We’re Famous!
At least on Design*Sponge, anyway. Local blogger (Lather. Write. Repeat.) and furniture restorer extraordinaire Lenore Hume authored the Winnipeg City Guide for the wildly popular website, and it’s chock-full of wonderful restaurant, shopping, and entertainment recommendations. She’s got lots of ideas for where to eat and play in the Osborne, Corydon, St. Boniface, Wolseley, Academy Road, and Exchange District areas. From her intro:
“You don’t choose Winnipeg; it chooses you. This quirky little city is more of a big small town filled with people you know, and it sits smack-dab in the middle of Canada. From prairies to polar bears, the province of Manitoba has it all, with Winnipeg right at its heart. We are resilient people, living in the harshest of opposing climates. Half the year, we bundle up and brace the blowing snow and bitter -30º temperatures. The other half of the year, we live for the blistering heat and humidity, tainted only by our sworn enemy — the mosquito. We love our lake life, with beaches and lake towns only an hour or two in every direction from the city. We play host to hundreds of summer festivals like the Fringe Festival, Folklorama, the Folk Festival and the Jazz festival.”
Check out the city guide and more thoughts on Winnipeg here, and a big congratulations to Lenore – you did a wonderful job at rounding up the gems in our big little city — I’m stoked to check out lots of new-to-me places!
(hat tip to Courtney for sending me the link!)
Wow, congratulations!
Very satisfying to see yourself mentioned in someone else’s mag! I hope you have Google Analytics in place so you can watch the traffic results! That’s always fun 🙂 🙂
Take care,
Jill
Heh – it wasn’t me mentioned, but I agree – I hope Lenore tracks all the traffic that is sure to come pouring in!
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Thank you so much for this post! I am so so honoured to be able to share the Winnipeg love with DS readers and the response from locals have been overwhelming. I’m proud to be a Winnipegger!
XO
Lenore