Here are 4 reasons to improve your sleep chambers with the luxurious smoothness of silk.
1. Silk feels great. If you’ve never stretched out on silk sheets, do yourself a favor and spend a night in total softness. Even the largest thread counts will feel like steel wool when you go back to cotton.
2. Silk is durable. Did you know that soldiers wear silk undergarments? The reason: Silk is tough, stronger than kevlar, and does not tear when hit with shrapnel. As far back as WWI they would have fancy undershirts and pants – this made it easier for the medics to remove metal sharps from the wounds. No matter how much you toss and turn, the damage you inflict is nothing compared to a grenade.
3. Silk is easy to clean. Contrary to rumor, silk will outlast cotton over time. It holds its color. Silk also dries fast, and is surprisingly strong.
4. Silk breathes. It’s great for your skin, especially if you have excema or some kind of ailment. It also wicks, and repels moisture, like a sports shirt, so you won’t wake up in a pool on a hot summer’s night.
For the finest silk bedding at the best possible price, visit the Manito Silk Store on 1st and Burrard, or order off their website directly. http://www.manitosilk.com/
If you aren’t sure if you need a new mattress, try this little test
1. Take off the covers, and the sheets.
Then do something you probably haven’t done in years:
2. Take off your mattress protector.
Now, look at what you’ve got.
Have years of sweat and other fluids stained your mattress badly?
Are there dips and bumps and lumps where there shouldn’t be?
Is it as badly sunken as the Titanic?
What about creepy crawlies?
Sometimes one sense (touch) isn’t enough, and you need to see (and smell) for yourself just what you’re laying against each night.
If your mattress is looking a little grim, now’s the perfect time to buy a new one. Simmons Mattress Gallery is having a Truckload Mattress Sale with beds going for as much as 60% off.
Did you watch the Vancouver marathon last week? Did you take part? It was quite the scenic route – around the sea wall, and through the city. If you’ve made a vow, that next year, you’re in – registration starts in August for the 2013 marathon, and you had better start training now.
It’s one thing to have good shoes.
But there are a few other things you should invest in before you get started.
Gels.
Wick shirts.
Energy bars.
But what about sleep?
One thing every serious runner definitely needs is a good rest. Not just before race day, but as a means of healing your body while training. Consider it an investment in your performance.
Talk to us at Simmons Mattress Gallery - we can point you towards the best bed for a runner’s rest. Try a few in the store, and pick one that suits your body best. You can’t underestimate how much good sleep can affect your time on race day.
What happens when one truck too many pulls into your dock?
It’s stocked full of great mattresses – Beautyrest Queens, Beautyrest Blacks, Twins, Singles. Great Simmons beds.
But you never ordered all these extras. What do you do? Do you send it back? Or, do you take it at cut rates, and offer these savings to your customers. You.
That’s what Simmons Mattress Gallery has opted to do with this latest overstock shipment. We are passing the savings onto you.
Up to 60% off. You can’t find that kind of savings anywhere else in Vancouver.
If you are in Vancouver, or Coquitlam, then you are in your lucky week. We are offering beds at cut rates, just to clear out our floors.
Ask about your mattress Coquitlam sales staff will be happy to help you find your dream bed.
Do you know someone who brags about how little sleep they need?
Do they downplay their tiredness as a necessary contribution to a greater cause?
Then you’re dealing with a sleep solider, or sleep martyr.
In the modern world, it seems that there are more children than homes, and more comfortable beds than couples. Times are tough.
Money is hard to come by. It’s harder to save. But that doesn’t mean that someone needs to suffer needlessly to show their value in the family equation.
Those who sleep better, think better, and they get more done. If they’ve come as far in their planning to realize that they should sacrifice sleep, then they’re miles ahead of most people in this world. Sleep is a given. But don’t deny its ability to help.
If you are reading this on behalf of a grandparent that works twice as hard as you, but denies a quality bed – think of it as an investment in their skill-set and ethic. Not a luxury. Fuel.
A better sleep makes for a more productive day. Those who opt to be soldiers and martyrs, if anyone, need more sleep to keep them focused when the rest of the family adjusts to how the world really is.
Did you get out this Saturday, May 5th? Cinqo De Mayo for all you Latin-loving types. There was a rare phenomenon – it was the biggest full moon of the year.
If you could hold up a silver dollar, the moon would be bigger.
It only happens every few years. The moon needs to be close.
Those of you who missed it may have been sleeping soundly.
Don’t worry – there isn’t much you can miss sleeping well these days. Thanks to YouTube, Twitter, Flickr and Facebook – almost everything gets recorded as soon as it happens.
The best investment in your nighttime is still sleep. And the best way to get the best possible sleep is still with the best possible mattress.
When money is tight, the first thing that families do is cut back on their spending. Since the economy crashed in 2008, no one has really recovered. People have turtled into their shells waiting for the storm to blow over. But so far, three and a half years later, everything still seems, well, frozen.
Looking back on the 2008-201? recession, historians might very well consider this to be the first three years of a ten year depression – much like we saw in 1929-1939.
“Cocooning” is a sociological phenomenon where people spend more time indoors, and less going out and socializing. Families and friends stay at home, watch movies, play cards or just meet for dinners – as opposed to vacationing, going to the cinema or out dancing. It has become more and more prevalent in the last ten years, as money has become tight, and one night out can set you back a small fortune.
Boiling down a life situation to the barest of bones – what you get is groceries and rent. There’s no room for anything else. However, if you were going to spend your money on only one item of furniture, what is best for the cocooning that is going on?
Our money would be on your bed. You use it more than any other stick of furniture in your home. And it is the one most linked to your health and well-being. When it comes to mattresses Vancouver bed store Simmons Mattress Gallery knows more about them than any other place in town – and having toughed out more than one recession, they know all about financing and payment options to make it easier for the careful buyer.
Corona would have us think that relaxation comes from two deck chairs, two beers and a view of the beach. Not bad.
But what about all the other, unexpected annoyances. The peeling sunburn. The work waiting for you at the office. Traveller’s belly. Dealing with your family or partner is suddenly more cumbersome when it’s not a few hours a day.
The classic illusion of peace is that place on the beach. And there is something to be said for soothing waves and mellowing tides. But maybe we’re too caught up on clichés. Beaches have bugs and the sun does harm. Maybe a better way of finding peace is more Zen-like. An every day, every night, place of peace of mind – your bed.
To find inner peace you will need to relax your mind. To do so, you first need to relax your body. Get comfortable on a Beautyrest, and feel your aches and pains subside and the worries of the world float on by.
It’s a waste of time for Bill Gates to stoop down to pick up a $50 bill.
He makes so much money that doing the everyday events we do, like retuning our bottles for their deposits, and avoiding fines for dog poo makes no sense to the Bill.
However, Bill is a mere mortal like the rest of us. He needs to eat, and even the mighty Bill needs to sleep.
While he may enjoy billion-dollar views and elaborate mansions (apparently he has a room in his house that adjusts to moods), and rides in private jets – there is one place where he cannot trump the average Joe – and that would be in bed.
No doubt, Bill Gates has a fantastic mattress (we’d guess a Beautyrest Black), but that is the only barrier coming between you and sleeping like a Billionaire, just like Bill.
At Simmons Mattress Gallery – we can hook you up with the same dream machine used by the ultra-rich, and you too can share 1/3 of your day in exactly the same way as a king.
Have you seen the Bill Gates meme? It’s hilarious. R.I.P. Steve.
When it comes to children, sleep is a delicate balance.
Every child needs to sleep a certain amount per day. This time changes with age. But no matter how old they are, those hours of sleep are precious to the sanity of mom and dad.
Every hour needs to be accounted for, so how you shape that sleep schedule is pretty much up to the parent. It just takes some planning. Nothing worse than having a toddler sleep for 45 minutes walking back from the park, only to have them up at 1 am bouncing off the walls.
As difficult as it is to put them to bed when they’ve napped too long, it’s just as hard to find ways to keep them awake so that doesn’t happen.
Here are a few tips to keep your child amused when you don’t want them to sleep.
Give them something to drink. Apple juice is a good one. It will take them 15 minutes just to figure out how to put the straw in the hole.
Oranges. The act of peeling an orange is kind of like doing a puzzle backwards. Mesmerizing to little ones. And if you have boys, it satisfies the destruction impulse. It’ll keep ‘em busy.
Name the colour of that car. You never run out of cars. There are only so many colours. And believe me, the game gets old fast. But it’s better than having them doze off, ruining your night.
The distraction game. Walk with them and point out everything you see. “Hey, look, a cloud.” “There’s a train.” “Wow, a shopping cart on someone’s lawn.” This will keep them occupied until you get home.
The last thing you want getting in the way of your youngin’ and sleep is a lousy mattress. For the love of your own sanity, make sure they have a good bed. For toddlers, we recommend captain’s beds. Ask us about the best option for your child, and we’ll make sure that there’s one less thing coming between you and your own down time.
Famous crying children photos by Jill Greenberg pretty much say it all.
A sunset signifies the end of something: a romantic evening, a day of adventure, or a chapter of life. A sunrise, on the other hand, is a celebration of possibility.
How many sunrises have you seen in your life? Every day, the sun goes down around us as we carry on our lives. But unless we are farmers or stockbrokers – we rarely see it come up.
In California, and Vancouver, sunset is the magic hour, but in Uruguay, it’s all about dawn. A proper sunrise is best seen over ocean, with a flat, endless horizon to paint the clouds for aching ages before the big appearance.
There is a certain peace to be found in the first rays of daylight. Not like what you find at night. There are fewer people around. It’s quiet. You can see why the elderly structure their lives around the early hours.
It could also have a lot to do with our sleeping schedule. If you have a hard time falling asleep at night, you won’t be able to enjoy the tranquil moments of morning.
If you live in Vancouver mattress stores like Simmons Mattress Gallery can help you find the proper sleep machine that will have you out at the right time to be up early enough to enjoy the best moments of the day.
You’d think any creature that makes an annoying buzzing sound and leaves an itchy welt as a calling card would have been eliminated ages ago by means of natural selection. How can these traits possibly be genetically advantageous?
Even so, the mosquito still exists today, and it is probably one of the most irritating things that can get in the way of your sleep.
