Windy Winterpeg

This weekend I spent in Winnipeg, hanging out with Kirsten and the Wurmann gang. Got here on Saturday, leaving early early Tuesday morning. We have had a lovely time: saw Isaac's band play at an NDP "Manitoba social" (chips on paper plates and cheap beer), went to the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and of course, had many cocktails.

Isaac's band is great. They played all original songs, and they are very good songwriters. The drummer was in Costa Rica w/ parents, so they were drumless. Some iteration of acoustic guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer, bass, and ukelele. They were the hit of the night! And Isaac and friends patiently listened to a somewhat crazy old lady tell them that Isaac should be a Rhodes Scholar. (Not disputing that he should be.) The photo is me, Heidi Wurmann, and their dad, Erich. Fun!

Big Inuit art show at the WAG. It was broken up by decade, and it was quite neat to see how different artists worked. Kirsten's parents have some carvings by one of the artists in the show that they bought off him in the 1960s. And then we talked about her parents living in Yellowknife. Her mom was on the CBC, doing a program called Stories with Sharon, where she read books over the radio. Her biggest fans were apparently long-haul truckers.

We walked around downtown in frozen -32 / windy weather, went to the Fort Garry for cocktails and french fries, and ate some tasty Laotian food. I'm a little sad to go, but a little happy to see the cats.