At 07:37 AM 3/28/2003 -0800, Mike Butler wrote:
Next, to continue the hectic pace at which my life is running I will be in
Canada the week of April 7th. I know we have quite a few Canadian
members, but I do not know if there are any in the Kanata (sort of near
Ottawa I'm told) area.
Yeah, Kanata's basically a suburb of Ottawa, though I'm sure they'd be
miffed to be thought of like that. ;-) Perhaps more of a "bedroom
community" or "satellite community." Planned as a "new community" just
west of Ottawa with construction starting in the early 60's, and pretty
much the epicentre of the Ottawa area's "Silicon Valley North."
I am not exactly sure where Ottawa is yet but that is where I'll be for
the week (looking for it on Yahoo as I write).
Heh. Easternmost Ontario, just across (south of) the Ottawa river from
Hull, Quebec, and, by car, a couple of hours east and north of Toronto. If
you want nightlife, you drive over to Hull; Ottawa, being our nation's
capitol, is pretty boring at night for all but the
embassy-and-intelligentsia crowd (who get to go to all the
soirees). Sorry, Ottawanians, but I've been there on business several
times -- boooooooooring! But the casino across the water is interesting,
and there are some nice restaurants in the downtown Ottawa area.
I'll have Saturday free, leaving Sunday morning, but at this time I
won't have a car. So if there are folks in the area interested in
getting together or have suggestions for things to see and / or do please
drop me a line.
There's a few -- Tom Trottier comes to mind immediately... Ottawa has
several wonderful attractions, such as the various museums, art galleries,
etc. And did I mention the nightlife in Hull? ;-)
Garth (ducking and running from the howls of outrage by Ottawa residents)
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