With the summer coming up soon, our friend the mosquito will begin making his way back into our bedrooms at night.
Here are a few ways to keep him away from your blood.
Mosquito nets. Now this is a little extreme. But they work. If you don’t mind setting them up every night, and having one more thing between you and bedtime.
Bug zappers. These things are noisy, sure, but there is something satisfying about hearing mosquitoes getting fried on a hot summer’s night. You might spend more time grinning to yourself than actually sleeping though.
Tonic. There’s a reason Brits love their G&Ts. When they were stationed in India, malaria was a real problem, so they were given quinine tablets to stave off the disease. Now, quinine is one of the most bitter substances on earth, so the easiest way to wash it down was with a little sugar, some carbonated water (to make tonic) and of course gin. Hard to get a decent night’s sleep after too many of these though.
Bug spray. This stuff is bad for you, but sometimes, you just don’t care. Deep Woods Off! and Deet are the best at keeping the flying parasites at bay. If you can get over the idea that you’re breathing in poison all night, you’ll sleep like a baby.
A few other tips – avoid wearing blue – apparently they take a shine to that shade. And watch what you eat – spicy foods make your blood less appetizing.
Of course, the other thing to do is just ignore them. If you don’t scratch those bites, they go away on their own in a few hours. And if you’re sleeping as soundly as a log, you won’t even notice that you have been donating to the cause all night.
The best way to tone out your enemies is on an excellent bed. Simmons Beautyrests are made of natural fibres, so they breathe easily during the night. You won’t find yourself in a pool of hot summer sweat like you will with synthetic mattresses. Just a cloud of calm. Without the extra heat and moisture, it’s easier to sleep the night away, without giving a second thought to our little annoying friend.
Remember the 90s? That woe-be-gone era of the plaid shirt, Nirvana and heroin chic? Back when, all it took a was a three day bender and you could be model of the year. Skinny arms and legs, scraggly hair and dark rings under the eyes. Mmm mm, gorgeous.
Well, the 90s are over, and heroin chic along with it. So why are some people still walking around like zombies from the Walking Dead? It’s not sexy anymore (was it ever, really?).
If those dark rings are from a lousy sleep – there’s an easy answewer to your fashion woes. You need to get yourself a better bed.
Simmons Mattress Gallery has the perfect sale to get you out of the 90s and into a healthy-looking slumber – An all-old models must go Clearance Sale. It’s only on until April 15th, so don’t delay any further. These beds are going at up to 70% off.
So, you flagged down a cab and someone else jumped in before you. What is an accurate synopsis of how you’d respond, today?
1. You stomp around screaming and pointing digits.
2. You snap your fingers, and say, gosh darnit, I’ll grab the next one.
3. You collapse to the sidewalk in tears. Rolling around on your back, and kicking your feet and yelling for mommy! While a crowd gathers. Ooh. Embarrassing.
Okay, another one. Say you get into an elevator, and someone bumps your purse and everything falls all over the floor. Do you:
1. Blush. And stoop down to pick it up. Excusing yourself between legs and shoes.
2. Scream and yell at the guy. And watch while he apologetically gets your things.
3. Collapse in the corner crying and kicking your legs screaming and throw the rest of your stuff around the elevator with screams and grunts like an animal.
If you answered 3 to either of these questions we’re gwessing you nweed a wittle more sweep, maybe a nap. Oh, would you wike a nap?
Yeah, it sounds like you need some sleep.
Get yourself a better bed. This week Simmons Mattress Gallery is clearing out the last of its clearance stock and beds are going for as low as 70% off!
When you walk into a store, you want to know that the salesperson coming up to you knows their stuff.
It’s one thing to be at The Bay, where you know that the eager face approaching you has been on the job or a year at most. It’s a whole other experience dealing with a professional.
No matter if you go into Simmons Mattress Gallery’s Broadway or Coquiltam stores, you will find salespeople with over 10-15 years of experience. Not selling electronics, or time shares, or cars – but mattresses.
Our sales professionals know pretty much everything there is about beds, pillows and the mattress industry, and they can pass this knowhow onto you.
If you want to deal with the most professional sales floor in Vancouver – look to Vancouver’s mattress professionals – Simmons Mattress Gallery.
There’s something about owning a piece of worldwide credibility.
Only a Simmons is known all over the world. You can travel as far south as Argentina and you’ll still see a Simmons Store.
In fact, their tagline is: “La Marca Del Mundo,” which translates into “All over the world.”
That’s when you know you are dealing with a heavyweight brand with a quality reputation for making the best possible mattresses for over 100 years.
If you are looking for mattresses Vancouver, then we’ll suggest Simmons Mattress Gallery in Vancouver. But for everywhere else in the world – just look for the Simmons sign, and you’ll be in good hands.
Throughout time, millions have fought and died for the right of their children to live free.
We are the children of these sacrifices. The fact that you can wake up in the morning, and do whatever you wish to do from there on in, is a hard-fought right, that came through bloodshed, violence and a country’s grim determination not to give us up to invaders.
In 2012, it’s hard to track back to exactly who those dangers stem from, but count your stars that you live in a free country, such as Canada, and you can more or less do as you please. There are no immediate hardships placed on you, or familial debts to crumple under. It’s just you and the world.
Those living in repressed countries have terrible mattresses. It’s not like they are bringing them in along with the Red Cross and rations. So a poor bed is all they know.
Prisoners as well. They have atrocious beds. Thin, flea-ridden slaps of cloth. For years, a prisoner, even in Canada, must endure a miserable mattress.
There are plenty of ways to celebrate your freedom and enjoy the privileges it bestows on you. But dont’ overlook a good night’s sleep. One night on a Beautyrest Queen is a luxury than millions the world over will never get to experience.
If you are serious about celebrating the freedom we have here in Canada – you will need to make your sleep the best possible sleep a free person can enjoy – A Beautyrest Queen – from Simmons Mattress Gallery.
There is nothing that can crush your dreams and break your spirit faster than false hope. It’s one thing to never have a chance – to swing for the fences and miss every time, give up, move on and pick up a new game. But it’s different when you’ve had a few doubles and triples. Just enough to make you think that there’s a Grand Slam in there, somewhere, and we’re not talking about what you ate this morning for breakfast.
That sense of being close, but not close enough, is what keeps the good up at night. And what keeps the great from ever sleeping right. Because you never know, maybe the only difference between false hope and real hope is when you choose to give up. Success could be right around the corner, but if you call it quits tomorrow, you’ll never take that extra step to find it.
If you always believe, anything can happen.
As Mr. Leo Burnett once said, “Always shoot for the stars. You might not reach them. But you won’t come up with a handful of mud either.”
So before you let life crush your dreams and steal the magic from your soul, keep fighting. Grit your teeth and clench your fists and keep stomping forward, oblivious to the heartache and the pain, because no one likes a quitter and no one respects someone whose sold their dreams too easy.
So when it’s getting too hard, and you need to recharge, that’s when you need the best possible bed for your journey. Don’t cheap out on your dreams. Get yourself a proper vessel into the imagination, like a Beautyrest.
If you feel life is hell-bent on crushing your dreams, make your dreams stronger, and fight back.
With tax time just around the corner, a lot of us stay up late. It’s not like we’re sitting around having a grand ol’ time, drinking gin and reliving the sunny days of last tax year and the one before. Most of us, at least the business owners, are up all night worrying how they are going to pay their taxes when clients are slow to pay, or when the money owed exceeds the balance in the bank. These are bad money worries to have.
At Simmons Mattress Gallery, we’ve always been opposed to the idea of sleeping pills, or quarts of gin, or heavy blows to the head to induce much needed unconsciousness. Instead, we prescribe a Beautyrest Queen mattress – now on sale for $898 – but only at Simmons Mattress Vancouver.
Before you get the money you need and square up with the taxman, get yourself a Beautyrest mattress. The effects of one night’s sleep are like mental bleach. And your worries will be whisked away.
Most people get fired for sleeping on the job. But imagine if that was what you were hired to do. Is there anything sweeter than getting paid to nap? It’s a real job though. They’re out there – the professional sleepers.
A Chinese company called Qunar operates a travel review site. To be downright thorough in their reviews of hotel beds, they’ve actually hired three professional sleepers. Their job? To assess the thread count, slipper softness, room service and WiFi in the top hotels around the country.
Travelodge has an on-staff bed guru that they use to sleep in every one of their rooms. He’s there to make sure all the mattresses are up to snuff. He makes over $100,000 a year for his troubles.
To read more about how you can become a professional sleeper, click here: Best Jobs On The Planet.
In today’s North American society, we just assume so much is simply owed to us. As a breed of consumers, we are accustomed to being served, and our needs taken care of at every turn. Because we are always buying: The buyer has the power.
But there is supposed to be give and take.
In a perfect world, that is the exchange. The smiling saleslady who patiently waits as you try on six skirts without buying any, will in turn get her service when it comes to ordering sushi that evening and making the waitress dance around her new age diet. The problem arises, when you have an unbalanced society: when everyone is buying and no one is selling. That is when you get an air of entitlement. Consumers expect the world to cater to their every need just because they have a few coins jingling in the pocket. And this expectation carries over into everyday life. The whole world exists to serve – without an understanding of the service we must give back. This is the problem with debt. You create a nation of spoiled children who always take, without any intention of repaying.
At Simmons Mattress Gallery we do our best to keep a staff that truly believes in service. We bend over backwards to ensure that our customers get the treatment they deserve. We also understand the balance of give and take, so we also expect the very best from our suppliers. This in turn helps you as well.
After being an iconic weekend outing in Vancouver for 120 years, the Hastings Racecourse is thinking of shutting its gates for good.
This would be a real blow to the diversity of entertainment in Vancouver, as the races are a time-honoured family event, that have waned in popularity in the last few years.
The trend seems to be worldwide. The legacy of the Sport of Kings seems to be in decline. The new HBO series Luck was cancelled this week after a series of unfortunate incidents involving horse deaths! It was not well-received by racing enthusiasts and did little to elevate the status of horse racing in the public at large.
It’s too bad, because spending the day in the sunshine with the family on the grassy knoll watching horses, eating burgers and having a beer is a fine and fun tradition.
In Buenos Aires, in the summer, the weather is warm night and day. While being homeless is never a good thing, the down-and-outs in Argentina at least have one added luxury (we’ll use that term loosely) that you won’t see in other countries – they bring their mattress with them.
