Off to Vancouver, what should I do?

Other than not go.

Business trip, will have nights and limited budget for food.

SeeRockCity wrote:Other than not go.

Business trip, will have nights and limited budget for food.

I hope they have WiFi there. Can you let us know?

I hear its pretty nice though, but isn't it expensive? Does your budget know about the exchange rate?

Get a blow job from a hooker in Stanley Park.

InTenSity wrote:

SeeRockCity wrote:Other than not go.

Business trip, will have nights and limited budget for food.

I hope they have WiFi there. Can you let us know?

I hear its pretty nice though, but isn't it expensive? Does your budget know about the exchange rate?

My budget is paid for by a large corporation so I'm sure it will be fair but not extravagant.  

I believe they have WiFi there. I will post if they don't.

SeeRockCity wrote:

InTenSity wrote:
I hope they have WiFi there. Can you let us know?

I hear its pretty nice though, but isn't it expensive? Does your budget know about the exchange rate?

My budget is paid for by a large corporation so I'm sure it will be fair but not extravagant.  

I believe they have WiFi there. I will post if they don't.

I don't have a food budget when I travel, but they won't cover alcohol. Anything over $25 needs to be an itemized receipt. So, if you wanna drink, stay under $25. If you don't drink, spend however you want. Or you can opt for a $35/day per diem.

Walk it:

I had a day in Vancouver once. Rented a rag top and drove the coast. Stopped in various places along the way. Got three hours up and drove back. Spent the rest of the day wandering aimlessly downtown. Seems like a great city. I'm def going back for an actual visit.

DWags wrote:Walk it:

That looks phenomenal. What is it?

tGreenWay wrote:I had a day in Vancouver once. Rented a rag top and drove the coast. Stopped in various places along the way. Got three hours up and drove back. Spent the rest of the day wandering aimlessly downtown. Seems like a great city. I'm def going back for an actual visit.

So you're saying i should drive and walk around aimlessly for a day?

SeeRockCity wrote:

DWags wrote:Walk it:

That looks phenomenal. What is it?

Capilano Suspension Bridge.

DWags wrote:

SeeRockCity wrote:

DWags wrote:Walk it:

That looks phenomenal. What is it?

Capilano Suspension Bridge.

Should have said "A bridge"

Thanks DWags, I will look into that. Looks like a great option if I can get there before dark. I will try to fly a big styrofoam glider from it.

I heard the Applebee's there is fantastic.

Never been there, so I don't have any suggestions. Sorry that I can't be of much help.

Floyd Robertson wrote:Never been there, so I don't have any suggestions. Sorry that I can't be of much help.

Thanks Floyd, this is helpful.

I'm no expert, been there 2-3 times, but I recall several 'districts' of town, depending on where you are staying you may want to check out.
Granville Island I think was the big entertainment/dining area, another was Gas Town or something like that, an older part of town, several others. Stanley park was a good bike ride on rented bikes, Capilano was not a bad way to spend a couple hours, not far out of town.
I always enjoyed Vancouver, easy to get around and find some place to spend time.

SeeRockCity wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:I had a day in Vancouver once. Rented a rag top and drove the coast. Stopped in various places along the way. Got three hours up and drove back. Spent the rest of the day wandering aimlessly downtown. Seems like a great city. I'm def going back for an actual visit.

So you're saying i should drive and walk around aimlessly for a day?

I lived by the clock for the first 3/4 of my work life. I've spent a lot of my personal time since then wandering aimlessly. I'm very anti-itinerary.

SeeRockCity wrote:

DWags wrote:

Capilano Suspension Bridge.

Should have said "A bridge"

Thanks DWags, I will look into that. Looks like a great option if I can get there before dark. I will try to fly a big styrofoam glider from it.

Don't litter in Vancouver. The only time Canadians get physically violent is when foreigners visit and don't put their trash in the proper containers.

They don't have English mustard there so make sure you pack your own. It's a whole queen/Canada/parliament thing it's all very complicated

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:They don't have English mustard there so make sure you pack your own. It's a whole queen/Canada/parliament thing it's all very complicated

Nice callback.

