O Ottawa. When did you get so hip?
Michael Kaminer, a freelance writer, penned an article in Sunday’s Washington Post (Discovering Canada’s cool capital) about how he discovered something that our residents and millions of tourists already know, Ottawa is “lively, smart, quirky and confident.” ”In fact, if anything now characterizes the city, I’d say it’s an unselfconscious cool. There’s a proudly indie aesthetic in its neighborhoods, but without the hipster posturing of Toronto.” Washington Post July 11, 2010Take a moment to read the whole article and feel free to send it to your friends and family (especially if they live in Toronto)