You can find mattresses in the parks, in the schoolyards, and next to the supermarkets with the gear and carts of the homeless nearby.
In Canada, it’s simply too cold to sleep outdoors. In Vancouver, maybe, but there it rains too much. I’m not really sure why the homeless here like to bring their beds with them, but it does make the experience just a little less worse.
Not sure if they have shelters in BA, maybe that’s the difference. They also don’t have that pesky mattress Vancouver issue of bed bugs either.
It makes for a pretty good lean-to keep the rest of their gear protected.
Sometimes the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Here are some snapshots of what pillows are mattress covers and beds are like 7004.1 miles away.
(This is a neat website to find the distance between any two points on earth by way of the crow flies, by the way.)
As you can see, even 11K+ away from home, people still have the same needs. They need to sleep. Therefore they need mattresses. They need pillows. Therefore there are mattress stores.
They need to have a nice looking girl on their packaging.
If it weren’t for the price and the Spanish writing… you’d almost never know we weren’t in Vancouver.
A recent study has shown that the practice of turning back our clocks to save the day may actually have adverse effects on our health.
The lost hour of sleep over the weekend may put our heart at risk come Monday.
“The Monday and Tuesday after moving the clocks ahead … is associated with a 10 percent increase in the risk of having a heart attack,” Martin Young, an associate professor in the cardiovascular disease division at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said in a university news release. “The opposite is true when falling back in October. This risk decreases by about 10 percent.”
The reason is our body’s internal clock (or Circadian rhythms) need time to readjust to new lifestyles and patterns. If thrown abruptly into new routines, it can offset the cellular balance.
Also, sleep deprivation has been known to increase the risk or diabetes, heart disease, inflammatory illness and more. Sleep is more important to our health than most people realize.
Here are a few tips to help your body adjust with the time change last night.
-Wake up 30 minutes earlier the days before the change to help your body adjust.
-Eat a healthy breakfast.
-Spend a little more time in the sun. The sun’s rays can he healing.
-Exercise regularly.
-Take naps.
Anyone with young children knows what a fiasco it can be getting them to sleep at night. Newborns especially can be a nightmare, because you need to get them into a routine. Even then, it’s a crapshoot as to whether they’ll sleep or not. Toddlers are afraid of the dark and things that go bump in the night. And teenagers are stealing out the window and into their boyfriend’s cars.
It seems at every age – it’s not an easy feat getting your child to go to sleep.
One ritual is to go over the events of the day. We talk about the animals we saw and the people we met and the words we learned and the fun things we did as a family.
Another option is to read. But this can take a long, long time, especially if the parents are tired as well.
Here’s a children’s book, narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, along this very theme.
Just as it’s easier for you to fall asleep on a comfortable mattress, think of what it’s like for your young one. Simmons Mattress Gallery in Coquitlam has a wide variety of quality cribs for just this very purpose.
If you buy a bed from Simmons Mattress Gallery, there are a variety of financing options you can make use of.
You can pay cash. We like this. Or, you can pay by credit card. This is also a perfectly acceptable option. We also offer financing. If you don’t want to pay for 6 months, you don’t have to.
But how do they do it in other countries?
Our correspondent in Buenos Aires has had some interesting discoveries about how transactions are handled in South America.
If you are paying rent. It has to be in US Dollars. It has been over 10 years since the economy crashed and the peso was violently devalued, but it has made enough landlords gun-shy enough to demand their rent in US currency. Problem is, it’s really hard to get. The banks don’t give it out. And even Western Union has greenbacks in limited supply. Apparently, the Argentina government scours your tax records to determine how many USDs you can have at any time. Crazy.
With inflation anywhere between 20 and 30%, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to hang onto money any longer than you have to. So people in Argentina buy like crazy. One strange discover was at the grocery store – now we may be mistaken here, but our writer down American under was pretty sure they were allowing him to charge his credit card in 3 payments. Put it this way, if you bought a $1000 Beautyrest, you could pay $333 now, $333 later and $334 three months from now. But when the cost of living is skyrocketing by 30%, all of a sudden that last payment seems like a 10% off deal.
Something to consider when 0% financing is on the table with a rapidly escalating inflation.
Note: If you need a mattress Vancouver store Simmons Mattress Gallery will give you a bed for even less than the Argentines. They are currently pricing Queen Beautyrests at $898.
There are plenty of worries that can keep you tossing and turning at the midnight hour.
If you are in Canada, you might be fretting over the cost of housing in Vancouver and whether or not you’ll ever make enough money to raise a family in the city you were raised in.
In the States, the economy is in shambles, and the cost of gas keeps rising.
If you live in Argentina, you might be wondering about what’s going on with the Falkland Islands.
We are coming up on the 30th anniversary of the Falkland War, when Argentina made a push for the islands (which it calls the Maldivinas) and to their surprise, Britain retaliated en force. It was a short, brutal war, and almost 1000 soldiers lost their lives.
But the war is not yet over.
With the anniversary just around the corner, there has been a lot of animosity between the two countries in the last few days.
First Argentina denies two British cruise ships entry into the country. Then the Economist accuses the country of cooking their books on the economy. Then there’s pressure from Spain. Then they threaten to shut down the air space between the Falklands and Chili. And most recently, they have urged companies to boycott British imports.
Yesterday, the offered to provide flights between BA and the Falklands directly, which has many Falklander’s squinting in suspicion.
For the average Joe (or Juan) there’s a lot of worry about. But it’s one of those things. Property values, war, the price of gas, it’s not something you can control. So, the best you can do is get a good night’s rest.
If worries of the world are keeping you from getting the sleep you deserve, maybe it’s time to invest in a high-octane dream machine.
Vancouver mattress company Simmons Mattress Gallery is now offering Simmons Beautyrests from $898. That’s $2000 less than the initial asking price. And with its individually wrapped patent pocket coils, you are pretty much guaranteed to get the best sleep ever, even if the world is crashing around you.
A strange group of Americans in less-than-flattering yellow and black outfits got together in New Orleans last weekend to beat the world record for the largest human mattress dominoes.
850 mattresses were used to accomplish the feat.
Was this record set by a weight watchers group that got distracted? We’re not sure. But some of them should have been using more than singles to pad their fall, if you get what we mean.
The relationship with the one you love is the most important thing in the world. Treasure it. Nurture it and save it… from the relationship destroying mattress.
Here are a few things to look out for in a lousy bed.
1. The one-sided tilt
If your relationship is getting a little one-sided, and you find that you, or your partner, is putting too much of a squeeze on the other. Have you considered the idea that it might be stemming from your mattress? A one-sided tilt, or severely sloped bed, can be the death-knell in an already drifting couple. Pressure is like physics, equal and opposite reactions, transference of energy, light beams in two places at once. Two places? Two places. If one partner is feeling the squeeze, they’ll let you know they’re not alone. Nothing good can come from this downhill trajectory. Invest in a new bed, and keep your loving on the level.
2. The cave
It’s good to be close. But too close can be smothering. If you have a bed that’s caved in the middle, you’ll find you might be spending a little too much time with the one you love, up close and personal, personal and up close, hands in armpits and legs over legs, it’s just too much. It can drive anyone to madness. Even the coziest couples need space, and a good bed is the place to start. Ditch the caved-in special and find that autonomy you need without chasing skirts half your age or eyeing the pool boy like a letchess.
3. The Squeaker.
Relationships are built on love. And to build love, you need to make love. It’s not easy to, um, build, when you have all sorts of noisy accompaniment. Drills and jackhammers may fly in the construction world, but when it comes to the tender art of the relationship, the closer one comes to silent the better. So why let a bad bed slow you down? Ditch the squeaky springs and find a mattress that silently approves the harmony of your yearning.
4. The Spring
No one wants to talk about that thing. The thing that comes between every couple. It’s a sad and dark and unspoken truth. Eventually, the sex stops. So does the tenderness. The cuddling. The loving and the closeness. There is something that divides couples in the dark of the night. And too often, it is a spring. One solitary spring can lead to discomfort and reverse flaying, of bodies, to the left and the right, to find the most comfortable angle to sleep. Don’t let a lousy spring come between you and your loved one. Get a new bed already.
The Simmons Mattress Gallery in Vancouver and the Simmons Mattress Gallery in Coquitlam are not the only two Simmons Mattress Galleries in the world, you know. There are other galleries all across Canada.
In fact, there is a Simmons Mattress Gallery in Halifax, NS. They are friends of ours.
A gentle rivalry we have, however, is whose Simmons Mattress Gallery website gets to the top of Google.
Now, we’ve always been busy optimizing for essential words, like Vancouver mattress store and Vancouver mattresses, Vancouver mattress sale etc. So it never really occured to us to optimize for Simmons Mattress Gallery. But it makes sense. After all, once someone sees that we are offering up to $2000 off Beautyrests in the paper ($2898 to $898) – they will want to make sure that they find the right Simmons Mattress Gallery. Hint – we are not in Halifax – we are based out of Vancouver.
Either way, if you are looking for the nearest Simmons Mattress Gallery, and you live in Vancouver or Coquitlam – then you’ve come to the right place.
Mattress stores in Vancouver don’t really make the most of the Valentines holiday to sell beds. Down here in Buenos Aires they embrace the holiday wholeheartedly. Here are some examples of the Valentines Day sales they have in Argentina. This store is called Bed Time and it is a major player in the mattress scene below the equator.
Ever wonder why people in North America use box springs? In Europe, a lot of beds are put up on wooden platforms. You see it still in older hotels. In South America, you’ll just find a mattress. And in other parts of the world, they haven’t even heard of the word.
Box springs are not complicated things. Actually, they are mostly air. If you flip one over and look in there, it’s not too exciting. But there are a few reasons that North Americans like their box spring foundations.
The height. It’s nice to be able to sit down on your bed. It kind of doubles as a chair that way. Also, if you are a bit older, it makes it easy to slip in and out of your bed.
A bit of bounce. Like the springs in a bed, the special design of a box spring allow for a bit of give when you’re sleeping.
A sense of completion. Just a mattress on the floor makes your bedroom look like a flophouse. You need a boxspring to make your house a home.
