Ottawa->Portland->Toronto (with a brief stop in the wild lands of Hamilton) What adventures! Alas, I am back home and into the daily grind of school now. I am excited about my 2nd (and hopefully final) year of grad school but I miss working with these awesome people at EnviroCentre! Luckily, I get to stay on […]
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Oh no, summer is going by far too quickly. My weird love affair with Ottawa continues…I’m gonna miss it! Sometimes I like walking instead of biking home from work. It is nice to slowwww down and stop as often as I want to take photos. Apparently a popular spot for bike meetups. Dundonald Park: favourite […]
Some recent views from the bike paths… Lac Leamy – first time here since when I lived (briefly) in Gatineau! SO PRETTY. Kind of into these funny little underpasses. Interesting bridge over the Rideau River heading to New Edinburgh. I always bike past 24 Sussex admire the giant expanse of lawn. I never […]
I’m feeling listy (and somewhat listless!). Reading: Petite philosophie du vélo (Bernard Chambaz); Walking Home (Ken Greenberg) Listening to: 8tracks summer festival playlists! Always get back into these when I start working full-time again =) Cooking: Soba noodle and veggie stirfry with spicy almond butter sauce…addictively good. Almost good enough to curb my bad habit of spending […]
Well, my surprisingly good summer in Ottawa has come to a close. Wah. I’m really going to miss the EnviroCentre peeps, my alarmingly bright pink and red room, the parks and beaches, and those amazing river pathways. After my last full day of work, we went over to one of my coworkers’ houses in Aylmer […]
Ha-hah! I am already feeling decidedly less “slumpy” after a day full of work (including running errands by bike – my favourite), an afternoon bike ride to the Experimental Farm, eating dinner by the canal, playing keyboard, and making banana bread. See, it’s not so hard. I stopped here for a minute on my way back from […]
(Compound word inspired by listening to Purity Ring.) I just realized I’m about halfway done my contract in Ottawa and I have been leading a decidedly dull existence up until this point (with a few fun weekends here and there). Time to get a move on. At the very least, I’d like to: 1. Explore […]
Scenic bike paths make me deliriously happy. La Route Verte is a network of bike routes spanning nearly 5,000km of rural and urban Quebec. To cap off the long weekend I biked about 15km along the sentier des Voyageurs on the Gatineau side of the Ottawa River to Aylmer, looped back to the Pont Champlain […]
Oh weekends, I like you! Afternoon music in Dundonald Park! Iced tea at Raw Rugar for a hot hot day. Always must stop here when walking around Somerset! Une pause in Confederation Park. Pale legs & Birks! Evening bike ride to Dow’s Lake -> locks by Carleton U -> loop around downtown -> home! 27.4 […]
I think I’m settling into the new city and job nicely…surprisingly happy with how things are going so far, despite some minor setbacks along the way. Things that are contributing to my new found contentment: Awesome coworkers & work I actually enjoy (it is possible, hallelujah). Roommate dinners. * Biking, durrr (I’ll be doing a lot of […]
Bake + Bike 