Thanks James! The water transit sounds like a lot of fun, for sure. I hope your spouse gets better soon! On Apr 9, 2013 6:05 PM, "James Fournie" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey Dan, > > I don't have kids and my spouse is really ill, but just in case, I just > thought I'd let you know the following are good things for kids to do: > > - the Vancouver Aquarium (in Stanley Park, take #19 bus westbound on > Pender St. near the Delta) > - Science World (big geodesic dome thingy full of science) > - HR MacMillan Space Centre aka the Planetarium > - Granville Island (there's a whole "kids market" building and probably > other stuff I don't know about) > > For the last two, it's definitely fun to take the Aquabus or False Creek > Ferry, you can catch them along the water on the southern shores of > downtown, I think it's like $5 round trip. > > I don't have kids so I don't know the range of kid friendliness of > restaurants, but here are places that I would classify as "definitely have > booster chairs": > > - Old Spaghetti Factory (on Water St. in Gastown) > - White Spot (somewhere on the spectrum of Swiss Chalet or Kelsey's, they > have "Pirate Paks" which is like food in a boat) > - Red Robin (sit-down burgers, Robson @ Thurlow, I have never been) > > Have fun! > > ~J > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Dan Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As I'm sitting in the airport with my spouse, my 6 year old, and my 4 >> year old, I was wondering if anyone else attending the conference with >> children in tow would be interested in getting together for a dinner to >> give the children a chance to meet and significant others a chance to >> (potentially) coordinate some daytime plans... >> >> Perhaps Wednesday night? If interested, shoot me an email and I'll try to >> work something out... This is probably something where the details are best >> worked out off the list, to avoid annoying everyone :) >> > >
