http://www.ashleyrichards.com Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:38:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Watching McCain's speech tonight and in the middle of the speech I hear "We believe everyone has something to contribute." Hmmm...has Meg been giving him some tips on what to say? Meg Whitman that is. That's eBay's #2 core value. I should know. I wore it on my badge for ... http://www.ashleyrichards.com/2008/09/04/mccain-taking-tips-from-ebay-core-values/ Right now in Vancouver it's incredibly hard to buy gifts for friend's kids if you saw something you want to get at Pottery Barn Kids. There's no Canadian website, no catalogue, and no store. So you'd have to call a store in Toronto, already know what you want and hope that they can ship it out to ... http://www.ashleyrichards.com/2008/07/31/pottery-barn-kids-vancouver/ Yay! Sephora will be opening a store in Vancouver, but not until July 10, 2009. I had emailed them to ask because I heard some rumblings about it. And it seems like the big-brand retailers have finally realized that Vancouver is a pretty large brand-obsessed, shopping-addicted population.  So here was their response: Good News! There ... http://www.ashleyrichards.com/2008/07/27/sephora-coming-to-vancouver/ Since it's been feeling like summer here in Vancouver (finally), Brendon and I have been drinking some good old-fashioned sweet tea. There's only one company on the West Coast that I know that serves it, and it's the restaurants at the Flying J truck stops on I-5. Since we're nowhere near one ... http://www.ashleyrichards.com/2008/07/09/sweet-tea/ Tip 1 - Avoid Antibiotics, but take probiotics if you do. Don't ever go on an antibiotic unless it's absolutely necessary. And when you do, take a probiotic. You don't want to end up with what I have. During my trip to Costa Rica I got sick and the ship doctor put ... http://www.ashleyrichards.com/2008/05/20/public-service-announcement/ I should have written this post over a month ago. I tried Bikram's again in the afternoon, twice. Both times I drank a lot of water throughout the day so that I wouldn't feel sick during the class. No luck. I'm thinking that it's just not for me. The whole getting ... http://www.ashleyrichards.com/2008/05/05/bikrams-yoga-class-3-4/ It's a quirky little movie. If you like British comedies, you should probably see it. Oddly, I can't see this being an American movie even though David Schwimmer directed it. (I think he's found what he should be doing in film.) Not being able to get an American producer to ... http://www.ashleyrichards.com/2008/04/09/run-fat-boy-run/ Short post. I'm back from Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Even though it was only 10 days, it felt like I was there for a month - we did so much. Had fun, got sick, enjoyed the cruise, zip-lined, saw lots of wildlife and plants, held hands with a monkey, and ... http://www.ashleyrichards.com/2008/04/07/and-im-back/ I think that's how you say it. Well I'm in Costa Rica waiting for my mom and sisters to arrive. We're doing a girls only cruise on the Wind Star. Yes, la-de-da. It's my mom's big birthday. (Not going to say how old because she may kill me for broadcasting ... http://www.ashleyrichards.com/2008/03/29/hola-desde-costa-rica/ Usually when someone puts up a billboard declaring their love for someone, it's followed by a marriage proposal. But some wacky Canadians (well 2 Canadian-American dual citizens and 1 poor chap without a vote in Nov) felt they had to publicly declare their love for Obama. Looks like it started ... http://www.ashleyrichards.com/2008/03/20/canadians-love-barack-obama/