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	<title>Off the &#039;Cuff &#187; birthday parties</title>
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		<title>Birthday Parties in the old City Morgue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Mathieson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first three years I worked here, we had only a single birthday party a year here. In the past few months, though, we&#8217;ve had a dozen, with tons more planned for the next few months. How come? The secret (don&#8217;t tell the competition) is that people buzz about us now in a way [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.vancouverpolicemuseum.ca/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/birthdayinvite.jpg" rel="lightbox[194]"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-199" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px;" title="birthdayinvite" src="http://www.vancouverpolicemuseum.ca/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/birthdayinvite-150x150.jpg" alt="birthdayinvite" width="150" height="150" /></a>In the first three years I worked here, we had only a single birthday party a year here. In the past few months, though, we&#8217;ve had a dozen, with tons more planned for the next few months. How come?</p>
<p>The secret (don&#8217;t tell the competition) is that people buzz about us now in a way they didn&#8217;t used to. The advertising we&#8217;ve done in various family publications and the effort we&#8217;ve put into giving kids who come here an amazing experience has paid off. Although we&#8217;ve recently updated our website to include a whole bunch of additional <a href="http://www.vancouverpolicemuseum.ca/Birthdays.htm" target="_blank">information on our birthday packages</a>, most of our bookings come from people who&#8217;ve heard that we&#8217;re &#8220;a great place to have a party&#8221;. Of course, it doesn&#8217;t hurt that we&#8217;re reasonably priced&#8230; birthday parties are definitely a racket these days. (Can you imagine paying $70/child for a birthday party?)</p>
<p>As we can, we&#8217;ll continue to expand our birthday party offerings to include more items for goodie bags, better decorations, more space for food, and possibly even packages appropriate for adults. (Who doesn&#8217;t want to have their birthday party in a morgue?)</p>
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