In different places of the world, you’ll find the way they build a mattress varies depending on climate and materials available.
For instance, in India, you’ll find Coir, or coconut husk mattresses. While it sounds a bit scratchy, it’s supposed to be rather nice.
In South America they prefer a foam mattress. North America, they have spring mattresses. (Also memory foam tops are quite popular.)
Comfort, well, that’s subjective. But personally, we like our Beautyrests. To find the comfort preference level that’s right for you, drop by a Simmons Mattress Gallery today.
King sized beds – once you’ve had one it’s hard to go back to sleeping crushed next to your partner on a queen. Nothing beats being able to sprawl out like a starfish and not even have your toes or fingertips touch the edges. Sure, they take up a lot of space in the bedroom, but that’s what bedrooms are for – beds. And they are nice.
Queens are okay. If you are in a relationship, it’s the bare minimum. If you aren’t, they make for an excellent sprawling single pad.
Singles I can see if you are smaller in stature, or if space is an issue. Really, all a guy or gal needs is a single. It’s not preferable, but it’s the bare minimum, and as the name implies, no one is asking you to share it with anyone.
But doubles? Really? They’re too small to share comfortably and not big enough to enjoy selfishly. So why even make them? If you are travelling and you find yourself on a double with your partner – the first thing you’ll ask is ‘why do they even make these things?’
If you’re thinking double, think twice, what you really want is probably a queen.
And on the topic of queens. Simmons Mattress Gallery is currently selling Beautyrest Queens for $898. That’s almost $2000 off the regular price!
I’ve seen couches left in the parks in Vancouver to later be thoroughly enjoyed by the bums over the course of the summer.
In Buenos Aires, it’s a different story. Here, we found three beds in a row. Complete with boxsprings with legs. And by the looks of it, the bums sleep on them, and live right next to them with their supply of random gear, shopping carts and even wooden crutches.
Only in weather as warm as Argentina would you find something like this. It seems like quite a comfortable setup they have, actually.
It’s one thing to be homeless, that’s bad, but bed-less – that is even more tragic.
If you are pregnant, congratulations! There is nothing as rewarding as ushering a little angel into this world. But being a new mom is not without its trying times. There are many little everyday issues that exist in your life that will soon become major every day issues.
One of the most important will be sleep.
The most common complaint of the new mother is that of exhaustion. It is very difficult to get the sleep you need when a newborn is waking you up every few hours to feed. Irregular sleep, combined with a litany of new tasks and responsibilities can put a heavy burden on the physical and mental well-being of new parents. New mothers have been known to fall into a depression because of the lack of sleep.
That is why it is important for new parents to maximize the sleep they get. If you are only going to get 4-5 hours a night, as opposed to the 8 you are accustomed to, make sure that every one of those hours counts. In other words, get yourself a good bed before the baby arrives. You can’t afford to be laying awake on an uncomfortable mattress when you know you only have a few hours until you are up again. The better the bed, the easier the journey.
When it comes time for a baby shower, maybe consider a bed fund instead of a diaper fund. Once the child arrives, sleep will become a more precious commodity than food, diapers or even toys. It is essential for every new mom’s survival.
Another thing to consider is bed rest. If you are in the final stages of your pregnancy, your doctor may suggest staying in bed. If this is the case, you will want to make sure that your days are as comfortable as possible with a good mattress.
A human’s well-being is intimately linked with how well they sleep at night. We are all familiar with the irritability we feel after a rough night’s sleep, but did you know that the damage can be even more pervasive? It has also been found that chronic insomnia can lead to mood disorders such as anxiety and depression.
The reverse is also true. Insomnia and difficulty sleeping is often an early symptom of depression. 15-20% of people diagnosed with insomnia will develop a major depression later on.
A good night’s sleep has restorative properties. If subjects reported feeling anxious or depressed, a good sleep was often able to ease their worries, tenseness and anxiety the next day. After several nights of sleeping well, many of the symptoms disappeared entirely.
Foul moods can be toxic. Misery loves company, so one person’s bad sleep can have a domino effect on all those around them, making everyone tense. To think all it could take is a good mattress to reverse this grouchy trend.
If you are sleeping poorly because of an old mattress, you are just torturing yourself and those around you. Simmons Mattress Gallery has Beautyrest Queens on sale for $898. For less than a thousand dollars you can be sleeping well every night, and getting rid of the lousy mood that is most likely causing you to make bad decisions, and could be costing you your mental (as well as physical) well-being.
It’s fun to go to other countries to see how mattress stores are set up in different parts of the world. By swapping notes, and making a few observations, sometimes it is possible to see room for improvements in the way we run our mattress stores in Canada.
Here’s a mattress store in Buenos Aires that we checked out recently. Notice how the front counter is the first thing you come across. It’s a bit backwards from our Canadian style, where you see the product before the business. Overall, the feel is more like a diner, as opposed to a fancy restaurant. Personally, as a Canadian, I find this a bit too “hard sell” but what do you think, as a consumer? Would you prefer the ‘let’s get down to business’ layout of a South American mattress store? Or do you like to try a few beds out before being approached at all? Inquiring minds want to know.
A few other differences we noted.
1. They are still using the old Simmons logo. (Not the new red one, but the one we have in our Simmons Mattress Gallery logo.)
2. They have plants. The jury’s still out on whether or not we think this is a good idea or not.
3. It’s a lot smaller. Stores are much tinier in Buenos Aires.
Ever since 2008 we’ve been mired in recession. For the last three years, it seems like it has been the only thing that people have talked about.
When will it end?
This could be just the end of the beginning. We very well could be three years into a ten-year, 30s-style depression, looking at the way employment has plummeted and the stock market has faltered. The worst could be still to come.
When you consider fees, stumbling stocks and poor interest rates: putting money into the bank seems less and less like a good idea. The six grand you tuck away for your kids each year in RESPs quickly becomes five and change while the cost of tuition continues to rise.
Companies are going bankrupt. The global financial market is teetering on the brink. Our money is tied to a standard that is closer to air than gold. So what should people do with their money?
The old adage is you hide it underneath your mattress. But take it from a mattress company, despite the preposterous state of the world right now, this is never a good idea, and here’s why.
With inflation now in double digits on food (11%), rent (10%), gas (10%) and practically everything else. That money quickly becomes worth less and less with each passing year. You’d be better off spending it.
People tend to throw away mattresses at the most inopportune times. Here’s a story about a lady who mistakenly threw out her aging mother’s sagging mattress and $1 million along with it: Mattress disasters.
It makes for an awfully uncomfortable sleep. It’s one thing to have a pea under your bed, but a stack of cash? You’d probably sleep better with your money in the bank, or at least spent on happy memories.
If you have a hankering for a high-end frank and $100 to burn, look no further than DougieDog. This Vancouver eatery is offering the ultimate in ridiculous opulence with a hot dog made out of Kobe beef and $2000 cognac. Dubbed the Dragon Dog, it is now the most expensive hot dog in the world – beating out New York’s Serendipity restaurant, which offered a specialty dog for a mere $69.
Beyond the 100-year-old Louis the 13th cognac and Kobe beef seared in olive and truffle oil, other ingredients include fresh lobster and a special picante sauce.
So if you want to try the hot dog of kings, you’re in the right place.
There is no shortage of mattress stores in Vancouver. At Simmons Mattress Gallery we are more acutely aware of this than just about any other Vancouver mattress store chain, because we are right in the middle of mattress store row.
If you start at Oak and Broadway (where Simmons mattress gallery is located – the North side) and walk down Broadway, you will see no less than 3 mattress stores in one direction – all within three blocks. And about three mattress stores in the other direction, between Oak and Main, anyway.
It’s like the markets of a foreign country. With all the products of a certain type crowded into one area to fight amongst themselves. You’ll see all the knock-off shoes in one place, all the liquor in another, and all the baskets of snakes and birds and fish and lizards in another. It makes it easy to find, I suppose, but the competition is fierce.
Same goes for Vancouver mattress store row. Broadway and Main to about Broadway and Granville is crazy for mattress stores.
Simmons Mattress Gallery is right in the middle of the action. We also offer free parking and prices that can’t be beat.
If you walk into our Coquitlam showroom you might notice something a little different. It’s not that woodland animals are bounding through the doors, or the springs in our beds have started to bloom flowers. But the place is looking a little greener – and brighter – much, much brighter.
Last week, Simmons Mattress Gallery replaced all the light bulbs with energy efficient bulbs. This might not sound like much, but then you haven’t seen our showroom. The place is huge. And there are literally hundreds of light bulbs in there.
Using the traditional lights, Simmons was burning through 32,000 kw/hr. You can see our cheeks burning too. That’s a lot of power. So we decided to switch it up with new-fangled energy saving bulbs. Now, it’s estimated that Simmons Mattress Gallery will only use 12,000 kw/hr. That’s nearly one third of what we were using before.
The new bulbs are expected to last for ten years. And the store will recycle the old bulbs – in another store that is. Reusing is a better strategy than recycling the whole lot.
Did you know Elvis Presley slept on a Beautyrest? Mr. Walmart slept on a Beautyrest. Even Winston Churchill slept on a Beautyrest.
There’s a great ad from the One Show back in the day about Churchill’s famous mattress. It was a winner. It rings as true today as it did in 1982. The headline went something like: “Churchill sent hundreds of thousands to their death on the beaches of Normandy. How did he sleep at night?”* Answer – the Simmons Beautyrest.
One of Winston Churchill’s famous quotes was: “We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.”
Or… maybe it was the Beautyrest.
*I’m not a WWII historian, nor do I have the ad in front of me, so don’t hold me to the particulars.
If you want to get rich all you need to do is write a diet book. People are obsessed with the numbers between their toes and they will read – and buy – just about anything in order to hear those three little words: “You’ve lost weight.” Ideally followed by an even better trio, “You look great.”
There is no miracle to losing weight. It is just a matter of diet and exercise, just like everyone has been telling you since you were a kid. Despite all the mumbo jumbo on the newsstands and far-fangled fads, the body boils down to simple calorie conversion machine. It’s an equation:
Calories In – Calories Out =Excess Calories/1600 = Pounds gained or lost
Everyone has an ‘ideal weight’ or ‘resting weight.’ It’s when all the stars are aligning, you’re eating your vegetables, getting your 30 min of intense exercise a day and sleeping 7-8 hours a night*. This weight might be 180 lb for some people, 100 lb for others. It comes down to your body shape.
