If anyone has seen 2019, tell her I want her back! There were many moments I wanted to savour longer this year. I wanted to spend more time in Halifax with my MFA community, more time hiking in the Gatineau Hills with my husband and…
The City of Ottawa certainly has a sense of humour. Yesterday, I received an email with the subject line: Special Advisory—Winter Overnight Parking Ban lifted. There must have been a glitch in their system (I saw this same email back in February) but I couldn’t…
It rained non-stop yesterday and they are predicting snow. It’s almost May. “We’re going to have to hunker down this weekend,” my husband said. He has said this a lot this past winter, our first back in Ottawa. I giggle every time he uses the…
Moving to Ottawa’s Centretown this summer was an easy transition: cycling paths bursting with floral colour, arts festivals galore, outdoor yoga on Parliament Hill. But I worried about developing cabin fever over the long winter months. My fears were unwarranted. Heated cocktails, “glowing” attractions, and…
Ottawa has been called many things. The Canadian capital of dull. The city that fun forgot. I grew up in Ottawa. I couldn’t wait to hightail it out of here. But now, I’m back. And, you know what? Ottawa is way better the second time…
“Want to visit Guelph?” I ask my 20-something–year-old son. We feel a mid-winter itch to escape the big city. Only an hour train ride from Toronto, Guelph seemed like a first-rate destination for day-tripping since neither of us had ever gone. I’ve been on a…