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All of us usually get together and go out for BREAKFAST on Sunday mornings to different delicious WINNIPEG restaurants! These are not meant to be professional "reviews" of these places (See "Disclaimer" again if you have time), and I really thank all of these restaurants for putting in the effort to open up every Sunday morning. So, some of our favorites are:

The Pony Corral - Grant Park. (Try the Mixed Grill.)
The Pony Corral - Downtown. (Ehh, not as good as Grant Park.).
Aaltos (Canad Inn) - Both Polo Park and Pembina Highway. Good Buffet. (Haven't tried the others.)
Johnny's - Marion Street. (Great atmosphere.)
Holiday Inn - Both of the ones on Pembina Highway and one downtown. It's the Holiday Inn, what would you expect? Actually, they were all pretty good. (Haven't tried the others.)
The Garwood Grill on Pembina Highway - Absolutely Great. My favourite because you get tons of bacon! I used to work with a guy who liked to go to The Garwood for lunch. If anybody even suggested going there, he would start this little chant: "Gar-Wooood, Gar-Wooood, Gar-Wooood". They also have great pizza, and great sandwiches. Very affordable, and friendly staff. If I was giving stars, I'd have to say: ***** (five stars)
Denny's - It's Denny's, again, What would you expect? They closed a while ago. No more Denny's in Winnipeg. Is this a bad thing?
Salisbury House - (Blueberry Pancakes are great.) - Numerous locations throughout WINNIPEG. Burton Cummings from the Guess Who is a part owner, does TV ads for them. They are okay, even pretty good, but overpriced. I guess those "American Woman" royalty cheques just aren't cuttin' it, so he has to charge too much for sausage and eggs.
Norwood Hotel - Marion Street. (Great atmosphere.)
Green Gates - Expensive! But really good. Don't like the chicken sausages tho'.
Pembina Village Restaurant - Great.
Assiniboine Park Conservatory - (inexpensive.) or...
The Tavern on the Park at Assiniboine Park - (expensive.) (Both really good.)
The Nook - Sherbrook Street (Really tiny, really affordable, great breakfast).
Wilton's - Very good. Great ambiance. Too expensive for what you get.
Viviere - Osborne Village. (Italian. Very good. Nice patio in the summer.)
Star Grill - Interesting place. Decent breakfast.
The Original Pancake House - Pembina Hwy. (I remember as a kid originally going to the one at Polo Park. Anyway, besides a huge half a plate of Hash Browns, the Pembina one was pretty good.)
The "Original" Original Pancake House at Polo Park is gone now, so we went to the "new" Original Pancake House in the Clarion Hotel at Polo Park. It was good, about the same as the Pembina Highway location. Both have the best bacon in town.
MY PLACE! - I made breakfast for everybody last week. Eggs, bacon, sausages, hash browns, toast and coffee. It was Fantastic! (At least I thought so.)
Quality Inn - Nice quaint little place. Good breakfast, too. They seemed a bit befuddled because we weren't actually guests of the hotel. Guess they don't get much traffic off the street.
Bridgeport Restaurant at The WINNIPEG Art Gallery - This was actually more like lunch, but it was really good. Great atmosphere on the roof of the Art Gallery and good food.
Stella's - Osborne Village. Good food but way too crowded.
Buccacino's - Osborne Village. Great buffet and fantastic atmosphere. A little pricey.
Cora's - A new place on Waverley, part of a chain from Quebec.. Great family atmosphere and a pretty good breakfast. Lots of variety.
COOKatoo's - Sargent and Erin. Cute place. Decent breakfast. Very affordable!
Oakwood Cafe - Osborne Street South. Very good breakfast.
Stella's - Kenaston. Just about as crowded as Stella's on Osborne, but for good reason. Good food, pretty good service and good atmosphere. Apparently Richard Gere came to this one when he was here.

Bernstein's Deli on Corydon - Ah, this is where it all started when my daughter and I began going for weekly Sunday breakfasts over five years ago. They aren't open on Sundays anymore, but we try to get there whenever we can during the week, or on Saturdays. It's still my daughter's absolutely favourite breakfast. I think they give you too many hash browns, but they ARE good.

More to come!

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Hello to Susan, Diana and Dan in California, Kathleen in Arizona who emailed me, Iris in Georgia, Lorri in B.C., Kelly in Ontario, the Finnies of Saskatchewan, and my nephew Paul and his wife Erin in Ottawa.

