Ottawa’s hopping over a friggin’ flower? This city with a boring reputation is actually having a big shindig worth attending? Cool! Sign me up! Check out the Parliament Buildings, the Château Laurier, and the Byward Market while you’re at it. Also take a bike ride down the Ottawa River and see the terrific views of [...]
Got Poutine? Want to experience the joy of feeling your arteries clog as you eat! Try poutine. It’s probably Canada’s most famous (ha!) dish. It’s actually just about the closest thing to a national dish we have – even thought it’s more of a Quebec thing. Ottawa is, as you should know by now, just [...]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANADA!! I apologise if you happen to be reading this in August. 132 years ago, the Fathers of Confederation’s dream of a new nation came to life…now we party! Ottawa is the site of the nation’s most surprisingly active Canada Days…surprising because public servants and NORTEL employees don’t exactly have reputations for partying-down. [...]
Current Happenings Events special to this month are not numerous, but I’ll let you know of upcoming and ongoing gallery and museum exhibitions in coming months. Summer is usually better for such things. At the National Gallery (on Sussex Dr., within blocks of the major hub of bus activity, the Rideau Centre, and visible from [...]
Ottawa Travel Guide – General Info View From Laurier Bridge Okay, so Ottawa-Hull is probably not the most action-paced place in the world. Most visitors say things like “It’s pretty”, “It’s clean” or “It’s pretty clean.” It’s biggest distinction, apart from being the capital of Canada, is that it’s home to the world’s longest skating [...]
Ottawa, Canada – December 2001 Ho. Ho. Ho. But enough about me. I’ve missed a lot of updates, and I apologise. My laziness combined with my tendency to take on too much at once AND having a very ill mother (and that’s true, not a lame “the dog ate my homework” excuse) is a deadly [...]
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, people! I was in New York City recently, having a pint with some friends and friends of friends. An FoF told me he wanted to move to Canada because of Dubya dumbassery, but thought the capital was “Vancouver or Winnipeg or something.” Had never even heard of Ottawa. C’mon! [...]
