Comments on: How things used to be http://condohype.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/how-things-used-to-be/ disown the lifestyle - exposing the hype in vancouver condo marketing and real estate advertising Sat, 01 Sep 2012 03:44:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Condo Abbotsford http://condohype.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/how-things-used-to-be/#comment-3203 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:17:38 +0000 http://condohype.wordpress.com/?p=721#comment-3203 You bought a condo, now please buy vibe life insurance…lol

]]> By: anon http://condohype.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/how-things-used-to-be/#comment-3114 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:51:28 +0000 http://condohype.wordpress.com/?p=721#comment-3114 Then of course, there’s the perennial ChilliWhackJob Condos…

]]> By: scullboy http://condohype.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/how-things-used-to-be/#comment-3112 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:03:57 +0000 http://condohype.wordpress.com/?p=721#comment-3112 Just as a point of interest….

I took a food styling course last weekend. That glass of freshly poured white wine?

It’s water with a drop or two of grocery purchased artificial browning agent in it. THe the bubble or two on the side (to fool you into thinking it’s freshly poured)?

It’s dish detergent and water, mixed in another glass. The bubbles are added via turkey baster.

Voila, instant fake urban sophistication!

]]> By: Chipotle http://condohype.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/how-things-used-to-be/#comment-3108 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:52:33 +0000 http://condohype.wordpress.com/?p=721#comment-3108 I was down at one of the brand spankin’ new (inside a recently converted condo development) food banks in West Van, talking to one of the areas top realtors, who said, apparently, there is going to be a bail out bid for West Van home owners… maybe they should enlist some of the sexy as hell marketing people who helped the citizenry of West Van NEED this kind of charitable drive..?

]]> By: Larry Yatkowsky http://condohype.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/how-things-used-to-be/#comment-3107 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:53:16 +0000 http://condohype.wordpress.com/?p=721#comment-3107 Wait, let me find my black lights. ooooooooo so much better.

]]> By: anon http://condohype.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/how-things-used-to-be/#comment-3106 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:52:26 +0000 http://condohype.wordpress.com/?p=721#comment-3106 I painted the walls in my condo those colors…. actually, a little more fluorescent… much luck to the next owners!

]]> By: j6p http://condohype.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/how-things-used-to-be/#comment-3104 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:49:11 +0000 http://condohype.wordpress.com/?p=721#comment-3104 these places have been very slow to finish but i know one person that has moved in and she quite likes it. i’m sure the speculators will lose a little bit on the vibe but nothing compared to the tuscany or newmark.

j6p

p.s. my family and i enjoy living in the ass end of nowhere

]]> By: dingus http://condohype.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/how-things-used-to-be/#comment-3103 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:58:50 +0000 http://condohype.wordpress.com/?p=721#comment-3103 “a splash of urban alcoholism”

Ha! Amazing the number of ads that use a clutch of giggling 20 somethings with goblets of Cab/Sauv or what have you to signal “urban living” and “luxury”. Looks more like university Rez to me, except with laminate flooring and stainless steel appliances.

Flash forward a few years and for these buyers the drinking will become more solitary and sullen, I assure you.

]]> By: rob bennie http://condohype.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/how-things-used-to-be/#comment-3102 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:51:29 +0000 http://condohype.wordpress.com/?p=721#comment-3102 ‘gonna need a John Deere sized Vibe to get a graph like that today!

]]> By: blueskies http://condohype.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/how-things-used-to-be/#comment-3101 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:51:28 +0000 http://condohype.wordpress.com/?p=721#comment-3101 love the primary colors!
with the proper self medication you
can actually see a strobe effect….

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