I’d wager that just about everybody who ever took a music lesson has memories of playing scales. Can you just imagine…? You’re 10 years old – or 40 for that matter – and your teacher says “You should spend at least 10 minutes a day working on scales.” How many new music students have answered…
Great Golf Courses in Waterloo Region
The days are getting longer, speeding us closer and closer toward the opening of the 2024 golf season. For Ontario golfers this is a tremendously exciting time of the year as they anticipate getting out on the links. Waterloo Region boasts dozens of beautiful courses, offering great facilities, and all within striking distance. Here is…
Getting Search Engine Results
Getting search results means coming up as high as possible when people search for your type of business or service. If you come up high in search results you will get clicks. That means potential customers will be looking at your website or social media posts. And hopefully, if they like what they see, you…
Awesome Veggie Restaurants in Waterloo Region
It seems that since the pandemic, many folks have decided to shift to a healthy plant-based diet relying less on animal proteins. Coming face to face with what to eat can be daunting, causing panic in the kitchen. Thankfully, more and more restaurants have come onboard enabling the average person trying to feed their families…
Thrift and Consignment Shops in Waterloo Region
There are basically two types of 2nd hand stores in Waterloo Region. There are “thrift shops” often run by non-profit organizations whose usual objective is to raise money for community organizations. Then there are “consignment shops” who generally take in items (usually clothing) from people in the community, display them, and make them available to…
Home Depot vs Home Hardware comparison
In this article I’ve compared a number of commonly purchased products sold at Home Hardware and Home Depot. I’ve tried to compare the exact same products, but in a few cases it was not possible. And all prices were from their websites. For example, I compared 14″ battery powered chainsaws. Home Depot carries Ryobi products…
Pickleball Revolution
Pickleball is an exciting new sport that draws from tennis, badminton, and table tennis. It is usually played on a surface smaller than a tennis court, with a net across the middle. Played with a perforated plastic ball similar to a wiffle ball, players strike the ball with paddles that look like oversized table tennis…
Buying a Guitar for Brand New Players
If you’re thinking of learning how to play the guitar and you need to get your hands on one, here are a few tips that may be useful. For some more information check out this page. The size of the guitar is one of the most important factors for new guitar players. A guitar that…
Search Engine Optimization for Waterloo Region
If you’re looking to increase the effectiveness of your website, one of the most important things you can do is fine tune its “Search Engine Optimization”, or as it’s usually called, “SEO”. Search Engine Optimization for businesses in the Waterloo Region amounts to carefully “optimizing” the content and “meta content” of your web pages, blog…
Grocery Comparison – Zehrs vs Walmart
This comparison was done on Feb 05/2024. The comparison is between identical items (or as close as possible) from the two stores. Strictly online. Zehrs was in the middle of a sale so the sale price is noted. The items are just meant to be representative. The conclusion from this very limited survey is that…