Are you an exomorph (big boned and heavy-set), an ectomorph (thin-boned and slight) or a mesomorph (athletic)?
You can’t change your genes. So the best you can do is figure out where a suitable resting weight is for your body structure, and then work around that. Don’t shoot for 100 lb and look at pictures of Kate Moss if you have wrists like Kate Winslet. You’re wasting your time. Look for a picture of a mesomorph at her prime, and then build towards that. Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson have mesomorphic bodies (which explains the wide selection of dress sizes).
In general, Islanders are exomorphic, Asians are ectomorphic and Americans are mesophorphic. In the same way you can’t trade in your ethnicity, you can’t just swap the foundation of a resting body type. Know what you are and work around it.
*Sleep? Did we mention sleep? As much as exercise is important to maintaining a shape, sleep is integral to restoring the body after it shuts down for the day. Getting proper sleep will actually help you lose weight as well. More on sleeping yourself thin in this article.
Simmons Mattress Gallery needs to make room for 2012 models. There are still a few 2011 beds kicking around and we are practically giving these away at massive discounts, some are going at up to 60% off.
Here are a few of the deals we have this week at Year-End Clearance prices.
$149 Simmons mattresses
$798 Beautyrest Queens – he usual price is $2798 (that’s $2000 off!)
Simmons Mattress Gallery can be found on the corner of Broadway and Oak as well as on Schoolhouse Street (next to the Cactus Club) in Coquitlam.
To make the most of the Year End Clearance Sale – come see us this week and we’ll help you find the bed that’s right for you.
There is something about the way a roll in a comfortable bed with a loved one can loosen lips and open hearts. Once relaxed and a bit sleepy, with all the worries of the world drifting off in a dream, people to tend tell each other their most intimate secrets and desires.
Empires have grown, and crumbled, from the trusting exchange between king and queen, husband and wife and their mistresses and concubines.
We imagine Cleopatra must have been the master of pillow talk.
Her ability to manipulate the afterglow brought her to the status of queen amongst queens. Perhaps she was sleeping on a queen. If she had a bed today, it would be a Beautryrest Queen – for certain.
To win the heart of your lover, cuddle and bask on a soft, comfortable bed. It’s sure to help them relax and speak the language of the pillows.
With housing prices through the roof in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, most renters have opted to stay put as opposed to pay the astronomical rent prices around the city that go hand in hand with the bubble.
Five years ago, you could get a decent two-bedroom apartment close to the city for $1000/month. Now you’d be lucky to get one for less than $1800. That’s almost double what people are accustomed to.
Salaries have not increased significantly in that time. But the price of everything from gas to groceries has seen double digit growth.
For those who do not own homes in Vancouver, the best option is to cocoon until all the post-Olympic mania fades away and prices stabilize.
If you’re going to be in the same place for a while might as well get a good bed.
This week, Simmons Mattress Gallery is selling Simmons mattresses for as low as $149. Beautyrest Queens are going for $798. That’s a full $2000 less than the usual asking price.
For renters who are waiting out the storm until buying (or moving to a new place) what better place to wait than a comfortable queen sized. You may not be able to live like a millionaire, but you can certainly sleep like one.
On January 1st, 2012 thousands of Vancouverites poured onto the shore of English Bay to take a frigid dip in the Pacific. The Polar Bear swim is an age-old tradition where shivering swimmers ring in the New Year by taking a quick plunge in the sea. If nothing else, it’s a good way to shake off their hangovers from the night before.
Luckily this year, the water was a pleasant 7 degrees Celcius.
Taking the Polar Plunge on the 1st of January is a distinctively Canadian tradition. Vancouver’s is the biggest and oldest in Canada – going back to 1920.
Well it’s a new year, and a new chance to change our wicked ways.
New Year’s resolutions is a tradition that is more often broken than kept. But it’s a nice idea that we will make some significant changes in our health and lifestyle.
Some of the most common resolutions include getting in shape, losing weight, and quitting smoking.
But what about sleeping better? One of the fastest ways to improve your health is by getting a decent sleep. If it’s been a few years since you’ve had a new mattress – you might be surprised at how much more restful your six-hour slumber is on a brand-new bed.
The habits and thought patterns we develop as adults are rooted in the way that we were raised.
Eating disorders can be traced back to parents rewarding or punishing their children with food. Comfort eating. Binge eating. Overeating. Culminating in our society’s latest battle with obesity.
The same can be said for sleeping disorders.
Think of when you were a child. How were you punished?
Were you sent to your room early? Was going to bed at night a punishment that you hated. A way that your parents cut you off from their world?
Many kids go to bed kicking and screaming. They hate the process of being tucked in. Thousands of songs, lullabies and stories have been written by exasperated poets and parents over the years in hopes of coaxing fussy children into peaceful slumber.
Then there is the fateful Time Out. Separation from one’s peers and parents in the wake of bad behaviour. Isn’t this often in the bedroom as well? Stuck in a barred crib? Or locked in a solitary room with nothing but a bed.
It’s little wonder that so many people today have trouble falling to sleep at night. Insomnia plagues millions of North Americans each year. These disorders could very well stem from our early attitudes towards sleep as one of punishment.
What is the solution?
If you are a parent of young children, don’t associate the bedroom with Time Outs. However, when it comes to the nightly battle, there’s not much more you can do that just hope they’re tired.
There are as many shapes and sizes of pillows as there are kinds of heads. Some are as thin as a folded T-shirt, while other tend to crank the neck at 90 degrees sideways like some kind of zombie in an elevator shaft.
Some pillows sink. Some are made of foam. Some have memories better than your own. There are pillows made of down. Did you know down’s a common allergen. Some are made of synthetic fibres that can’t breathe.
If you’re tossing and turning in bed every night, it might be the mattress, but it might be the pillow. Try a couch pillow, your partner’s pillow, even no pillow at all. It might be what’s driving you crazy.
Simmons Mattress Gallery is giving away free pillows with every new King-sized Beautyrest. If you’re necks bugging you, the bed will help, and the pillow might make it even better.
On the topic of pillows: Here’s a fun Facebook page devoted to that thing we all love – the cold side of the pillow. It already has 84,741 fans!
Tomorrow (December 22nd) marks the beginning of Simmons Mattress Gallery’s annual Boxing Week Blitz. It is hands down the best time of the year to get yourself a new bed.
Beautyrest Queens for $798.
Regular Price $2798.
That’s $2000 off the asking price!
That’s not all. Simmons will also have beds for as low as $149.
These prices cannot be beat.
Get in on the Boxing Week Blitz at Simmons Mattress Gallery and save today.
Vancouver – on the corner of Broadway and Oak.
Coquitlam – on Schoolhouse St. off the Loughheed Highway
The sale runs only to December 31st, so don’t delay.
Take an enchanted stroll through a magical world of lights, music and meticulous circuitry.
The Van Dusen Garden’s Festival of Lights is a whimsical celebration of Christmas cheer. It features over a million elegant lights of all colours and sizes, along with choirs and choruses and wandering gnomes.
It’s the perfect evening outing for a romantic couple to journey below the stars amidst a sea of swirling colour. And a chance to warm the spirits of the whole family, no matter what age the tykes may be. There’s plenty of room to run about, and even the most skeptical teens will reach for their iPhone cameras to feature it on their Facebook.
Christmas can go on record as being the most stressful time of the year.
Suddenly our relationships with friends and family become quantified into money spent.
Gifts are analyzed to death by relatives wondering what hidden messages they contain beyond ‘I need to get your name off my list.’
Our value as hosts is put under the microscope as endless streams of guests parade through our homes running secret fingers for dust.
The measure of how well you have your life together is judged by the number Christmas cards you get out the door, and how current your family picture is.
Commitment to community is questioned by endless jingling bells and sorrowful messages scribbled on brown cardboard.
In the malls, shoppers scramble, madly sliding and pressing buttons on Visa machines. Line ups form. Cookies burn. Turkeys shrivel. Panic ensues. Liquor flows. Tempers flare. And people go off their lovely handles.
And all in the name of peace on earth, goodwill to man.
The holidays should be about friends and family. That’s it. Take out all the stress and measurement and comparisons and forget the rest. They are supposed to be fun!
So, in the name of putting an end to holiday stress, get the sleep you need. Nothing takes your mind off a hectic schedule like a good night’s sleep.
After years of sleeping on crooked futons and ratty hand-me-downs, it’s nice to have a decent king sized bed to call your own.
This is for all you elbow-throwers, and midnight kickers. Noctural thrashers and snoring starfish. Think of your loved ones. And get a good bed for them as well.
They need an undisturbed sleep as much as you do.
Beautyrest mattresses will eliminate motion transfer from one sleeping partner to another.
Once you’ve had a new, comfortable, king-sized bed from a premium brand like Simmons Beautyrest- there is no going back.
Treat yourself right now, and you’ll even find beds at Year-End Clearance prices of up to 60% off.
Folks out east have always thought of Vancouver as the Wild West. Nestled in the raw beauty of snow-capped mountains, the Pacific Ocean and untamed forests, supernatural British Columbia has a reputation for being rather cozy with the wilderness.
Having a black bear wander around the downtown core on Monday certainly reinforces that stereotype.
The big guy jumped into a dump truck on Tuesday and went for a little ride around the city. It took city workers by surprise, but luckily no one was harmed as a result of the little joyride.
What do you get for the person who has everything?
The thing that everyone needs: A good night’s sleep.
If your partner has been sleeping on the same old mattress for years, maybe it’s time to start the New Year with something new. Instead of buying a bunch of unnecessary nicknacks that they might not even want, you can get them something they’re guaranteed to love – a comfortable new mattress.
Why leave your Christmas shopping to the last minute? Take your partner for a stroll through Simmons Mattress Gallery and find out what bed he or she likes best.
Keep it casual, “Okay, hon, let’s go do some more Chistmas shopping,” knowing full well that the bed they liked best has been noted.
To help you find the perfect mattress Vancouver’s Simmons Mattress Gallery is currently offering 60% off selected models for their Year-End Clearance mattress sale.
If could be the perfect time to get the Christmas present they’ll (and hopefully you as well) will enjoy for years to come.
