July 04, 2006
The Sunny Prairies
Alas, I sit here on this pleasant summer night, and the honking and hollering of Italian soccer fans down the street in Winnipeg's Little Italy further aches my broken heart. My beloved Mannschaft from Germany was eliminated at the World Cup semi-final today by the tenacious Italians. On home turf, no less! Deutschland put together a pretty solid run over the last month and I had really high hopes, but it wasn't meant to be. The Italians won fair and square, and it was a pretty exciting game. They were nothing but classy about it too so I think I'll get behind them for the final. They have a lot to prove as well - they have to restore dignity in their home country after the rich shitheels that run soccer there have pretty much shamed it beyond repair. It'd also be cool to see France take it all and firmly establish Zidane as a legend, but Italy needs it more. But I digress.
Here are a few pics of Winnipeg life as I've experienced it so far.
Portage and Main
The Manitoba Legislative Assembly. It's a lot nicer than Queen's Park
The banks of the Assiniboine, in the dry summer
The Bombers/Argos game a couple weeks ago
Remember when this guy was a superstar? Stay off the dope, kids!
Very vibrant and eclectic music scenes here. Here are the Dead Indians, a Nish hip hop crew performing on National Aboriginal Day
This is the only place I've seen with a restaurant on a bridge
A hero's sepulchre
One of the many monuments you see devoted to him here
Last but not least, the place that helps me pay the bills
