-Really stupid "controversies" over language. Does that disco movie, Funkytown, have too much English in it? Surely, somebody thinks so and will write a column about it.
-Lebanese places that stay open late so you can shovel garlic sauce into your gullet while drunk.
-Francophone men, the kind of guys you strongly suspect have more scarf than personality, but you don't mind because they really know how to drape that scarf.
-The days when the brewery near my house would make the whole air smell sweet, probably because they were brewing some kind of Honey Brown Ale.
-A metro system
-Meu Meu, the ice cream place with hibiscus, honey, salted chocolate flavours and more
-Monastiraki, and Billy, the delightful man who runs it.
-The cheap pitchers at Verres Stérilisés
-The sense of unearned victory you feel when you speak French to someone and- glory be- they reply in French!
-Simons, the store where you can lust after some 1,000$ designer skirt, and then actually purchase the 19$ store brand knockoff they're also carrying downstairs.
-Ms. C and Mr. Will, two wonderful friends
-The murals in the train station
That's all I can think of, for now. I would try and come up with a list for Guelph, but fear it would be a rather short one.
3 comments:
Kind of forgot about the hockey team, non?
Beer is purchasable in convenience stores, and discounted. Bain oui!
Sex stores galore! The dirty kind to, not the pro-fem variety. Bonus points for those across the street from a church. Sacrement!
-NJH
ps. Bonus about living in Ottawa, is hoping on the bus and buying a cheap case of beer on the other side of the bridge.
*The fact that high end stores are sandwiched between exotic dancing places
*Cafe L'etranger (back when it had sandwiches)
*Cultural activities all the time at all price ranges
*There's always a festival! Specifically, I miss watching movies on the side of Place Des Arts
*The underground city
And so, so much more!
Grunk- good point about the beer. And the hockey team. Also, they're best when combined.
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