We are saying goodbye to Vancouver and saying hello to Burnaby’s Metrotown, the epicentre of activity in this Vancouver Suburb. This area holds a special place in my heart, because I grew in Burnaby, and never missed a chance to go to the Metrotown area. The metrotown mall is one of the biggest mall in North America. Apart from this, the metrotown area offers a new prespective and life in Vancouver. Here is the remaining pictures of Joyce-Collingwood and next week we will be diving more into metrotown:

Before we leave this area for our next area next month, lets take a look at more of the scenery of Joyce-Collingwood has to offer:

For the month of March, we made a total of $4300. We ended up spending $ 4674. The savings we had from last month was $1223. The amount we have left for the next month in our savings is $849. Here is a breakdown of our finances for the month of March:

	predicted	actual	March Figures
BC Hydro	$50			$50
Lotto	$80			$160
Fun	$40			$40
Bmo Line	$450			$448
TD paym	$121			$80
St loan	$121			$121
Bank Fees	$11			$11
RBc pay2	$200			$196
Rent	$1,450			$1,485
BMO PE	$1,200			$1,555
Cibc loan	$20			$110
RBc pay1	$220			$250
Mutual F	$25			$25
Charity	$22			$22
c rbc loan	$121			$121
total	$4,131			$4,674

Here are the businesses and beautiful sites of Joyce-Collingwod:

Here in Joyce-Collingwood Vancouver, you will encounter plenty of delicious, diverse and cheap food. Here is a sample of the food choices here:

We went to cypress mountain before the coronavirus shutdown. It is a great alternative to going to the busier Whistler and a easier place to ski and learn how to ski. Here are the pictures from Cypress:

Because of the coronavirus we have limited access to the restaurants and businesses that make up this diverse neighbourhood. For the few restaurants that are partially open for business, we are going to examine the community of Joyce-Collingwood. Arguably this is the most diverse area of Vancouver. This area food selections, and businesses are a great value at a great price. Whatever you want, you can get here. The atmosphere here is warm and receptive, full of beautiful restaurants, people and businesses. Here are a few pictures of the Joyce-Collingwood:

It’s that time of the month when we say goodbye to Gastown and hello to a different area in Vancouver. Next week I will reveal the next area in Vancouver. With this goodbye we look at the unposted pictures we took of Gastown to remind us of how lucky we are as Vancouverites to have this area of Vancouver to treasure:

This month has not been good for our finances with my husband losing his job and also with the coronavirius impacting our daily life. The positive news is my husband received a severance package that will allow us to earn the same amount of money till the end of April. So for the month of February of we earned a total of $4600. The amount we spent was $4666. We have a savings of $1289 at the beginning of the month, and now we have $1223. So here is the breakdown of finances for the month:

	predicted	actual	February Numbers
BC Hydro	$50			$50
Lotto	$80			$160
Fun	$40			$40
Bmo Line	$450			$454
TD paym	$121			$80
St loan	$121			$89
Bank Fees	$11			$11
RBc pay2	$200			$203
Rent	$1,450			$1,485
BMO PE	$1,200			$1,555
Cibc loan	$20			$110
RBc pay1	$220			$261
Mutual F	$25			$25
Charity	$22			$22
c rbc loan	$121			$121
total	$4,131			$4,666

Before we bid farewell to Gastown, lets take a look at all its beautiful sights: