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crazycanuck

crazycanuck

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So Valentine's is coming up here and I would love some suggestions on what to do for that day. I'll be spending it with my girlfriends of over 2 years and I live quite close to Vancouver at which time the olympics will be here. I had an idea of heading down there at night to tour around all the free stuff to do there and have dinner but its a Sunday so we have all day and I'm wondering what we should do. So any suggestions would be great. Oh and please keep in mind it will be hovering around or below 0 C or 32 F so no bike ride or picnics please :p
 
got any good museums around there? or aquariums! i love aquariums, that would be a good thing to do cause its all inside and not as boring as a museum can be lol
 
If you're going to have dinner, I'd be thinking about something home cooked. If it's anything like here, all the restaurants will be booked up for Valentine's night.
 
Good thinking to plan ahead! I can't think of any good ideas right now but has to say, did you realise you said your 'gorlfriends'? Do you have more than one? ;) If so, best plan would not be to take them out at the same time!
 
Last year the guy I am dating made a very nice dinner at his house. His very good friend came over also with his wife and we talked and relaxed while the guys cooked us a wonderful dinner. There was music playing while we relaxed and drank wine. It was a better night and atmosphere than going to any restaurant.
 
Crazy...I am soooo jealous. Hubby and I thought about heading up to Vancouver for the Olympics, but hotels and transportation were off the charts! I think that sounds like a great day though. If it's anything like when the Olympics were in Atlanta, there should be PLENTY to do to keep you busy for the day...just strolling around the Olympic Village and other places around town. There were stages set up around at places around town with live music and people and stuff going on everywhere. Maybe plan to spend the day there and hit a restaurant on the way home to avoid the crowds. Also, probably not something you want to bank on, but in ATL tickets were everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE, for smaller events. People were constantly offering them up for free b/c they bought them in packages and couldn't use them. I did not pay for tickets for one event the whole time...you just can't be too choosy, but going to any event is a memorable experience. Let us know how is goes and Have fun!!!
 
I have an idea...why not book a sleigh ride and take hot chocolate, warm blanket and look at the stars! We wanted to do that at Chrismastime but we didnt have enough snow. That would be romantic...
 
I'm agreeing with the sleigh ride. Maybe I'll use that one. ummmmm my youngest son as a snowmobile and we have a sled! You get the idea.
 
Haha you know thats not a bad idea. Sorry didn't realize I said girlfriends its just one haha.

Shadycat- Yes hotels are absolutely outrageous here right now. We have a thing called a skytrain (a Subway that runs in the air instead of underground) that runs from the suburbs of Vancouver to Vancouver and right into the Olympic Village. A hotel that is normally $95 CDN a night is now $330CDN a night! That's at the very opposite end of the skytrain line! Probably a 40min train ride from that hotel to Vancouver! HAHA. I have tickets to two events right now and they were not cheap either...thank god I'm in driving distance. I'm very excited. My girlfriend and I are going to an event on Feb 26th.
 
Oh and sorry Kello we do have a very large aquarium here. Did you ever see the youtube video of the 2 otters holding hands? If so that was taken at our aquarium.

A few museums but nothing really worth taking a look at unforunately, well except the art gallery but that is in the most shady part of town and not somewhere very romantic to go on Valentine's day haha
 
I know a guy who's doing alphabetical dating. Where every date has a different letter theme - Maybe start you're A on Valentine's Day?

Why don't you try doping some of the winter olympics atheletes? That will be fun.

Anybody else think 'Skytrain' sounds like an 80's Hair Metal group - 'Good Evening Cleveland, We are Skytrain! We will rock you're world!'
 
Kuwabara's idea sounds cool--if you started with "A", you could go to the aquarium. :) I think it is really sweet that you are already planning so far ahead. She'll be pleased.
 
Kuwabara said:
I know a guy who's doing alphabetical dating. Where every date has a different letter theme - Maybe start you're A on Valentine's Day?
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Can I give you husbands number?...Just leave anonymous messages about romantic date suggestions...
 
I think the Xylophone factory is getting a lot of action on 'X' weekends. I prefer Glockenspiels myself.

Do you mean me Popcorn?

A-Aquarium
B-Ballet
C-Cinema
D-Disco Dancing
E-Eating out
F-Funfair
G- Games night - board games/computer games /X rated games. I'll be a policemen you're a nurse. That sort of 'ting'.
H-Hiking in the country
I-
J-Jogging in the park
K-
L-Laughs - Go to a comedy club
M-Museum
N-
O-Ocean- Go sailing!
P-
Q- Go to a Pub Quiz- Do you have them in Canada?
R- Roads- go for a drive!
S- Have a day at a Spa
T- Theatre
U-
V
W
X- Xylophone factory
Y-
Z- Zoo

Need some help here....
 