If you are wondering what it's like here where I am...
For you American types, these temperatures are shown in Celsius. The low... and the high. To figure out the Fahrenheit temp, double the number and add about 30. So, if it's 20 degrees C, 20 x 2 = 40 plus 30 = about 70 degrees F. (On July 27/02 it was very hot everywhere in North America! Here in WINNIPEG it was 32 C. that weekend. But it was not 32 x 2 = 64 + 30 = 94 F. It was only a cool 90 F.)
August 13, 2003: 35C, not 100 - only 95F. You get the idea. I don't know the exact formula but I'm sure it's out there somewhere.
Anyway, when temperatures are this high our igloos melt and we have to find somewhere else to live.

And, Mr. Kehler, it's lookin' better, dont'cha think?

I met this guy through the KickAS site. His wife sent me this link to his page where he plays some good ol' country music. Give ALAN a listen HERE. Great graphics too. 'Specially that "Texas Woman". Don't mess with Texas! Or Alabama for that matter.

Here's some of my favorite sites on the Web.

Chantal Kreviazuk! Great site. Everything about Chantal. She's from WINNIPEG, too!
Billboard Online. Interesting music news and charts.
THE ROLLING STONES 2005 TOUR DATES. Yep, 2005. Opening in Boston at Fenway Park August 21, 2005.
2003 Grammy Winner NORAH JONES. What a voice!...and what a sweep at the Grammys! Including Album of the Year! And she's only 23!
Find out what your name is in Hawaiian. Why? Why not?
A Very Juvenile Joke Site - You'll Love It!
Kylie Minogue. The next BOND Girl? She's Australian. I wonder if she knows any of the Grant Youngs there? Ah, Kylie Minogue. Call me.
A Random "Roulette" Search site that will take you to all kinds of weird places. I love these kind of things, but I take absolutely NO RESPONSIBILITY for where this may take you! Parents be warned!!
OPERA BABY! For parents and grandparents everywhere.
Winnie the Pooh and his connection to WINNIPEG. The Official Disney version is here - click on "Pooh's History"
(A more detailed, scholarly, unsanitized version of the Pooh's history can be found...
Here.)

Breakfast "Links" (har har)
Like Bacon?
Sausage?
Eggs?
B&B?
Everything you ever wanted to know about OATMEAL, but were afraid to ask.

. More music from Winnipeg;The Velvet Pill.And Tin Foil Phoenix.

Of course, there is also the "legendary" Woods Electric!
(A website will be coming soon about my old band.)

Want to see what bands are playing where and when? Try Pollstar, they're the best.

Search Tour Database by: Artist City Venue

For example, who has been here in WINNIPEG recently, and who will be be here in the next little while?

2005
Rod Stewart, March 18
Motley Crue, April 7
Cher, April 20
The Wiggles, May 5
GreenDay, May 17
Blue's Clues, May 24&25
Gary Lewis and the Playboys, June 3
Willie Nelson, July 13
Black Eyed Peas, July 15
Avril Lavigne, July 25
The Doors of the 21st Century, July 27
Def Leppard, Aug 19
Garbage, Aug 25
Styx, Sept 1
Billy Idol and Bif Naked, Sept 1
Backstreet Boys, Sept 7
Pearl Jam, Sept 8
Nazareth, Sept 14
Robert Plant, Sept 17
Paul Revere and the Raiders, Sept 23 and 24
Paul Anka, Sept 26
Herman's Hermits starring Peter Noone, Oct 13
Nashville Pussy, Oct 14
Judas Priest and Anthrax, Oct 18
Buffy Saint Marie, Nov 5
Winnie the Pooh, Nov 10-13 (And we all know who Winnie is named after - so it's like he's coming home.)
Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age, Nov 14
Gwen Stefani, Nov 16
Andre Rieu, Dec 5
Aerosmith and Lenny Kravitz together, Dec 8
B.B. King, also Dec 8, different venue

2006
Bryan Adams, January 11
Hillary Duff, January 15
Loverboy, March 10
Doodlebops, March 19
MOTLEY CRUE (again), April 3
Bo Diddley, May 2
Alice Cooper, May 17
INXS, May 26
Crosby, Stills, Nash and...Neil Young from WINNIPEG, July 14

...and Buddy Guy, and Slayer, and Black Crowes, and Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the Strokes, and Tanya Tucker, and Petula Clark, and Davy Jones, and BJ Thomas, and Rich Little, Steppenwolf, Mavis Staples, Franz Ferdinand, Charlie Pride, Jesse Winchester, Brooks and Dunn, Hall and Oates, Andre Rieu again, and I don't know...I've lost track. Go look at Pollstar. Too...many...concerts...VISA melting down...

