Apartment City

Thinking of taking in paying guests? Three veteran Vancouver hosts share tricks of the trade Emily Plommer knew from her own experience staying at Airbnbs that it was frustrating to rent an apartment with a full kitchen and discover that there wasn’t so much as a salt shaker or bottle of cooking oil in the cupboards. So when Plommer, an avid traveller and then 26-year-old women’s studies grad, decided to make a living through hosting two years ago, she made sure the rental suite in her house in Vancouver’s Strathcona neighbourhood was well provisioned. Pots and pans and utensils. Basic cooking supplies , like oil and some spices. Milk and cereal. Coffee beans. Fresh fruit. Eggs. Then she found that she was making a lot of banana bread with the leftover, disintegrating fruit or eating the cereal herself. “It was funny how people would book a place like this and then eat nothing at home,” Plommer says. “In the end, I just asked, ‘Will you be eating breakfast here?’ before leaving things...

Pleasantville is a village in the town of Mount Pleasant, in Westchester County, New York. Pleasantville is home to a campus of Pace University and to the Jacob Burns Film Center . It was the original home of Reader's Digest, which still uses a Pleasantville postal address . It's hard to believe that you can travel the world within a few blocks, but the vast selection of restaurants in Pleasantville, such as Indian, delis and pizza, makes it possible. This place is full of unique nightlife spots which offer a great atmosphere for hanging out with friends or meeting some new ones. Whether you are a star gazer, a fan of traditional art, or more into art history, you will most certainly find something to explore and experience around Pleasantville with venues such as performing arts spots , music halls and cinemas. If you are bored with your current look, there are many professional stylists around this village that can help you change it up at a really great price. There's e...