Bank shots

It's eerie driving through the downtown core of a city on a Friday night and noticing you're the only car out there. Ah well, such is Winnipeg. If you're looking for crowds, best get yourself to neighbourhoods outside the core, such as Corydon Avenue. Which has restaurants and patios and pretty people in great enough numbers to feel like Toronto's Little Italy. Except the action goes on for fewer blocks -- and on ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE STREET. Could be the local BIA is worried the things will look too sparse if folks are allowed to spread to both sides.

While sitting on a Corydon patio last night we had our first encounter with the city's fabled mosquitoes. One could easily pick us out as non-locals -- we were the only ones swatting the suckers. No one else even flinched.

But I came across a wonderous sight on the walk back from the night out: the mysterious river bank artist had struck again. Colour had spread. Here's the daytime view:

It's either one hell of an art project -- hopefully designed to encompass the entire length of the bank of the Mighty Assiniboine! -- or it's a real-time map showing the spread of the mosquitoe population. Wonder which colour represents West Nile carriers?