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The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Cori Howard

Cori Howard is an award-winning journalist and communications consultant and mother to two amazing kids, ages 8 and 12. She’s the editor of the best-selling anthology, Between Interruptions; Thirty Women Tell the Truth about Motherhood, and founder of the online writing centre, The Momoir Project. For more info on Cori’s writing, click here www.corihoward.com. And for info on her PR communications company, click here: www.corihowardcommunications.com. You can find her on Facebook or Twitter (@writingmoms) Thanks to her PR job, she’s almost always online! Come say hello.  Read more…

The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Raj Thandhi

Raj Thandhi is a fashion writer and personal style blogger living on a latte budget with a taste for pink champagne. She focuses on budget friendly fashion, runway to real-life looks, and DIY options. When she’s not pinning dream looks (pinterest.com/pinkchai), stocking up on fashion magazines, or drinking too much tea – she’s probably driving her kids around to after-school activities. Follow Raj’s daily outfits and escapades at pinkchaistyle.com, or on Twitter @pinkchai. Read more…

The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Kerry Sauriol

Kerry Sauriol is the Vancouver mom behind the blog Crunchy Carpets. She has three children and sundry pets and tries to balance it all and keep her sanity. Her blog focuses on the juggling act called parenting. In her case the act of juggling a preschooler, two burgeoning ‘tweens,’ and keeping them all out of therapy when they are older.

Kerry has spoken at Northern Voice, been seen and heard on CBC, and featured in the Globe & Mail. Beyond children, her other passion is social media and she runs a social media management company called SAHMedia. You can find her on Twitter at @CrunchyCarpets. Read more…

The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Heather Hansen

Heather Hansen is a married mother of two and an allied health professional living in the Greater Vancouver area. She is the author of www.motheryourbusiness.com where she writes about her business of being born a mother.

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The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Eileen Velthuis

Eileen is a writer and editor with a passion for the written word, a fascination with caffeinated beverages, and a sometimes overwhelming desire to accomplish whatever her current project may be. You can find her on Twitter @eileenvee or on her blog www.divorcepartyguide.com where she blogs about — you guessed it — divorce parties. It’s not as morbid as it sounds. Read more…

The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Gillian Meyer

The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Parrish Wilson

Parrish is mommy to a lovely little 2-year old with another on the way and she’s oh-so-sweet on her common-law “hubby”. They live in the boonies in North Vancouver and love their quiet and peaceful corner of the world. She just launched Two Hearts+ and is passionate about giving parents the tools they need to keep their relationship fun and love-filled. If she’s not working she’s probably playing: on the living room floor, in the backyard, at the beach or otherwise out and about with her toddler sidekick. She tweets about work and the rest of life @parrishwilson. Read more…

The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Courtney Vye

Courtney Vye is the creator and host of Hockey Talk with Courtney.  She got the idea for this show one day while working at a breakfast restaurant in Vancouver.  She started to pay attention to hockey once she realized most of her customers were talking about the Canucks.  Figuring it would give me something to talk about as I poured coffee, curiosity for the game exploded into a full on love affair!

Courtney is also an actress who has studied all over the world.  Her greatest role, however, is being a mom to her son, Hunter.

You can find Courtney on Facebook and Twitter! Read more…

The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Agi Mayer

The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Michelle Gadd

Elasticpantcity is a cultural curation of the life of Michelle Gadd. Michelle is an urban dwelling, Vancouver housewife and mother of two rambunctious boys. Educated at Simon Fraser University with a B.A. in Psychology, Michelle initially planned to pursue a Master’s Degree in Clinical Counselling. God had other plans: first came love, then came marriage, then came the baby in the baby carriage. Michelle created Elasticpantcity as an outlet to write about life, from parenting to city living, fashion to frugality, food to faith, no subject is off the table. Michelle invites her readers to take a glimpse inside her life and be inspired by the beauty of art in the every day.

You can also find Michelle at www.vancouvermom.ca Read more…