Current mood:

slightly less nervous

You're All Invited Back Next Week to This Locality
Trying to make sure Winnipeg doesn't prove to be a massive letdown during Kimberly's visit has yielded better results lately than it did last week--thanks in no small part to the excellent feedback on my original entry mentioning it, along with offline input from a variety of local sources. :)

Many thanks to everyone who was able to contribute.

Amongst the possible events Kimberly will not miss are the artistic mash-up known as Cirque de la Symphonie, a concert by "multi-ethnic Gypsy punk band" Gogol Bordello, A Maze in Corn ("Manitoba's Original Corn Maze!"), and the photography exhibit Yousuf Karsh: Regarding Heroes at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Oh, and I was able to find a curling bonspiel we can go to that weekend. ;)

Having mentioned all this, Kimberly (rightly) pointed out that I needn't feel obligated to schedule the trip down to the second--which is good, because I was already dangerously close to pulling a Danny Tanner with my Itinerary of Fun, when hanging out is also a great way to spend one's time. (It's not as if I expect any similar amount of planning when I visit someone, after all.)

On a more leisurely cultural note, then, can someone with more knowledge of such matters give me a rundown of some candies that exist in Canada but not the United States? A glowing reference to this elsewhere in the blogosphere reminded me that (for example) Americans mean something different when they talk about Smarties...