Tourist Attractions / Options for Friday

Local restaurants in the Downtown Eastside:

o   Acme Café - http://acmecafe.ca/ -- not a social enterprise

o   Potluck Café and Catering - http://www.potluckcatering.com/

o   Save-On-Meats - http://saveonmeats.ca/

o   HAVE Café - http://have-cafe.ca/

Entertainment/ Educational Opportunities

Talking Stick Aboriginal Festival (February 20-March 3, 2012): http://www.fullcircleperformance.ca/content.asp?chapterID=2&subchapterID=71&pageID=186

Mapping the Everyday: Neighbourhood Claims for the Future (Exhibit at SFU Woodwards until Feb. 25 done by the DTES Women’s Centre): http://sfuwoodwards.ca/index.php/events/details/mapping-the-everyday-neighbourhood-claims-for-the-future

Gallery Gachet (artist-run centre located in DTES – check closer to the time for exhibits on): http://gachet.org/about/  at 88 East Cordova Street.

Tour of Insite (set up for 9am on Monday, Feb. 20^th): http://supervisedinjection.vch.ca/

Make sure to visit: Oppenheimer Park, Carnegie Centre, Quest, WISH, Vancouver Police Department

Potential Street Mark at Pigeon Park, Sundays noon to 5pm at Hastings and Carrall

Options for Friday

Capilano Suspension Bridge (about $30/person – there may be a discount for students): http://www.capbridge.com/index.php

Grousse Mountain (general admission with skytram is about $40/person – students may want to go skiing?  At own expense)

Stanley Park (could rent bikes to bike around seawall and go to Vancouver Aquarium): http://vancouver.ca/parks/parks/stanley/index.htm

Vancouver Aquarium (Students with ID are $16): http://www.vanaqua.org/

***If you think of anything you would like to do, feel free to suggest it to the group!!***