Ben Sigurdson
@bensigurdson.bsky.social
Literary editor, drinks writer, Winnipeg Free Press; wine list maker, The Common; aspiring F1 team principal; mediocre curler and runner; party ruiner.
Update: went out for my (ahem, 50th) birthday dinner tonight and met the chunky sweater master himself:
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Update: went out for my (ahem, 50th) birthday dinner tonight and met the chunky sweater master himself:
Birthday 49: F yeah The Boss is finally playing here! Birthday 50 (after a nap): ooh, the new Costco opened today
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Birthday 49: F yeah The Boss is finally playing here! Birthday 50 (after a nap): ooh, the new Costco opened today
He just needs a Lenny Kravitz scarf to complete the look!
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
He just needs a Lenny Kravitz scarf to complete the look!
Jon Hamm is in Winnipeg filming a TV series, and is absolutely crushing fall chunky sweater season. (First pic at Vera Pizza, second at 529 Wellington)
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Jon Hamm is in Winnipeg filming a TV series, and is absolutely crushing fall chunky sweater season. (First pic at Vera Pizza, second at 529 Wellington)
Got myself some pumpkin-spiced COVID for the Thanksgiving weekend
October 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Got myself some pumpkin-spiced COVID for the Thanksgiving weekend
Afternoon: tasting a bunch of wines at the wine festival. Now: running a 5k. What could possibly go wrong? 😩
September 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Afternoon: tasting a bunch of wines at the wine festival. Now: running a 5k. What could possibly go wrong? 😩
Wow, actually got my kid into Driver Z by phone. I only had to call 133 times (and we had another phone going as well).
July 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Wow, actually got my kid into Driver Z by phone. I only had to call 133 times (and we had another phone going as well).
I mean... is this bad?
July 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I mean... is this bad?
Got some samps from Quails’ Gate and Blasted Church today — wines mainly made from Oregon/Washington State grapes in the Okanagan Valley (like many others in the area are doing) in light of the consecutive brutal winters they had there in 2023 and 2024.
July 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Got some samps from Quails’ Gate and Blasted Church today — wines mainly made from Oregon/Washington State grapes in the Okanagan Valley (like many others in the area are doing) in light of the consecutive brutal winters they had there in 2023 and 2024.
(3/3) When it comes to smells I'm a first impression sniffer, and smell and memory for me are linked big time. For better or worse, here's a "greatest hits" of some aromatic notes I've picked up from wines and scribbled down while smelling/tasting:
July 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
(3/3) When it comes to smells I'm a first impression sniffer, and smell and memory for me are linked big time. For better or worse, here's a "greatest hits" of some aromatic notes I've picked up from wines and scribbled down while smelling/tasting:
The timing of your post couldn't have been better
July 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The timing of your post couldn't have been better
Wait, so you're saying it could be no mo Cuomo?
June 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Wait, so you're saying it could be no mo Cuomo?
Half marathon finger guns
June 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Half marathon finger guns
Oddly I just saw this over the weekend… when did this become a thing?
June 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Oddly I just saw this over the weekend… when did this become a thing?
The air quality index for Saturday's Pride run is looking... not great. 😬
May 30, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The air quality index for Saturday's Pride run is looking... not great. 😬
@el-p.bsky.social your shoe posts have totally wrecked my algorithms…
May 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
@el-p.bsky.social your shoe posts have totally wrecked my algorithms…
I’m in San Diego w/my partner who is here for a trademark lawyers’ conference. Went to a reception thing on the USS Midway tonight. Apparently the Top Gun Maverick world premiere was on this aircraft carrier, and Tom Cruise arrived by helicopter.
May 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I’m in San Diego w/my partner who is here for a trademark lawyers’ conference. Went to a reception thing on the USS Midway tonight. Apparently the Top Gun Maverick world premiere was on this aircraft carrier, and Tom Cruise arrived by helicopter.
Just impeccable weather to sit outside for two hours and watch rugby, a sport I famously know almost nothing about
May 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Just impeccable weather to sit outside for two hours and watch rugby, a sport I famously know almost nothing about
I mean to be fair, I wasn't exactly rocking a solid look at the time... here's one from the Winnipeg Sun Christmas party circa 1986:
May 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I mean to be fair, I wasn't exactly rocking a solid look at the time... here's one from the Winnipeg Sun Christmas party circa 1986:
Mine is! Happy Mother’s Day to @gcc2024.bsky.social, seen here in her Winnipeg Sun mug circa 1984-85, rocking the Golden Girls hair/glasses in her 30s and writing about the metric system. Not surprisingly, she looks younger now having long since ditched that look… love ya, mom ❤️
May 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Mine is! Happy Mother’s Day to @gcc2024.bsky.social, seen here in her Winnipeg Sun mug circa 1984-85, rocking the Golden Girls hair/glasses in her 30s and writing about the metric system. Not surprisingly, she looks younger now having long since ditched that look… love ya, mom ❤️
Logged in at the other place to see how things are going and, well… here’s a choice shot/chaser
April 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Logged in at the other place to see how things are going and, well… here’s a choice shot/chaser
Update: Marty now down by 1,000 VOTES *HONKHONKHONKHONKHONKHONKHONK*
April 29, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Update: Marty now down by 1,000 VOTES *HONKHONKHONKHONKHONKHONKHONK*
Yeah... I mean they're holding candidate signs, which theoretically could just be planted there and which would be fine. So maybe it's fine if they're standing there holding them too? Here's what I found, which doesn't really seem to cover the sign-holding/waving:
April 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Yeah... I mean they're holding candidate signs, which theoretically could just be planted there and which would be fine. So maybe it's fine if they're standing there holding them too? Here's what I found, which doesn't really seem to cover the sign-holding/waving:
I remember Three Men and a Baby being funnier than this
April 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I remember Three Men and a Baby being funnier than this
Couple of Saturday night races in the books at Speedworld — the kid cooked me on the first race but I nabbed the top spot on the podium in race 2
April 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Couple of Saturday night races in the books at Speedworld — the kid cooked me on the first race but I nabbed the top spot on the podium in race 2