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5 Tips to Keep your Pets Safe This Holiday Season

5 Tips to Keep your Pets Safe This Holiday Season

December? Yep, December is here and you know what that means! A busy and joyous month filled with holiday festivities, shopping, decorating, baking and Santa’s to-do lists that you better check twice. While December is filled with cheer, it’s also filled with dangers for your pets. In fact, it is one of the most dangerous times of the year for your dog Dasher and your cat Blitzen. That’s why I called upon Dr. Anthony George, doctor of veterinary medicine and certified veterinary acupuncturist, to guide us through all of the dangers our holiday décor and holiday foods can create for our best four-legged friends.

Five Green & Thrifty Holiday Décor Tips

Five Green & Thrifty Holiday Décor Tips

This Holiday Season – let it go, let it go, let it go: GREEN! Being prepared to deck the halls with green eco-friendly decor can save you from being in the red and keep you safe from chilly finances. With simple thrifty and green Do-It-Yourself tips, your home will be beautifully decorated for your holiday celebrations and ready for the unexpected guest dropping by with the dreaded fruitcake (that’s oh so ready for your freezer).

5 Tips to Pack Away Holiday Dishes like a Pro

5 Tips to Pack Away Holiday Dishes like a Pro

NorthStar Moving ® Company, the leading eco-luxury mover in California, reveals handy tips on how to pack away holiday dishes, just like the pros! It’s that wonderful time of year again, filled with parties, giving and decorating. But there’s one unspoken holiday fear that can add an unwanted jingle: unwrapping your holiday dishware.

NorthStar Moving Partners with Wine Storage Company for Collectors on The Move

NorthStar Moving Partners with Wine Storage Company for Collectors on The Move

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 03, 2014 — NorthStar Moving ® Company, the leading eco-luxury mover in California, has unveiled a new customized package with Los Angeles Fine Arts & Wine Storage Company to offer wine storage services for clients in between homes or those in need of a place to store their fine wine collection close to their new Los Angeles area home. The service ensures clients’ treasured wine collections are cared for in temperature and humidity controlled rooms.NorthStar Moving is making sure clients will soon sip easy with this new partnership. Los Angeles Fine Arts & Wine Storage Company’s climate controlled wine rooms have been specifically designed for wine storage. All of their wine storage units are kept at 55 degrees Fahrenheit and 65% humidity to maintain the wines flavor and balance. There is constant video surveillance to ensure that all rooms … Continued

13 Halloween Safety Tips to Keep Children and Pets Safe

13 Halloween Safety Tips to Keep Children and Pets Safe

Halloween should be full of spookiness, but all that fright should be fun and not dangerous, so I teamed up with a couple of experts to gather Halloween safety tips to keep your children and pets safe. First up are the experts in keeping your little pumpkins safe: Boo Boo Busters. As a leading professional childproofing service, they know a thing or two about keeping your kids safe. And for your pets, I gathered safety tips from Dr. Anthony George, doctor of veterinary medicine and certified veterinary acupuncturist. 

13 Spook-Free Safety Tips to Keep Your Kids and Pets Safe This Halloween

13 Spook-Free Safety Tips to Keep Your Kids and Pets Safe This Halloween

It is critical to be aware of the true spookiness that is hiding behind all the ghostly fun. So I called upon two experts that have simple tips for a safe, scare-free Halloween to keep your children and pets safe.First up are the experts in keeping your little pumpkins safe. They may have “boo” in their name, but there is nothing scary about Boo Boo Busters. As a leading professional childproofing service they know a thing or two about keeping your kids safe. Following, are Halloween safety tips for your pets from Dr. Anthony George, doctor of veterinary medicine and certified veterinary acupuncturist. He has been taking care of all kinds of pets for over 20 years and his tips are sure to keep you furry friends from howling at the moon.

Move for Hunger Honors NorthStar Moving with Hunger Fighting Hero Award

Move for Hunger Honors NorthStar Moving with Hunger Fighting Hero Award

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 09, 2014 — NorthStar Moving® Company, the leading eco-luxury mover in California, announced today that it was awarded the “2014 Hunger Fighting Hero Award” by Move for Hunger for their commitment to fighting hunger in Los Angeles and Orange Counties.The Fighting Hunger Hero is awarded to organizations that host a successful event to fight hunger in their area. NorthStar Moving’s second annual “Let’s Send Hunger Packing” food drive competition in partnership with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage raised 8,109 pounds of food to feed hungry children in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. The overwhelming volume of food collected and the awareness the company raised for hunger earned NorthStar Moving the award.“We are thrilled to be a part of the positive impact that NorthStar Moving has had on their community,” said Move For Hunger Director of Operations Dan Ratner. “By raising over … Continued

NorthStar Moving Partners with Ocean Transport to Navigate Yacht Relocation for Clients

NorthStar Moving Partners with Ocean Transport to Navigate Yacht Relocation for Clients

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 02, 2014 — NorthStar Moving ® Company, the leading eco-luxury mover in California, has unveiled a new customized package with Ocean Transport, provider of worldwide yacht transportation, to offer yacht transport services to clients on the move. The service ensures clients’ prized yachts or boats are transported, managed and cared for with red-carpet treatment during a move.NorthStar Moving is taking stress-free moving to a whole new level with this partnership to benefit their seafaring clients. Ocean Transport relocates any size or type of boat or yacht anywhere around the world. Clients’ vessels are safeguarded throughout the whole moving process. From insurance, custom clearance and permits to shrink wrapping and cradles, Ocean Transport organizes everything from pick up to delivery. They specialize in every transportation method: ground transport, standard transport by sea and the uber-luxury treatment – the … Continued