HOLLYWOOD NORTH ??

Another big fat WINNIPEG success story - "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
Sure, it was supposed to be "AMERICA's #1 Romantic Comedy". Except it is actually about
2003 People's Choice Winner ---> Nia Vardalos
and her real life in WINNIPEG! In CANADA!
(Her real big fat wedding took place about six blocks away from where I live.)

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Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon and Jennifer Lopez (and Mya and Ja Rule and a whole bunch more) filmed "Shall We Dance" in WINNIPEG in 2003.

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Robin Williams, Holly Hunter and Woody Harrelson and others were here last May (2004) making "The Big White".

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Now, this year it's Carmen Electra, Teri Polo and Craig Kilborn in "Nothing But The Truth".

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"CAPOTE", which is apparently getting good Oscar buzz, was shot just outside of Winnipeg. IMDB notes that some of the prison guards were real prison guards from Headingly Correctional Centre, just outside of the city.
(March 5/06: So, the buzz was right, Philip Seymour Hoffman = Best Actor Oscar.)

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Last year they filmed a CBS TV movie, "Category 6", here with Randy Quaid. This year it's "Category 7", about hurricanes and tornados that threaten to rip the whole world apart. (Art Bell, are you watching?) Again, Randy Quaid, and now Gina Gershon (I loved her in "Showgirls", a highlight of her career I'm sure!) and Shannon Doherty (Yikes!) are here. I went to the casting call for this. Maybe I will be in it!

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Brad Pitt is here for about one day in October for his Jessie James movie, mostly shot in Alberta.

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Well, a little more about WINNIPEG that I didn't mention.

SPORTS

Doesn't interest me much. But there is plenty here for sports fans. We have a Canadian Football League football team - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Trivia note: Labatt's "Blue" beer is named after the Blue Bombers), who mostly suck this year. They have been very good in past years, even won the Grey Cup (the Canadian Super Bowl) a few times, but don't stand a chance this year. We have a Northern League Baseball team - The Winnipeg Goldeyes, who also suck this year. They have been quite good in the past. We have an American Hockey League hockey team - The Manitoba Moose. They are the Vancouver Canucks "farm team". A lot of the hockey fans in Winnipeg don't support them, because they (the fans) continue to moan about the loss of the Winnipeg Jets of the NHL, who, because they were continually needing to be propped up with tax money, were bleeding the city dry and left when they were bought out and became the Phoenix Coyotes. "Chris Jericho", and "Rowdy Roddy Piper" of the WWF, or the WWE now, I guess, are both from Winnipeg. The WWE comes here quite often to do TV shows. The Canadian National Volleyball team is based in Winnipeg. We had the Pan-American Games here in 1967 and in 1999. Kirby Cote, a blind swimmer from Winnipeg won, like, a million medals in the 2004 Paralympics, and has never really been given any decent recognition for her incredible victories. This year (2006) Winnipeg was really well represented by speed skater Cindy Klassen at the Torino Winter Olympics - we're talking FIVE medals! Unprecedented! Clara Hughes from Winnipeg got one too, I think. They should definitely get some big time recognition too. There are several curling champions from Winnipeg, but as most of you know, curling is more boring than golf. There are also a couple of very successful golfers from Winnipeg, but God help me if I know who they are. We have a race track, Assiniboia Downs, for the horsey types. We also have the Manitoba Marathon every Father's Day, and all kinds of other events, snowmobile races, cycling events, sailing events, fishing derbys, other watersports, and God knows what else.
There's lots here for you sporty types.

Okay, now, really, there is nothing else.

Nothing.

Honest to God.

NOTHING!!

R E A L L Y ! ! !

Okay, I'll give you ONE joke.

Did you hear who's in the hospital?

Sick People!

NOW...there REALLY is NOTHING after this!

No MORE!, this time I mean it!

...except for a nice farewell from Jessica Harper ("Phoenix" from "Phantom of the Paradise") at Phantompalooza 2 in WINNIPEG, April 29, 2006. The song is "Old Souls" from the movie. The guy introducing her is Paul Williams, who wrote this and some other great songs back in the Seventies ("We've Only Just Begun", "Rainy Days and Mondays", "Just An Old Fashioned Love Song", "Rainbow Connection", the "Love Boat" theme song, etc., etc.), and was "Swan" in the movie. Thanks to "cantfindthespacebar", who like me, was there (I had goosebumps when Jessica sang this song, my God I love this girl, and I got to meet her!, and Paul Williams!), and thanks to YouTube for the clip.

Okay, that, truly, is it.

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