Simmons Mattress Gallery has won the Consumer Choice Award for “Best Mattress Store.” It is the ninth time in a row the Vancouver mattress store has received the honour.
The award are determined gathering thousands of opinions, expectations and responses of consumers across Canada and then evaluating them with the help of a third party research team.
“The research method determines all service providers, ultimately selects the top ranked companies, and establishes the winner within each industry.”
Simmons Mattress Gallery is Vancouver’s mattress professionals. The stores are immaculate and the staff is motivated to provide the best customer experience possible.
Great value, service and business integrity have swung the Consumers Choice Award spotlight toward this Vancouver mattress store once again. Drop in to either the Broadway or Schoolhouse St. locations (in Coquitlam) to see for yourself why Simmons Mattress Gallery is selected as the Best Mattress Store in Vancouver year after year.
Before you move into a furnished home there are three things you should consider about the mattress you will be sleeping on for the next three to twelve months:
1. Its Condition – What is the age of the mattress? Are the springs in good condition? Does the mattress have a disturbing odour? When you remove the sheets, are there stains covering the surface?
2. Mattress Size – When you lie down on the bed, are your feet sticking out over the end? Is there enough room to stretch out? Is the bed an appropriate size for the room it’s in?
3. Bed Bugs – Is the mattress currently in a building that is on record with the Vancouver Bed Bug Registry? Did the mattress come from another location that may have had a bed bug issue? Is their evidence of bed bugs along the seams of the mattress?
If any of these questions cause you concern, discuss them with your landlord, home-stay parent or placement supervisor. If you need to buy a new bed, a Simmons Mattress Gallery professional can help recommend the perfect mattress for your Canadian lodging.
Your time abroad should be spent in comfortable setting. Consider a new mattress.
As a consumer in a capitalistic society, you have choices for what you buy and where you buy it. There is no one warehouse for shampoo or light fixtures and fortunately we all don’t have to buy the same ugly trainers. We are free to spend our money on any product we deem economically superior.
The consumer’s responsibility is product comparison. Finding the lowest price and best terms is a demanding second job. Fortunately, some companies are making it easier for the consumer. Their prices and the quality of their products places their item or service on a level far above their competition.
The recent discovery of bed bugs in a Vancouver library book has embarrassed the city’s lending service and reopened the inquiry into how prolific the bed bug problem is in our city.
The bugs were found in a book borrowed from the Mount Pleasant Library.
Since the incident, the library has done a thorough search of their stacks. Their work has turned up no evidence of further infestation. It may have only been the one book, stored near an infected mattress or couch that acted as a temporary home for the critters – unlucky for the library.
The fact that the bugs were found in an item other than furniture or clothing illustrates how prolific the problem is in our city. Bed bugs are everywhere, but those infected are keeping their mouths zipped.
Unlike a public library, homeowners can silently try to deal with bed bug issues without the prying eye of the public. Victims call a pest control service, they move to a hotel for a few days or go on a ‘vacation’, they buy all new mattresses and when they get back, the Taylors will ‘still’ be sending little Jenny over for play dates. A convenient solution with little-to-no public humiliation.
Until there is a strategy to wipeout the bugs for good, private pest control will be the public’s best option.
It’s the end of 2011 so it’s out with the old and in with the new. Make a pre-New Years resolution to get yourself a new bed and rest better for all of 2012.
Simmons mattresses are now on sale for up to 60% off.
Come on down to our Broadway and Oak or Coquitlam stores to get yourself a quality bed at Year-End Clearance prices.
Our 60% off Vancouver mattress sale is only once a year, and it only runs until the New Year, so don’t miss out.
It’s the latest thing. Follow along for the latest mattress and sleep tips, updates on things to do in Vancouver, as well as our latest sales and promotions.
We have just over a month to go till Christmas. Are you ready?
The Starbucks cups were out on the 1st, St. Paul’s Lights of Hope turns on next Thursday and the Christmas Train starts up on December 2nd, Each unique event reminds us of how close we are coming to the family holiday.
And there’s so much to do…
The cleaning is what stresses us out. Vacuuming, scrubbing, dusting, polishing – it all must be done before the family arrives.
Then there are the lights to be hung, the tree to buy and the sweets to be baked.
Finding time to rest over the holidays can be a chore in itself. To improve your horizontal hours, purchase a Simmons Beautyrest mattress from Vancouver’s mattress store. It will be a gift that you can enjoy every day of the year. You can’t say that about the Rudolph-themed slippers you received from Uncle Rob.
Christmas crafts sales are a one-stop shopping centre for all those people on your list that need something simple but festive. From ornaments, to wreathes, to salt and sweet treats, you’ll find everything under the broad blanket of Christmas crafts.
This weekend hosts a number of Christmas craft fairs around the city. Simmons Mattress Gallery suggests the following sales:
Friday, November 25th
-9th Annual Chilliwack Christmas Craft Crawl
Various times and locations in Chilliwack
-North Delta Potter’s Guild Christmas Pottery Sale
Since 1998, St. Paul’s Hospital in downtown Vancouver has been creating a public light display to raise funds for various projects and causes connected with the hospital.
This year, the ‘Lights of Hope’ display intends to raise $1.9 million in corporate and private donations. The St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation has already raised a total of $16 million since the conception of the light show.
The set-up for the lights began on November 5th, when a 100 volunteers helped erect the carefully planned display. It is estimated that the lights would span 10 kms, if attached as a single line. That would be quite the sight.
If you would like to donate, visit the charity’s website: http://www.helpstpauls.com The site suggest many creative ways to give, from security stock, to a mention in the will, to a monthly donation. Whatever you can afford to give, they’ll use.
The projects that the hospital wishes to fund are: the purchase of a new CT scanner, two 3D-capable echocardiography machines, bronchoscopy equipment, for the detection of lung disease and the completion of the Diagnostic Treatment Unit.
The official opening of this year’s Lights of Hope display will be on Thursday, November 24th.
It helps to have connected friends, especially friends who speak your language. Anthea Poon, Vancouver’s Top Multi-Lingual Realtor, is a valued friend of Simmons Mattress Gallery. We recommend her work for any potential buyer or seller actively looking for a Vancouver realtor – especially if they speak Mandarin or Cantonese.
Anthea’s main focus of work is Vancouver’s West End, but she also services the Greater Vancouver area. She has built her own West End database for potential buyers. This is a invaluable resource for potential condo owners.
You may recognize her face from her prominent bus advertisements that have been circling the city. With a B.A. in marketing, Anthea knows how to get your listing in front of the eyes of potential buyers.
Selling or buying a home can be the most important decision you make. Let Anthea aid the process.
To enlist the service of her real estate team, call or email her company. She will gladly reply in English, Mandarin, Cantonese or French. That’s the benefit of talented friends.
The historic Yale Hotel and Blues Bar is closing its doors after 130 years of operation. One of Vancouver’s finest small-act musical venues, The Yale will close for twelve months to undergo a much needed renovation plan. November 21st will be the final show day.
Opened in the 1880s, The Yale was one of only a handful of buildings to survive the 1886 fire. It became a musical frontier in the early 1900s and has been supporting emerging and established blues, jazz, R&B and soul acts ever since.
The renovations will help The Yale take on Vancouver Heritage status. The renos will also improve the facilities in the club. Planned improvements include an upgraded sound system, a hardwood dance floor and a raised roof above the stage area.
Warning: A deadly virus is finding its way into homes across Vancouver. Families are being warned to educate their loved ones before the viral outbreak reaches epidemic levels.
The symptoms are tired springs, midnight sag and motion distrubance. These three manifestations have caused many citizens to lose a full night’s rest. Sufferers may appear bag-eyed, lethargic and irritable. Any person displaying these signs should not be approached.
The outbreak is thought to be contagious, with many homes having two or more affected beds.
The Beautyrest mattress line can rejuvenate the energy depleted by the infected beds. With the purchase of a Beautyrest mattress, sufferers can return to their regular sleeping schedules overnight. Patented non-flip pocket coils will support the weight of the inflicted patient, offering a comfortable layer of cushion. The coils’ individual nature limits motion transfer between sleeping partners. Beautyrest’s quality design will prevent sagging over time, keeping the virus at pay.
Prescriptions can be filled at the Simmons Mattress Gallery on Broadway in Vancouver and on Schoolhouse Road in Coquitlam.
The Virus Is Not Yet Airborne. No Need For Radiation Suits.
It’s the night before your company presentation and all you want is a few hours of undisturbed sleep.
You have been working tirelessly for three months in preparation. There have been late nights in the office, when the only people in the building have been you, the security guard and the cleaning staff. There have been hour-long Skype sessions with the tech department in Toronto and countless meetings with your team in Vancouver.
You saw your idea evolve from a boardroom discussion to a tangible product. Over thirty employees put their time and resources into its development. Now it is time to sell it to the company brass.
No pressure.
Lying on your bed, staring at the ceiling, you run through the presentation in your head. You have done all you can.
The only thing left to do is receive the seven hours of sleep you need to stay alert and focused.
You roll over on to another lump and openly curse your twelve-year-old mattress.
Give Your Mind a Rest
Innovation starts and ends with the sleep you receive. Purchase a Beautyrest mattress at one of the two Simmons Mattress Galleries in the Lower Mainland. Your productivity is resting on it.
Simmons Mattress Gallery is not usually a forum for gossip speculation, but the recent split of newlyweds Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries has us a little concerned.
The marriage lasted a total of 72 days. They didn’t even complete a financial quarter. Imagine what all the guests who attended that wedding are feeling. I bet a few of them are wishing they didn’t spend so much on their gift.
But the real question is: Why are so many celebrity couples calling it quits?
Is it the pressures of being in the spotlight? The legions of fans who bolster their egos? Is it that they were never in love to begin with? Are all these marriages simply grandiose publicity stunts?
No. Most probably started with love, but somewhere along the way, the fire died.
Sleeping apart from your partner can have that effect. We firmly believe the couple that sleeps together, stays together. Often celebrity couples are forced apart by the demands of their jobs. Without a permanent mattress to share, the individuals start to feel less like a union and more like two private enterprises.