Mission Viejo Coldwell Banker Raises the Most Food Donations in Orange County

Mission Viejo Coldwell Banker Raises the Most Food Donations in Orange County

NorthStar Moving® Company, the leading eco-luxury mover in California, announced today that the Mission Viejo Coldwell Banker office collected the most food donations in Orange County in their second annual “Let’s Send Hunger Packing” summer food drive competition in partnership with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.“I am so grateful for the participation of all the wonderful folks at Coldwell Banker and our community. Together with our team at NorthStar Moving and the amazing team at Coldwell Banker we raised 8,109 lbs. of food which is more than 3,500 pounds than last year and means this year we raised 6,487 meals!,” said NorthStar Moving Co-Founder Laura McHolm.

10 Things You Need To Know Before You Move With Pets

10 Things You Need To Know Before You Move With Pets

Moving doesn’t have to be a dog-gone cat-astrophy. The good news is that with a paw-ful of wise tips you can ease their trauma. Here are ten tricks that have been approved by Dr. Sara Sheltren, veterinarian at the East Padden Animal Hospital, in Vancouver, Washington to keep Fluffy and Fido cared for during the moving process:1. Before Moving Day: Become familiar with pet rules and regulations. Landlords and homeowners’ associations may have specific pet rules. Become familiar with your new area’s leash laws, pet ordinances and/or pet licensing requirements. Your pet may need additional vaccinations, medications or certain certificates depending on where you are moving. A call to the local animal control facility should answer your questions.

Together We Raised Over Four Tons of Food to Feed Hungry Kids!

Together We Raised Over Four Tons of Food to Feed Hungry Kids!

Together with our team at NorthStar Moving and the amazing team at Coldwell Banker we raised 8,109 lbs. of food which is more than 3,500 pounds than last year and means this year we raised 6,487 meals! I am beyond thrilled that we surpassed our donations from last year and I know we can continue on this upward climb to send hunger packing.

10 Things You Need To Know Before Moving With Pets

10 Things You Need To Know Before Moving With Pets

Moving? Let’s be honest, moving is stressful. But, imagine if you can’t read, understand all of the chatter around you and all you see is the chaos of boxes, your home in an upheaval and stressed out humans everywhere. Sounds even more stressful, right? That’s why it is vital to look after your furry friends during the moving process.Here are ten tricks that have been approved by Dr. Sara Sheltren, veterinarian at the East Padden Animal Hospital, in Vancouver, Washington to keep Fluffy and Fido cared for during the moving process:

NorthStar Moving and Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Collect Over Four Tons of Food to Feed Hungry Kids

NorthStar Moving and Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Collect Over Four Tons of Food to Feed Hungry Kids

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 10, 2014 — NorthStar Moving® Company, the leading eco-luxury mover in California, announced today that their second annual “Let’s Send Hunger Packing” summer food drive competition in partnership with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage and with the support of Move for Hunger, raised 8,109 pounds of food to feed hungry children in Los Angeles and Orange Counties.“August is often the time of lowest food donations,” said Barbara Wartman of Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County. “So we really appreciate all that the teams at NorthStar Moving and Coldwell Banker have done to help us feed the hungry, especially in this time of scarcity.”Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage offices in LA County and Orange County have been competing for two months to collect the most food donations for their local food bank. NorthStar Moving has tallied the collected food for each … Continued

NorthStar Moving Honored 2014 “Best Places to Work” Winner for Fifth Consecutive year

NorthStar Moving Honored 2014 “Best Places to Work” Winner for Fifth Consecutive year

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 21, 2014 — NorthStar Moving®, the leading eco-luxury mover in California, today announced that it was named one of the “Best Places to Work” in greater Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal for the fifth consecutive year. The honor recognizes NorthStar Moving’s achievements in creating a positive work environment that attracts and retains employees through a combination of employee satisfaction, working conditions and company culture. The company ranked an impressive #27 in the medium sized company category, jumping up five places from last year.“This achievement just keeps getting better and better each year, it never loses it’s thrill,” said NorthStar Moving Co-Founder and CEO Ram Katalan. “As I have said in years past, creating a place where people love to come to work everyday is our greatest accomplishment. Knowing our own team members continue … Continued

Making the Most of a Dorm Room 101

Making the Most of a Dorm Room 101

Sadly summer is wrapping up, and it’s back to books. But many are about to embark on the very thrilling and memorable transition from home to college. A dorm room is probably the most difficult space to organize and make it feel like yours. But, having a clean homework space and having a place to relax that feels like home is all very important to your success at school. So here’s how to make that little space feel like home only without all the clutter. It’s as easy as spelling D-O-R-M R-O-O-M.

10 Things You Need To Know Before You Move With Pets

10 Things You Need To Know Before You Move With Pets

Moving doesn’t have to be a dog-gone cat-astrophy. The good news is that with a paw-ful of wise tips you can ease their trauma. Here are ten tricks that have been approved by Dr. Sara Sheltren, veterinarian at the East Padden Animal Hospital, in Vancouver, Washington to keep Fluffy and Fido cared for during the moving process:1. Before Moving Day: Become familiar with pet rules and regulations. Landlords and homeowners’ associations may have specific pet rules. Become familiar with your new area’s leash laws, pet ordinances and/or pet licensing requirements. Your pet may need additional vaccinations, medications or certain certificates depending on where you are moving. A call to the local animal control facility should answer your questions.