Life in Capital City

After many play-dates in the virtual sandbox, I finally settled on a header I like.  (This isn’t really breaking or important news, but I hadn’t written anything for a while, so this is what you get.)

And as luck would have it, the banner header I chose is my old Elgin Street header!  (The one I used from before the site make over.)I find that while Ottawa has some great architecture and thanks to Parliament, a distinctive look, there aren’t that many great shots of the city’s skyline.

Namely because of the lay of the land.  It’s hard to get a good shot of the city from a vantage point where you can capture everything. Most of those shots are taken from Gatineau and even then, it’s difficult.

Either way, for now the Eglin Street header is back.  Now you can all sleep better at night knowing this.

Now I’ve decided to join the masses who utter the famous plea “Follow me on Twitter!”

In case it was keeping you awake at night, you can now get your dose of Capital City: Moving to Ottawa in between posts (which if you’re a follower of this blog, you know can go for weeks at a time) by following me on Twitter. And if you’re 1) interesting 2) live in Ottawa 3) female and own a denim, leather or satin skirt or 4) are just someone who has something fun to say, there’s a good chance I’ll follow you back. (Really, you don’t have to live in Ottawa, but the whole female/skirt thing will sure score you bonus points.)

I’ll have to get around to adding a widget or graphic or something on the sidebar one of these days, but WordPress doesn’t always play nice with HTML. And I’m hardly a master of it.

Nevertheless, FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER!

Just figured I would mention that the John Pinette show at the Winter Garden Theater last Friday was awesome.  John worked a full one hour set, and took the time to meet everyone after the show, signing autographs and posing for pictures.

Honestly, for a man of his size, it’s truly amazing to see how much energy he has – especially for his fans.  Because even when the show was over, he still was “on” – making jokes and talking with the audience. Not only was he a professional on stage, entertaining and amusing, but off stage as well.  I really can’t say enough good things about him.

I’m not sure what the format will be for his shows in Ottawa this weekend at the National Arts Centre, but if you get the chance, you really should check it out.

Submitted for your approval, a photo of John Pinette and myself at the Winter Garden Theater.  (I’m the on the left, just in case there was any confusion.)

Like all good things in life, my vacation in Montreal came to an end. Now of course the reality of the new year is setting in and something strange has happened.  I have suddenly become very unmotivated with The Company and the work I do with them.

But wait! (dramatic pause) Isn’t The Company not only the folks I spun a wonderful tale to in order to get two weeks off, but also my ticket to Ottawa?  Yes… which as you can imagine will present a small problem if I want to be transferred and for some reason I decided to quit before it happens.  Or is it a problem at all?  Could there be another way of getting to Ottawa?

I guess you’ll just have to stay tuned to find out what I do.