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I think going to the olympics is a great idea!!! You could soooo make that romantic and fun!! I just happen to be downtown the other day when the olympic torch ran by (not by itself, silly!) Stopped traffic forever! I got a pic'!
 
Yeah have X as Xbox night -play guitar hero or something
That frees up G to be- GLOCKENSPIEL night. I'll be honest I just like saying that word.

Think of all the helpless Xylophone makers though - no longer will dough eyed romantic lovers congragate on the factory floor admiring their melodic work.
 
I- Icecream
K- Fly a Kite
N-
P- Picnic
U- underground?
V - View - go somewhere with an amazing view like up a mountain or something.
W - Waterslide
Y-

That's the best I can do with your gaps :)
 
Could change G to Grouse....Take the Gondola up Grouse? 2 g's in one. ;)
Ah shoot, then Shaz's v doesn't work so well.....


I got nothing. :(
 
Lol no no that works. I have a pass to Seymour so I'll take her to the very top of Seymour and that can be the view :) the Grouse Gondala for G haha. Now as for Y....
 
Y = YVR - Vancouver airport, take her on a nice vacation - it will make up for staying home and playing X box.
 
crazycanuck said:
Haha oh I never thought of X...:( uh oh....OH I GOT IT! I'll bring my girlfriend over to play xbox :) I'm sure she will love that :)
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You sure you can't come up with something more romantic??? :lol:

Are there any men out there who has an original romantic idea out there .:)
 
Jettalady said:
You sure you can't come up with something more romantic??? :lol:

Are there any men out there who has an original romantic idea out there .:)
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Yeah, let's see, it's going to be cold according to canuck so I still (despite the cold) would suggest a warm blanket and picnic with some wine and back it all up with a very nice gift, like bracelet or necklace.

I dated a gal once and we went horseback riding (double) the weekend before Valentines so on Valentines she got a dozen or so roses from "Pete."
(My horse at the time.)
 
what about x rated night? i don't know if you're 'intimate' but you could do a romance night? flowers, massage oils, etc.
 
Great idea Sharon! Accent Cruises off Granville Island has a dinne cruise on valentines for $60 a person.
 
Canuck when the Kudos from this A-Z dating thing comes in - send some of it my way! I want to feel the good vibrations
 
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Haha well ty and I'll send some your way to Kuwabara since this was your idea lol. Ok and the YVR is outta the questoin unless she would love some very over priced fast food from there? hahaha. I'm in Uni. = very little money :p I was kidding about the xbox but what in the world is romantic that starts with an X? hahaha. maybe we could watch a movie on the xbox? lol not very romantic but its something for now :p

Oh and I like the N idea hahaha!
 
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I just searched google for words starting with X and I found xenodochial which is kindness to strangers. In May there is the annunal Crohn's and Colitis BBQ by M and M Meats which we could both volunteer at? That could be a fun and cool event to do together if we made it?....right? haha.

Kuwabara is Alphabet dating suppose to be done in order or could I change the rules a bit to make it so we check off a letter as we go?
 
My GF and I will probably do nothing. Seeing as it is a Sunday, she will have Roller Derby practice in the day. I will probably lounge around and play video games all day and make dinner (I do all the cooking) and then we will eat and sit on the couch and read/watch tv. I already told her not to expect much in terms of a gift.

We both went overboard at XMAS with the gifts, and we just found one of our cats has Leukemia, so we have killed our bank accounts with that and we are saving for Hawaii in the fall.

That being said, we have never really done anything for V-Day. We both know how much we mean to each other everyday. Don't need a special day to show it.
 
Ooh, I hope your cat gets better! It is both sad and expensive when they get sick. I had one who developed diabetes a couple of years back and had to inject him every day. It cost a fortune but it was worth a try - he ended up really sick and had to be put to sleep :(

Hugs to your puddy cat!
 
shazamataz said:
Ooh, I hope your cat gets better! It is both sad and expensive when they get sick. I had one who developed diabetes a couple of years back and had to inject him every day. It cost a fortune but it was worth a try - he ended up really sick and had to be put to sleep :(

Hugs to your puddy cat!
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Aye it is no fun. We have another cat that has Asthma. Our condo is like an infirmary for sick kitties. lol
 
LOL MY brother has an asthmatic cat as well. Who would have thought! Funny thing is she can use the same inhalers as him so he doesn;t have to spend a fortune at the vets for them. he has a wee face mask thing to put on her and squirt the inhaler in. I think she's mostly fine now but imagine that would have been a fun exercise!

Oops, sorry for hijaking the thread!
 

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