecoat ;-)

 

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Chameleon Handbag Inserts

Tired of digging through the bottom of your bag to find the pen languishing at the bottom? Dread the thought of switching bags, plucking and depositing item upon item, hoping you don't miss anything? You clearly have not heard about handbag inserts! There are a ton of inserts on the market, from upscale Hermes to Etsy home-based sewers' creations. My favourite is the Chameleon! Thanks to this ingenious design, my fingers always know where to go to find whatever I need without hunting.

For me, Chameleon's are a step above due to several ingenious features:

• a row of small vertical slots on one long side - perfect for a Tide pen, my Space Pen (more on that later!), my Wenger Swiss Clipper (as featured here), and lip balm
• two zippered compartments - one the perfect size for business cards
• slots on the shorts side, both interior and exterior, for tissue, gum, hand sani, etc.
• the large interior slot big enough for sunnies and my wallet, and the compact reading glasses I must carry for DH!
• tiny handles to easily remove and insert the Chameleon between bags

The Chameleon bag insert comes in a variety of sizes and colours. Mine is the small in lime green. I've also had the medium, but tend to carry smaller bags - the small even fits into my Rebecca Minkoff Affair.

They are a pittance for their usefulness. Order at www.chameleoninserts.com

 

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