After all of the planning and the worrying and the hustle and the bustle around Kimberly's visit to Winnipeg since I first brought it up, how did everything work out?

Pretty relaxed, actually.

( Hello, City )

The rental car is being picked up in a couple of hours, and the apartment is on track to getting (somewhat) more organised, which means the pieces are slowly coming together for Kimberly's arrival in Winnipeg tomorrow...

Unfortunately, however, she just sprained her ankle, and the weather forecast for this weekend is colder than I'd hoped, so we' ( Read more... )

We've talked about the possibility for years already, but my very good friend Kimberly (whom I've mentioned in various contexts, including her role as co-founder of Regator, which I've also talked about before) has only just now finished booking her trip to visit me here in Winnipeg ( Read more... )

I'm happy to report that the grand opening of the Browncoat Saloon was a resounding success...

A lot of people at Keycon seemed really happy to see a Firefly-themed consuite in Winnipeg for the first time, if the constant traffic and questions like, "Is there a way to vote for this as best consuite?" are any indication. ;) All of the work put in ( Read more... )

As if to underscore my point about having previously lived in a ghetto neighbourhood, my former city councillor had his apartment declared insanitary and unfit for human habitation, while a thirteen-year-old in the same area was arrested for possession of a modified semi-automatic rifle.

Perhaps the two of them can find a nice flophouse together.

I haven't really talked about this on here, but I'm in the process of moving to a new apartment, and that has been dominating my time and attention for the past several weeks ( Read more... )