Winter 2010

Happy New Year!

Del Condominium Rentals wishes you all a Happy, Healthy and Successful 2010!

What's New
New To The DCRI Team
Letter of Appreciation for DCRI
What To Do Around Town
Quote of the day
How to Contact Us

Year End Accounting Statements to Owners

The accounting department will be sending out DCRI owners' year end statements in mid-March, 2010. 

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Getting Started in 2010

Are you making a New Year's resolution this month? Whether it's to quit smoking, lose weight, or spend more time with your family, you'll have a much better chance of success if you set learning goals instead. A learning goal is simply a commitment to learn something rather than achieve a specific milestone. For example, a traditional goal might be to go work out at the gym three days a week, while a learning goal would be to hire a fitness trainer to teach you an appropriate workout program to get fit. People who set learning goals are much more likely to achieve them, they tend to stay motivated longer and get better results than those who set traditional goals.

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Chinese New Year, The Year of the Tiger, February 14th, 2010

Harvest Thanksgiving Formalized During Han Dynasty: Chinese New Year celebrations have their origin with end-of-harvest celebrations when people would offer thanks to gods for good harvests and entreaty for a good crop in the following year. Although they varied according to the different calendars used, the customs were formalized under Han Dynasty (206BC-AD 25) rule.

Traditions Blossom Under Tang Dynasty
Varied festivals around god worship, sacrifice and celebration held at the end of the winter season and at the beginning of the spring were unified under the Han Dynasty rulers and consolidated, with their adoption of the formal Taichu calendar, to the first day of the first lunar month. During the economically prosperous and politically stable Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), celebrations around the New Year blossomed.

Traditional customs around superstitions and worship gradually became means for people simply to celebrate and enjoy time with their families.

Characteristics of persons born in the year of Tiger
Short-tempered, Suspicious, Adventurous, Sensitive, Emotional, Risk-taking.

Good Career Choices
Boss, Explorer, Race-car driver

Famous Tigers
Sun Yat Sen, Queen Elizabeth II, Emily Dickinson, Isadora Duncan, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Marilyn Monroe, Marco Polo, Beatrix Potter, Karl Marx, Ludwig van Beethoven.

To read more information on Chinese New Year, please visit the following links:

http://www.guy-sports.com/humor/christmas/chinese_new_year2010.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year 

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DCRI Customer Service Drop Box

Del Condominium Rentals Inc, is working to ensure that we continue to provide the best service possible for our tenants and owners, and as part of that we are always looking for ways to make ourselves more accessible to our customers. We wanted to make you aware of a new Customer Convenience drop box located on the exterior wall at the entrance between our office and Jorgy's Cafe.

This box is for owners, or tenants to deposit correspondence, post-dated cheques, etc, during non-business hours and is available immediately. Dropping off cheques and documentation. Now they can go directly to the Customer Convenience drop box. The box is checked every business morning by DCRI.

Congratulations Laurie Cellupica: New Role with DCRI

Left to Right: Mary Casey (DCRI), Laurie Cellupica, Andrew Ritchie (Tridel Customer Care)

It is with great pleasure that we would like to announce that Laurie Cellupica has recently accepted a new role with Del Condominium Rentals Inc. (DCRI) as a Leasing Agent where she will be working with the DCRI team to discover and secure new residents for suites that are on the DCRI Rental Management Program.

Laurie Cellupica has been working with Tridel Customer Care for close to five years and has made significant contributions to the team and to Tridel homeowners’ satisfaction. As result of working together with her management team and by providing outstanding performance in her current position, she has been recognized DCRI as an excellent candidate for the Leasing Agent position.

Laurie Cellupica will be transferring to her new role effective January 15, 2010.

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New DCRI Employee

Please welcome our newest employee Teresita who joined our accounting department  in November, 2009 and comes to us with many years of accounting experience.

Teresita Marcelo DCRI bookkeeper

We would like to share a letter of appreciation from a Raving Fan of both Tridel and Del Rentals! Great job to Christina & Mary of Del Rentals!

Click here to read the letter.

Christina Bold and Mary Casey

Toronto's Best Hot Chocolate

Erin Hipwell Oct 28, 2009 Like snow, scarves and holiday cookies, hot chocolate is a winter staple. It’s the perfect drink to warm up with after coming in from the cold, and is readily available at every coffee bar and corner cafe in the city. But, this raises an issue - - with such an abundance of choices, finding the best hot chocolate can be tough. As with lattes or cafe au lait, hot chocolate making is an art, and some places serve it up far better than others.

Click here to read on for a collection of hot chocolate hits within the city -- tried and tested so you can get the very best cocoa for your cash.

If it is too cold to go outside and you want to make your own version with a few simple ingredients, try this recipe:

2 tablespoons of sugar
4 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
one cup 1% milk, divided
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch of ground cinnamon 

Directions: 

Mix sugar, cocoa and 2 tablespoons cold milk in a mug until smooth. Heat the remaining milk in a small saucepan on the stovetop or in a 2-cup glass measure in the microwave until steaming hot but not boiling. Stir in the cocoa mixture and vanilla.

To froth the hot chocolate, whirl a whisk in it by rubbing your hands back and forth. (Alternatively, pour the hot chocolate into a blender, cover with the lid and a kitchen towel and blend until frothy). Pour it back into the mug and sprinkle with cinnamon.

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High Hopes for a New Entertainment District

While big box clubs got makeovers to keep their clientele coming, city councillor Adam Vaughan and the Entertainment District BIA were cooking up a campaign to end the club district. They unveiled the plan for the district earlier this year -- one that aims to push nightclubs out and reel in restaurants, retail stores and, of course, condominiums.

Click here to read about the full plan.

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Niagara Icewine Festival

In celebration of Ontario Icewine, the Niagara region is transformed into a winter wonderland. There's a gala evening, ice bars and winery tours. This event celebrates its 15th year. Some of the wineries involved in the festival include Jackson-Triggs Niagara Estate Winery, Peller Estates Winery, Mike Weir Wine, Inniskillin Wines and Southbrook Estates. Discovery passes are available. The passes allow guests to tour the winter wine route, with six wineries, where participants can try wine and food pairings.

Click here to read more information and events happening at the festival.

"Before everything else, getting ready is the secret to success:"

If you would like to submit ideas or comment on the DCRI Newsletter, send an email to Dalia at dsteponaitis@delrent.com.

Write to: 4800 Dufferin Street, Toronto, ON M3H 5S9
Fax: (416) 296-8961.