# Anyone for a wee Vancouver dopefest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878 "2011-07-31T01:16:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878/1 "2011-07-31T01:16:55Z")
I’m going to be in Vancouver from the 3rd to the 12th, with the whole clan (Imp of the Perverse, Cheerleading Dropout and Attacklad. I don’t know if anyone but me will actually come out for a meetup though. Attackdog isn’t coming, the slacker). I’m thinking a get-together in a downtown bar some afternoon/early evening. We’re staying on Granville Island for the first few days, so I’d nominate the Granville Island Brewery on the 4th or 5th. I’m open to countersuggestions. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878/2 "2011-07-31T01:20:56Z")
I have parents in town on the 4th and the 5th so I’d nominate any dates BUT those. (Unless you want them dragged along… they’re nice enough…) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878/3 "2011-07-31T01:37:00Z")
My wife gave me permission to say: Whenever it shakes up, I’m up for it. (Though evenings are better for me than afternoons, on weekdays - I work until 4:30. In a pinch I could knock of a bit early.) ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878/4 "2011-08-02T17:41:40Z")
We’re going to be located off Granville Island after Saturday and are over on Robson near the park, but we can easily make it back to Granville or meet somewhere downtown. Saturday, Sunday, Monday are wide open - any requests? suggestions? Anybody got a local pub that they like? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878/5 "2011-08-02T17:48:57Z")
Well, I like [The Crime Lab](http://www.crimelab.ca/), but mostly because of its name. **Mr. Mallard** told me the Granville Island Brewing Co.'s licence has changed and they can’t do full pints anymore (don’t know if that had happened before you left); they’re on a tasting licence and can only serve 12.5 oz / person. Sunday might be a good day: quieter. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878/6 "2011-08-02T20:52:37Z")
If it’s The Crime Lab on Denman, it’s quite close to where we’re staying, and it looks interesting. Monday would be better for me, simply because Sunday is likely to have multiple add-on while-we’re-here-Dad-can-we type things. That said, 7 or later-ish on Sunday would be fine, and if it’s make-or-break, any time on Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878/7 "2011-08-03T06:48:30Z")
Oh, \*that \*Vancouver. freakin’ Canadians. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878/8 "2011-08-03T14:54:12Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > If it’s The Crime Lab on Denman, it’s quite close to where we’re staying, and it looks interesting. Monday would be better for me, simply because Sunday is likely to have multiple add-on while-we’re-here-Dad-can-we type things. That said, 7 or later-ish on Sunday would be fine, and if it’s make-or-break, any time on Sunday. How about 7 or later-ish on Sunday at the Crime Lab, then? If we have time, **EvilTOJ** , we’ll take a road trip to Vancouver, WA, but they might not let us across the border. You know how it is. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878/9 "2011-08-04T13:23:30Z")
7 at [the Crime Lab](http://http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&q=the%20crime%20lab%20denham&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=935l4963l0l5229l22l20l1l8l8l1l915l1992l6.3.1.6-1l11l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1211&bih=569&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl) it is. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878/10 "2011-08-05T07:02:15Z")
Although you’d think the Vancouvers are next to each other and only separated by the border, they’re actually [kinda far](http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Vancouver,+BC,+Canada&daddr=Vancouver,+WA&hl=en&sll=45.422555,-122.63939&sspn=0.014036,0.015128&geocode=Faqq7wIdOW6p-CmzT6lD8XOGVDGL84Gb6paRuw%3BFUhkuAIdklWw-Cn5FFnIY6-VVDHz45EsEdVWhA&mra=ls&t=h&z=7) from each other. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878/11 "2011-08-06T18:15:49Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Although you’d think the Vancouvers are next to each other and only separated by the border, they’re actually [kinda far](http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Vancouver,+BC,+Canada&daddr=Vancouver,+WA&hl=en&sll=45.422555,-122.63939&sspn=0.014036,0.015128&geocode=Faqq7wIdOW6p-CmzT6lD8XOGVDGL84Gb6paRuw%3BFUhkuAIdklWw-Cn5FFnIY6-VVDHz45EsEdVWhA&mra=ls&t=h&z=7) from each other. Meh, I’ve traveled further than that for this gig. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878/12 "2011-08-08T01:51:47Z")
Off to the Crime Lab! ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878/13 "2011-08-08T05:26:45Z")
Oops. I haven’t checked my email in a while and just got the messages now. :S Hope it was fun! ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878/14 "2011-08-08T17:43:35Z")
> [@Foldup\_Rabbit](#): > > Oops. I haven’t checked my email in a while and just got the messages now. :S Hope it was fun! It was. We missed you though. Next time? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878/15 "2011-08-09T02:02:30Z")
Damn! Missed it! And this thread! (Sundays aren’t good anyway, as I get up at 04:25 Mondays.) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-wee-vancouver-dopefest/590878/16 "2011-08-09T02:05:57Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Damn! Missed it! Me too, sorry. (Toddler melt-down of heretofore unimagined proportions left me disinclined to leave my wife alone with her. Not because I’m super compassionate or anything. Just, you know… to avoid infanticide.)