Thankfully, most couples that buy our mattresses are able to enjoy the comfort they offer together. With non-flip pocket coils, designed to eliminate motion transfer, both partners can rise in the morning refreshed from an undisturbed sleep. When both parties in a relationship are rested, there is less chance of minor issues blowing up into major ones. There is also more energy for the other endeavors that mattresses provide.
Don’t model your life on the fleeting bond of two distant stars. Stay grounded on a mattress that supports the weight of a committed relationship.
When watching a film, our gaze is directed at a subject that has been chosen for us. We give the director free reign to control our sight line. This exchange encourages new experiences, some of which are cultural.
This week, the Vancouver Asian Film Festival hopes to direct our eyes towards the North American Asian experience.
In their 15th year of operation, the VAFF is intent on providing a cultural bridge between Asian and non-Asian communities. The Festival will run from November 3rd to November 6th, with all shows screening at Cineplex Odeon International Village, near Roger’s Arena.
The films range in subjects from cross-cultural love for the Vancouver Canucks, to a historical documentary on the migration of asian settlers to North America.
Also included in this year’s festival, as a part of Vancouver’s 125th celebration, is an encore presentation of “Love Letters,” the photo and video campaign shown last June. Love Letters was an open call for Vancouver citizens to submit digital records of images and video that conveyed their love for our fair city. VAFF will show Joanna Wong’s entry on the festival’s opening night.
Tickets for all the shows may be purchased online at the Festival site or the day of at the Festival box office. Passes are also available for the true film buffs.
Let’s take a look back at the beds that defined you:
The Wooden Prison – Your crib provided you with a confined space to for those short periods of sleep between epic crying bouts. The upside: you never had to get up to go to the washroom in the middle of the night. The downside: lack of freedom.
The Layer Cake – All of your friends were envious of your bunk bed, but sharing a bedroom with your older brother quickly lost its novelty. You dreamed of the top bunk, but sadly were forced to settle for the lower class bottom bunk for eight long years.
Puberty Plank – Pimples, emerging hair and voice crackles were manageable, but your Grade Ten growth spurt put your feet off the end of your twin mattress; it left you with 3/4’s of a comfortable night’s rest.
College Daze – If your dorm room mattresses could speak, we’re sure it would utter something along the lines of Kurtz’s final words; “The horror….the horror.”
Young Professional - Independent enough to buy your first bed – too poor to shop anywhere but IKEA.
Marriage Bed – She insisted on going to a proper mattress store. Together, you picked out a Beautyrest. Everything up to that point was…history.
An uninterrupted sleep can dramatically increase your daily health. There – we said it! But the next best thing is laughter.
We’re not 100% sure of the science, but we do know a good laugh is a great way to relieve anxiety. Forget the scented candles and bubble bath, grab a friend and find a local comedy club or check the events calendar for local comics coming to town. Then take a night-off from work/kids/bridge and laugh your way back to health.
This month, Paul F. Tompkins will be visiting the city and performing at the Rio Theatre, only a few km’s from our Broadway location. Tompkins’ humour is a little quirky, but if you have ever listened to his podcast or his appearances on Comedy Bang Bang, you wouldn’t miss this night for your Grandmother’s funeral. Tompkins will be taking to the stage on November 30th. For a little taste of his style, listen to the audio clip below:
Never been to the Rio Theater? You are in for a treat. Be forewarned, this is an adults only show and as a result, beer will be served. And yes, you may take your cans of PBR into the Theatre.
Another great venue for traveling comedians, as opposed to the community kind, is the River Rock Theatre. Last year, legendary comics Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld performed at the Rock.
If a smaller, more casual setting is more to your taste, check out the Comedy Mix in the Century Plaza Hotel downtown.
Out in the burbs? Try LaffLines in New Westminster. Tracy MacDonold, a fine Canadian comic, will be performing on November 4th and 5th.
Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is an area of the city that many of us choose to avoid. The poverty level scares us, the open drug market makes us nervous and the prostitution reminds us of the dangerous hold of addiction. So we divert our travel routes, choose alternative venues and leave the issues for the community to deal with on their own. It’s a coping mechanism that most of us subscribe to.
One thing we can’t forget, even if we choose to turn our backs, is that the DES is full of people. People who have a past, present and future. People who value the community they live in. People who are artistic, creative and passionate.
As a part of Vancouver’s 125th Anniversary Celebration, the DES community will be celebrating the ‘Heart of the City Festival.’ The festival will showcase the talents of many of the area’s current citizens, as well as document some of the rich stories from the neighbourhood’s past.
Events are running all week. For more details check the festival website:
Looking for a family scare this weekend? Check out the Dunbar Haunted House, which ironically, is no longer located in Dunbar.
The annual scare factory has moved locations, due to the increased volume of visitors that the house has received over the past seven years. The new location is 8934 Shaughnessy St., near the Marine and Cambie Canada Line station.
The house has now become a community project, taking almost four months to create.
With props, live actors, dramatic settings and an animated soundtrack, the walking tour is a theatrical buffet of scaredom.
This year’s theme is “Barbaric British Columbia.” The word from the crypt is the house will showcase a number of iconic images from BC history and culture – possible frights include the undead crew of the S.S. Beaver, the resurrection of Bill Vander Zalm’s Fantasy Garden and the impenetrable Tim Thomas.
The haunted house opened for business on Oct 14th and will close its doors at midnight on Halloween.
Entry costs $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12. All proceeds are distributed between the B.C. Fire Fighter’s Burn Fund, the Christmas Bureau and the Vancouver Police Union Charity Foundation.
For younger visitors, the house offers a reduced rate, performerless walk through on Saturdays and Sundays, between 11am and 7pm. At 7pm, the actors take their place to offer the true, spine-tingling spectacle.
The British Academy of Sound Therapy has named “Weightless,” by the Marconi Union, to be the most relaxing tune ever.
The sleep-inducing track beat out offerings by Coldplay, Enya and Mozart.
Marconi Union produce ambient electronica. For “Weightless,” the group worked with a number of sound therapists to construct a song that soothed the listener through specifically chosen harmonic intervals.
The Telegraph, which reported the story last week, commented that the “carefully arranged harmonies, rhythms and bass lines help to slow the heart rate, reduce the blood pressure and lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol.”
The eight-minute track is so effective, that drivers have been warned not to listen to the track while behind the wheel.
The study published the list of the top ten songs for inducing sleep like qualities. “Weightless” was number one. Coming in at number eight, was Adele’s current chart topper, “Someone Like You.”
When compared with other relaxation methods, “Weightless” trumped massage, walking and drinking tea.
Do the people who abandon mattresses on the streets think they are helping the homeless? Do they believe there is a magic mattress collector that trolls the alleys at night looking for soggy discarded beds? One would wonder…
With the recent ban on mattresses at city transfer stations, beds are being illegally abandoned all over the city.
Last year 1,500 mattresses were discarded illegally on city streets. This year, with the $20 surcharge in effect, frugal, lazy citizens have dumped over 5,000 mattresses.
The city has used taxpayer money to send out special vehicles to collect the unwanted beds. It has been a massive resource drain on the collection department’s budget. All this because people did not want to properly deal with their waste.
It’s a shame.
The good news is that more beds then ever are being properly recycled. Thanks to the new ban, over 47,000 mattresses were given to Lower Mainland recycling agencies in the first half of this year.
If you are looking to properly dispose of your old mattress and do not want to pay the $20 fee, consider one of the three mattress recycling companies operating in and around Vancouver.
Here is a list of the companies and their minimum charge:
Canadian Mattress Recycling- If dropped off, CMR will charge $12 per item. This is the cheapest option. They also have pick-up options starting at $72.00.
Mattressrecycling.ca - This company charges $12.50 per dropped off item. With a professional website and David Suzuki’s endorsement, this company appears to be the most respectable operation in the Vancouver area. We have also featured this company in an earlier post on mattress recycling.
Recyc-Mattress- This is the most expensive option. Recyc-Mattress charges $15 per item.
A mattress dumped in a landfill takes decades to decompose. Do your part and recycle your bed properly.
Our rhyme scheme might stray, but our love for the mattress is unwavering. Come visit one of our two locations in the Lower Mainland to sample the large selection of Simmons mattresses on hand.
Language is a toolbox from which we borrow implements to cut, shape and model our thoughts. From Facebook posts, to journal entries, to private poems, our soul is portrayed through the words we connect together.
This month, writers and readers from around the province will have a chance to celebrate the expressive power of writing. The 24th Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival will be held on Granville Island from Tuesday, October 18th to Sunday, October 23rd. It begins with an interactive session with the children’s author, Paulette Bourgeois. Bourgeois is the creator of the ‘Franklin’ series that adults and their children have enjoyed since 1986. The discussion is aimed at young readers. Primary teachers and encouraged to bring their classes down for this midmorning discussion.
The final event of the festival is the Governor General’s Award Party, where four previous recipients of Canada’s highest literary achievement will discuss the award and it’s social merit. The four writers, Nino Ricci, John Pass, Joan MacLeod and John Vaillant, will each read a short passage from their decorated work.
In between these bookends, will be a number of author seminars, publishing and writing workshops, poetry slams and literary debates.
The Vancouver festival will also host a short story and poetry contest for emerging writers. Deadline for submissions is October 23rd.
But words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. -Lord Byron
Tired of taco night and boring pasta dishes? Want to rekindle your culinary passions? Looking for things to do around Vancouver that don’t involve a mattress?
The Arts Club Theatre Company is hosting celebrity cooking classes for Vancouverites to learn and indulge in the fine art of food preparation. Head chefs, from a variety of restaurants around the Lower Mainland, are teaching the classes. The lessons include a full meal, wine tasting and a hands-on learning experience.
Hosted at private homes, the lessons are an opportunity to learn cooking techniques in a casual environment, where the product can be enjoyed in the setting it was intended for.
Tickets are $125 per person. There are five planned events being offered before the New Year. Each class is unique and specific to the chef who is hosting.
Your PVR recordings of Hell’s Kitchen can only take you so far. Learn how to cook extravagant meals without Gordon Ramsey telling you where to stick it.
For more information, visit the Arts Club Theatre website.
The new moon has a special significance in October (and no, it has nothing to do with Vampires). It marks the date of the cultural festival known as Diwali. Observed by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains, Diwali is a fall festival that celebrates ‘good over evil.’
