Well, it’s just about wedding season, and that means only one thing in Winnipeg… weird wedding traditions! I sort of avoided writing this post for a while, since it’s bound to ruffle some feathers. I’ve touched on it before, but not in any real depth. So here it is: Winnipeg (well, Manitoba) has some weird [...]

I’m sneaking this quick post into my workday (sorry, Steve!) to make note of the awesome use of the #portageandmain hashtag on Twitter over the last couple of days, but escalating this morning as we await the 11am press conference to announce (we assume) the return of an NHL team to Winnipeg. I had to [...]

Much to my chagrin, I haven’t been able to make it to Festival du Voyageur this year. In explanation, a simple equation: baby + extra-cold temperatures / all of our babysitters are busy going to Festival = no go for us! But never fear, we managed to enjoy a little Festival in the comfort of [...]

Greg G posted this beautiful picture of the Granite Curling Club to Twitter last night.  It looks like a cozy, welcoming winter chalet! Over the past couple of years I’ve been to watch my husband and his team curl at various clubs around town during the MCA Bonspiel, and each one has its own atmosphere [...]

Just a quick post to tell you about the River Barge Festival that started today! This 5-day festival is one of the Cultural Capital of Canada “Arts for All” offerings, and a marvelous idea! It was a gorgeous, sunny day and one of the bands my husband manages, Johnny Cajun, was playing a set, so we Snugglied [...]

Note from Emma: WoMH guest-blogger Ian is back, this time with the scoop on Assiniboine Park! When I first moved to Winnipeg last year, I was already familiar with some of the more popular/interesting outdoors hangouts. I had been to the Forks, explored the Exchange, shopped at Polo Park and ventured all the way down to [...]

Things on my to-do-once-I-move-to-Manitoba list: Get married? Check. Buy a house? Done. Have a baby…  any time now! Yep, my husband and I will welcome our first child very shortly, and since pregnancy is such a major life event, the last nine months have given me a real education in expectation. Reflecting on it all [...]

Just a little plug for one of the events happening in Neepawa during Manitoba Homecoming 2010. On Thursday May 13, there will be two presentations of Of Songs and Battles (“De chants et de batailles”), a fascinating look at the history of Francophone community in Manitoba, produced by the CJP.  I had the pleasure of [...]

Okay, so it’s a cheap ripoff of “Love Me, Love My Winnipeg”, but I hope it got your attention, because this is a really important topic. Some of you may know that when I’m not blogging about Winnipeg, I run the library at a law firm. I’ve been working in the library field since 2003, [...]

I’m excited for my first opportunity to distribute Halloween candy to Winnipeg kids this coming Saturday! Why? Well, aside from my personal “one for me, one for the kids” candy distribution rule, I’m looking forward to whether any visiting trick or treaters say “Halloween Apples!” According to my trusty “Manitoba Book of Everything” this is [...]