Current mood:

cold

It's Cold Outside, There's No Kind of Atmosphere
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'll most likely be taking it pretty easy whilst she's here (and to be fair, she was telling me to take it easy anyway).

Besides feeling that the city puts its best foot forward during the summer--even if the colder weather makes for an (arguably) more "authentic" Winnipeg experience--all of the summertime events I mentioned also nicely provide a built-in environment where a visitor can run into a lot of local people I know. (This was the case with my last visitor, who came during FolkFest, and would be very true for anyone who came during the Fringe Festival.) A lot of the concern coming across in my preparations stems from the fact there isn't really an autumnal equivalent to this, when the nippy climate makes it harder to get people out for things--and of course, it's always a burn when you try to put a social gathering together yourself and it doesn't materialise.

If you're local and not intimidated by the thought of single-digit temperatures, we're planning on going to the late showing of Zombieland on Friday night at SilverCity Polo Park, taking in at least part of the St Vital Fall Classic bonspiel, and probably spending the bulk of the remaining time at the homestead. Feel free to comment here or contact me through the usual channels, and I'm sure we can figure something out...