Hallowe’en

Hope everyone had an awesome Hallowe’een. A few of my friends and I went on a haunted walk in downtown Ottawa, and I learned a couple of facts that I might have been better off not knowing. And I’ll share some with you! How generous, right? One thing that I never knew before was that when Ottawa (or Bytown) was first being settled, what is now the downtown area was used as a huge cemetery with massive graves dug for those with diseases like cholera. As recently as 40 years ago when the National Arts Centre (NAC) was built bodies had been found emerging in the rain and also where they were to lay the foundation of the new building. The solution was to lay down more dirt and to put a huge stone gazeebo over top. PHEW.

The L4D Group: Louis, Hunter & Zoey

New Ottawa Apple Store

The Rideau Apple Store opening today was such an adrenaline rush! I felt shivery when I left the mall- the same feeling I get when meeting my favourite bands! I did not anticipate seeing such massive crowds of people. It was a real event to remember.

There was a countdown and seemingly endless cheering! The line spilled out the exterior door of the mall, and went down an entire block of Nicholas St.! Luckily it moved fast, and I was giving and receiving high fives and a sweet free t-shirt, and being ushered into the new Apple Store before I knew it. I was happy to be one of the first 1000!

Here is a short video that I took at the beginning:

I took a bunch of photos- they can be seen here until they are all done uploading, when I will organize them.

Breathe Carolina

I heard this band play for the first time at Warped Tour in Montreal last weekend (July 11th). It’s a great combination of electronica and punk!

I downloaded the following song from their record label’s summer sampler online… give it a listen here 🙂

I’m going to the Ottawa Apple Store opening this morning! I’ll post up some photos later 🙂