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(photo credit: Dan Harper Photography from the Winnipeg Free Press)

We had a long weekend here in Winnipeg for Canada Day and so I was able to spend time outdoors, biking around city-wide festivities. First stop of the day was fuelling up with coffee and croissants at Thom Bargen Sherbrook. Afterwards, my husband and I biked our way to the infamous Portage and Main intersection downtown where a living Maple Leaf was formed on the ground by thousands of volunteers. We also made our way to the St Boniface neighbourhood to check out some new street murals. The rest of our day was spent around the Forks checking out all the activities and concerts, with special mentions to Synonym Art Consultation's preview of their Wall to Wall (mural) event series, free postcard-making by Letter Peddler Press and From Here and Away's 'Where is Home for you?' photo map idea. Ended the night with an outdoor concert at the main stage and of course, the fireworks display for Canada Day!

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In today's post, I'm sharing a number of pictures from things I did over the week including a Travel Manitoba tour of Fort Whyte Alive, shore fishing outside the city and attending Made with Love, a mixology competition featuring local bartenders.
- Travel Manitoba hosted their first Instameet at Fort Whyte Alive which included making bannock & rosehip tea before being led to a guided tour of the bison trails. -
- Tagging along my dad, brother and husband, we went shore fishing in Lockport, Selkirk and Gimli (all fishing spots outside of my city) but sadly went home with only one caught fish. -
- I got invited to attend Made with Love, which is an international culinary event highlighting cocktail mixers and bartenders. The overall vibe of this event was AMAZING and I must say one of the best I've attended in the city. I want to let my vlog speak for itself (took tons of video clips than photos) so make sure you watch until the end -