Sunday, June 5, 2016

RCAF Run - Winnipeg - June 2016

FRIDAY, JUNE 3
Bought round-trip ticket on UP Express: $18.00
Fly from Toronto to Winnipeg, WS 525
Picked up car at Hertz
Picked up my Race Kit
Met Lance and checked in
Supper at Barley Brothers, 655 Empress Street: $44.67
 • Fort Garry Pale Ale: $6.00
 • Perogies: $13.50
 • Kielbasa: $7.00
 • Pothole Porter: $7.00

SATURDAY, JUNE 4
Breakfast at Perkins, 2675 Portage Avenue: $15.00
Bought Clif Shot Blocks at MEC: $8.64
Shopped at Bison Books, 424 Graham Avenue: $26.25
Lunch at Marion Street Eatery, 393 Marion Street: $21.03
 • Bison Chili: $15.95
Shopped at Burton Lysecki Books, 527 Osborne Street: $73.50
 • Very impressive bookstore!
Went to Lincoln at Winnipeg game at Shaw Park

SUNDAY, JUNE 5
Breakfast at Perkins, 2675 Portage Avenue: $15.53
Ran in RCAF Run
Visited Winnipeg Art Gallery
Shopped at Fenton Wine Merchants, 106 The Forks Market
Supper at Smith Restaurant & Lounge, Inn at the Forks, 75 Forks Market Road: $86.72
 • Cask White Manhattan: $12
 • Wedge Salad: $11
 • Pan Fried Pickerel: $24
 • Mac & Cheese: $9
 • Famery Lager: $8

MONDAY, JUNE 6
Breakfast at Perkins, 2675 Portage Avenue: $13.85
Visited the Louis Riel Tombstone in the St. Boniface Cathedral Cemetery
Visited Fort Gilbraltar
 • North West Company fort circa 1815
 • Chipewyan people lived in the era
 • Great place and well worth spending two hours
Learned that Hudson Bay Blankets are really Whitney Blankets

Ate lunch at Applebee's, 1150 Grant Avenue: $16.94
 • Shepherds Pie: $14.99
Shopped at McNally Robinson
 • Independent. Local. Eventful.
 • Bought Battle of Seven Oaks, From Beirut to Jerusalem and Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?
Visited Manitoba Museum
 • Spent three hours, could have spent five
Supper at Prairie Bistro, 1970 Wellington Avenue: $21.50
 • Airport restaurant
 • Had Fish & Chips with a glass of water


Winnipeg Association of Secondhand Booksellers