In traditional celebrations, the triumph of good is portrayed through the lightening of lamps and candles.
The new moon is the darkest day of the month. In a natural setting, void of electrical lights, the candles represent a defeat of the darkness that exists during the absence of the moon.
Like Thanksgiving, Diwali is traditionally a family occasion, with activities organized around the family unit. But it is also celebrated with community events and decorations.
The slogan for Vancouver’s publicly organized Diwali celebrations is “Light your Spirit.” There are five major events put on by Vancouver Celebrates Diwali. They run from October 15th to the 23rd. Here is a brief summary of the planned festivities:
October 16
“Dance All Sorts Diwali Style” (2:00 pm)
-The festival will begin with a performance by Bageshree Vaze, a contemporary kathak dancer, who will preform at the Roundhouse Theatre in Yaletown. Tickets at the door.
October 18
“Diwali Bright Lights” (4:30 pm)
-This night is dedicated to emerging South Asian artists in the Vancouver community. It will include classical Indian music and a variety of dance groups, including the ever-popular Bollywood style. The event will take place at the Heritage Hall on Main Street. This is a free event.
“Chai House on Main Street”
-This is an upscaled version of the earlier event. The headline performer will be Grammy winner Chin Injeti. Tickets are $10.
October 23
“Diwali Downtown” (12:00 pm)
This is a family event to close out the public festival. It runs from noon till 6:00 pm at the Roundhouse in Yaletown. There will be a variety of musical acts, dance teams, craft workshops and traditional Indian food. Tickets for this final event are by donation.
How often do you wake up minutes before your alarm goes off?
With the right sleep conditions, our bodies naturally wake up at a similar hour each day. If you are sleeping on a Simmons Beautyrest, this event is probably a common occurrence.
Until recently, scientists had trouble determining the cause of this natural phenomenon. The scientific community was roughly aware of the mechanism that prepared us for sleep, but little was known about the way we wake-up.
Researcher, Satchidananda Panda, claims, “the body is essentially a collection of clocks.” These clocks subconsciously trigger our brain and other organs to carry out involuntary actions. Our body’s natural drop in temperature before we fall asleep is one example.
With the ‘wake-up’ gene located, sleep scientists can now expand their study of sleep disorders. There is also hope that the discovery can aid research into chronic illness and aging.
Shah Rukh Khan is one of the biggest movie stars on the planet. Appearing in over 70 Hindi films, Khan is considered by many to be the King of Bollywood.
With his new science fiction film, “Ra.One,” premiering on October 26th, the world media is obsessed with everything Kahn.
This week, an article in “Harper’s Bazaar” published some interesting facts about Kahn’s sleeping rituals.
Kahn was asked by Mala Sekhri to describe his bed attire. The middle-aged star, often referred to by his acronym SRK, revealed that he prefers to ‘dress up for bed.’
“I like to wear clean, really nice pair of clothes, so like my Dolce and Gabbana shorts, I will sometime . . . wear my Lululemon track pants and I’ll wear a nice, crisp white T-shirt.”
Kahn also went on to comment that he enjoys putting cologne on before crawling beneath the covers.
Cologne? Dress shirts? DG boxers? The ‘King’ knows how to push the boundaries of extravagant living. And a little shout-out to a local company.
We only hope his mattress is on par with his sweet-smelling wardrobe.
The Simmons mattresses sold at Simmons Mattress Gallery are locally built right here in Vancouver, on Anacis Island to be exact.
If you are in the local area, Simmons Mattress Gallery offers free delivery (and even bed frame setup for its customers). If you’ve ever tried to move a king-sized bed on the roof of your car, you know how useful this is. Also, if you’ve ever had the maddening experience of trying to set up a bed frame on your own without the right tools – you’ll realize what a boon this actually is.
Simmons Mattress Gallery has been voted the Best Mattress Store In Vancouver for eight years in a row by the Consumers’ Choice Awards. Eight years of professional service! That’s nothing to sneeze at.
The sales people at Simmons Mattress Gallery are multi-talented. Just ask Mike to play a song, any song, on guitar and prepare to be amazed. Bruce knows this province like no other, and Neil is a talented cartoonist and art director in his own right.
Simmons Mattress Gallery recycles. If you bring in your old bed, they will trade it in and trade it up to a new one, and properly recycle the old one for you.
When it comes to buying a bed. Or, rather, enough beds to fill a house, a lot of our clients ask about some of the financing options available to them.
There are the usual routes – cash, cheque, credit card. But we also offer financing options from the banks. The approval process for them is a bit slower, but it can be a good way to get your house outfitted now, and not having to pay for 6 months.
Another funding option that’s available to our customers is a Vancouver second mortgage. Mind you, this is for large scale purchases (like if you were planning to put a bed in every bedroom) but it’s still an option if the banks can’t help you with the funding you need.
It’s another option. To find out more about how homeowners can make use of a Vancouver second mortgage to finance their big ticket purchases based on the value of their home, just click one of these links.
One of the greatest festivals in Vancouver is the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, coming up this winter from January 15 through February 5, 2012. The festival presents innovative works in live performing arts over the course of three weeks. The festival aims to expose audiences to shows that are thought provoking, blend genres, and startle viewers.
The shows exhibited at the PuSh festival are meant to encourage dialogue and induce transformative experiences among attendees. Since its launch in 2003, as a joint venture of Rumble Productions and Touchstone Theatre, PuSh has become one of the most highly anticipated events for Vancouver audiences, artists and media. Initially a modest series of theatre presentations curated by Norman Armour and Katrina Dunn, the Festival took on a new life as a stand-alone entity in June 2005, with charitable status and its own administrative operations.
January 2009 marked the 5th installment of the PuSh Festival. There were 19 works in the main program and the launch of Club PuSh—a unique multi-disciplinary platform at Granville Island’s Performance Works that put the spotlight on indie bands and other cutting-edge performing artists of the Cascadia region. There were a total of 136 performances, involving 16 venues across the city. More than 24,000 people attended that year. For more information, visit the festival’s website at www.pushfestival.ca.
While you’re in Vancouver, stop by Vancouver mattress store Simmons Mattress Gallery to check out a huge inventory of high-quality mattresses and accessories.
Inventors, artists, musicians and thinkers throughout history have reported that some of their biggest breakthroughs were the products of dream world experiences. Rene Descartes came up with the concept for the scientific method after something he experienced in a dream. Paul McCartney has said he heard the tune for the famous song, “Yesterday,” in a dream. Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” was inspired by a dream. Elias Howe got the idea to invent the sewing machine in a dream.
Dreams can be a great source of inspiration, but only if you remember them when you wake up. To increase the chances that your next great invention doesn’t slip away into your subconscious, it’s a good idea to write down what you remember about your dreams as soon as you wake up. Keep a notebook by the bed and jot down anything you remember, even incomplete images, occurrences or thoughts that don’t seem to make sense. Some people believe it’s easier to remember dreams that occur during the daytime while napping, although this idea is impossible to prove.
The quality of your sleep can increase the quality of your dreams. And the quality of your bed can increase the quality of your sleep. That means you might want to invest in a new bed. Visit Vancouver Mattress Store Simmons Mattress Gallery to check out the best brands at the best prices. Start dreaming up your next great idea tonight.
For visitors and locals alike, a scenic flight over Vancouver offers a new and extraordinary way to view British Columbia’s breathtaking landscape. These scenic flight are fun and affordable. They offer a different vantage point and a fun alternative to the same old tourist attractions in the city.
Several different companies in the province offer scenic tours of varying lengths and flight paths. Glacier Air offers a selection of flights ranging from a 25-minute flight over Squamish Valley that circles Tantalus Falls to a 60-minute tour that will whisk you up the Squamish Ashlu Divide, over the awesome expanse of the Pemberton Icefield, the site of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Whistler and Cloudburst Mountain. See the extraordinary landscape and glaciers that BC is famous for.
There are many other companies that offer similar flights. The tour companies often have special deals if you book online. For more information about Glacier Air, visit their website at www.glacierair.com.
Well it looks as if summer is coming to a close in Vancouver. Fall is upon us, and with it another nine months of rain. Ugh.
However, there are a few events coming up in Vancouver this fall that can hopefully cheer you up.
Cinema – On September 28th there is the Vancouver International Film Festival. Prepare your eyes for some of the most cutting-edge and avant-garde cinema this side of the pond, as they screen films from 80 countries on 10 screens – it’s not to be missed.
Concerts – October is bringing a few fantastic bands to the city. Keep your eyes peeled and credit card handy for the likes of Flogging Molly, Kathy Griffin, Selena Gomez, Said The Whale, Bachman Turner and more.
Events – “I am Vancouver” is a presentation at the Vancouver Maritime Museum. Learn about the history of the city and how Captain George found his way here in the first place. It ends this October, so it could be your last chance to check it out.
Want to get the most restful sleep possible during the night?
Well, there’s an app for that.
It turns out that it’s not so much about how long you lay in bed. What is more important is when you wake from your slumber.
Researchers have discovered that those who wake during the lightest phase of their sleep cycle feel the most rested the next day.
So taking this knowledge, they’ve created an iPhone app that measures the amount you are moving at any given time during the night, and when nocturnal motions are at a minimum – it triggers the alarm clock to wake you up!
The technology is made possible by the accelerometer in the iPhone.
The app has seen resounding success, already climbing to the top of the App Store in Germany, Japan and Russia.
To try it for yourself , simply download the Sleep Cycle App in the App Store for less than a dollar!
Simmons Mattress Gallery is making the move to Google+. If you are already here, great. If not, join us on the newest social media medium.
The advantage of Google+ is that it allows you to filter your friends into a few different groups or ‘circles’.
You can keep your messages and posts to your friends and family distinct from the ones you are sending out to your workmates or clients.
So, for instance, our account is under Neil Wurst. The owner of Simmons Mattress Gallery in Vancouver and Coquitlam.
If Neil wants to send pictures of his latest fishing trips to just his family – he can do so. Without his business associates sharing the photos.
Simmons will be sending out promotions not available to people except through Google+ Plus. On some days, we may throw in free pillows with any Beautyrest. On others we might have a one-time Twin mattress sale of $147. You will need to be involved on Google+ to get these specials.
If you would like to join us, click this link. If you don’t already have an account, talk to us and we can set you up.
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