I know of the Empress Hotel in Victoria. Only been there a couple of times when I was in my early 20's I'm in my 60's now so that was a long time ago so it seems. It is just a 35 minute ferry ride over there as far as I know from here. I live right in walking distance of town and can walk to town and I enjoy it once inna while. Most of the times I just stay home and horse around. The book is pretty good. I has an envelope in the back of the book with the pattern pieces in it and it is a $40.00 book that I bought at the Joann Fabrics a couple of years ago. Last year for Christmas I made 2 of my nieces a check book cover and they both turned out pretty good. There are a lot of nice clutch purses and other big purses I would like to try making. WEll going to hit the sack now so every one take care, HUggies, Fay