Vancouver BC weekend goodness

[enth]

I'm going to come off pretty uneducated here, because I am. Still, doing research from a nice baseline rather from scratch seems like a winner

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[herbaliser]

The olympics aren't till Feb so you should be ok. Don't stay in the Eastside.

[unkle_social]

oh whatever. It's the DOWNTOWN east side that's got the bad rep and that's only a few blocks. East Van is rad.

[herbaliser]

I was told they are shipping the homeless out to Victoria for the Olympics!

[glowing_fish]

Well, my idea of "destinations" is mostly to see as much as possible, so I would suggest a walk around Stanley Park.

I'm looking for the Capitol Hill, Seattle equivalent here

[reluctance]

I don't have a lot of experience with hotels in my own city, but I think you might do well in two of our three HI hostels (Jericho -- distant but beautiful, and Downtown -- near the gayborhood and away from the lunkhead bridge and tunnel party zone.)

Re: I'm looking for the Capitol Hill, Seattle equivalent here

[enth]

Ended up at a hotel downtown due to good rates on Orbitz.

Say, you wouldn't happen to be doing a show Friday or Saturday night (i.e. the first and second of January) or have any show recommendations otherwise, would you? You're easily the most connected person I know to the independent music scene there, so it'd be silly not to ask.

i.e. the first and second of January

[reluctance]

Sorry to have fallen through -- just got back into town and back online now and just now saw your question too late to be of any use! Hope you had a slice here.

[chris]

there's and area around Davis or Davey street or something like that that is definitely gay and probably what you are looking for, though I think there's several cool areas around there. I've stayed there for a weekend and liked it. close to the park/water too and not terribly far from downtown either.

[xaotica]

couchsurfing! but barring that, priceline a 4 star hotel for $40 near Stanley park