Blog by MJ Ankenman

Raining Day Activities

May 22nd, 2006
Found the perfect rainy holiday activities to do today, other than go to open houses that is. Started out the day spring cleaning my closet. This is the time I curse all condominium designers, architects and developers with their lack of closets in order to save space. What?.. just because I live in a condo I don't own clothes or extra towels and sheets. But I digress.... So after gett ...

Racing & Open Houses

May 16th, 2006
This weekend my sweetie and I took part in the Bell City Chase. It is called an urban adventure and is set up similar to The Amazing Race. We had to find different chase points around the city and then perform tasks that ranged from diving at The Aquatic Centre to finding art in The Vancouver Art Gallery. We had a blast and did not become one of the nasty couples that we see on The Amazing Ra ...

Vancouver Realtor Runs

May 9th, 2006
Now that a full day of rest is behind me, I can blog about the weekend. I ran the Vancouver International Half Marathon on Sunday. I finished in just under 21/2 hours, which considering I just have started back into running after a year hiatus, I'm pretty pleased with. The course was great, although wet. Of course being a Realtor I was checking out all the condo buildings in Coal Harbour and ...

Busy Weekend

October 17th, 2005
Friday night, I attended the Picasso opening at the Vancouver Art Gallery. It was great to see all the people out. Sometimes I wasn't sure to look at the art on the walls or at all the different outfits people were wearing. A lot of people were wearing local designer's wear. Going to the show made me think of the new Electric Avenue complex. What a perfect place to have an after the gallery p ...