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:They don't have English mustard there so make sure you pack your own. It's a whole queen/Canada/parliament thing it's all very complicated

That's not entirely accurate. In the mid-1800s, English mustard was slowly making its way westward from Nova Scotia and the other eastern provinces. However, as colonial dependence gave way to Canadian autonomy, the British pullback quelled many of the English influences that surely would have ended at the Pacific Ocean were it not for independence. Fine mustard wasn't the only casualty of the global political changes. Good luck getting a quality crumpet anywhere west of Calgary.

Biggest error in my working life was turning down an offer to work in Vancouver about 20 years ago before the Chinese started coming in making cash offers for residential real estate driving the cost of housing up like Silicon Valley.

Vancouver is a great city

tGreenWay wrote:

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:They don't have English mustard there so make sure you pack your own. It's a whole queen/Canada/parliament thing it's all very complicated

That's not entirely accurate. In the mid-1800s, English mustard was slowly making its way westward from Nova Scotia and the other eastern provinces. However, as colonial dependence gave way to Canadian autonomy, the British pullback quelled many of the English influences that surely would have ended at the Pacific Ocean were it not for independence. Fine mustard wasn't the only casualty of the global political changes. Good luck getting a quality crumpet anywhere west of Calgary.

Greenway is right

One word, Poutine

I.B. Fine wrote:One word, Poutine

Not a fan. I wonder how it would taste with English mustard. Or horseradish.

tGreenWay wrote:

I.B. Fine wrote:One word, Poutine

Not a fan. I wonder how it would taste with English mustard. Or horseradish.

and I suppose you'd wash it down with raw milk.

I sailed into Vancouver harbor in 1997 aboard a 35 foot Oday. Sailed out of Westport Washington through the Straits of Juan de Fuca, overnighted at San Juan Island, and someplace else I can't remember. Saw a lot of Orcas.

Ummmm... that's all I got. I don't remember a lot about Vancouver.

Rocinante wrote:I sailed into Vancouver harbor in 1997 aboard a 35 foot Oday. Sailed out of Westport Washington through the Straits of Juan de Fuca, overnighted at San Juan Island, and someplace else I can't remember. Saw a lot of Orcas.

Ummmm... that's all I got. I don't remember a lot about Vancouver.

...and didn't knock anyone up.

LooseGoose wrote:

Rocinante wrote:I sailed into Vancouver harbor in 1997 aboard a 35 foot Oday.  Sailed out of Westport Washington through the Straits of Juan de Fuca, overnighted at San Juan Island, and someplace else I can't remember.  Saw a lot of Orcas.

Ummmm... that's all I got.  I don't remember a lot about Vancouver.

...and didn't knock anyone up.

I mean, I don't know that for sure.

Rocinante wrote:I sailed into Vancouver harbor in 1997 aboard a 35 foot Oday. Sailed out of Westport Washington through the Straits of Juan de Fuca, overnighted at San Juan Island, and someplace else I can't remember. Saw a lot of Orcas.

Ummmm... that's all I got. I don't remember a lot about Vancouver.

Jesus, man, why don't you just sing us a song about it.

I miss SRC. RIP.

InTenSity wrote:I miss SRC. RIP.

I wish they had wifi in Canada.

tGreenWay wrote:

InTenSity wrote:I miss SRC. RIP.

I wish they had wifi in Canada.

For $40 he could have gone to Denver to search for OTPT in a dispensary.

InTenSity wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:

I wish they had wifi in Canada.

For $40 he could have gone to Denver to search for OTPT in a dispensary.

We have to let OTPT go. He and Turtleneck are dead and nothing we do will bring them back. Ever.

tGreenWay wrote:

InTenSity wrote:
For $40 he could have gone to Denver to search for OTPT in a dispensary.

We have to let OTPT go. He and Turtleneck are dead and nothing we do will bring them back. Ever.

What about a Ouija board? Or some form of communication with the dead? Like a text from Tim?

This thread has convinced me that there's really nothing to do in Vancouver except throw Styrofoam airplanes off some stupid bridge.

SeeRockCity wrote:This thread has convinced me that there's really nothing to do in Vancouver except throw Styrofoam airplanes off some stupid bridge.

I think you can get high in Vancouver, so add that to the list of things.

SeeRockCity wrote:This thread has convinced me that there's really nothing to do in Vancouver except throw Styrofoam airplanes off some stupid bridge.

You could bungie off of it.

I'm telling you hookers. I remember the hookers being really good looking.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:I'm telling you hookers. I remember the hookers being really good looking.

Is this who you're talking about?