I"m falling in love with my new neighbourhood, and today was one of those winding, romantic days that often follow a night out and that brought me and my new beloved 'hood closer together.
A few memories:
Brightly dressed kids! And men in suits getting out of cars everywhere. A dressy birthday? Well, we did see balloons on one corner but it was the wedding that everyone was suited up for. Bagpipes and we were metres away from the processsional: bride in cocktail white and pretty veiled hat, two girls and a guy.
And htey got married right there, at the intersection I don't even know the name of yet.
And just now, as the bells of St. Francis of Assisi ring six o'clock, a trio of tweenies in orange, paper plate masks. Heading to the festival at the Patrick John Mills gallery, likely Yay Hintonburg!
About Me
- Dayanti Karunaratne
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- I'm a freelance journalist based out of Ottawa. A graduate of the Carleton University School of Journalism, as well as the infamous Selkirk College Ski Resort Operations and Management program, I'm happily without full-time employment right now. As a freelancer I'm always looking for interesting stories, and though I should be self-serving and keep my good finds on my hard drive, I can't help but put (some of) this stuff out there. So if you come across this blog and anything tweaks your curiosity, gets your heart pumping, or causes your head to do that side-tilt thing that dogs have down-pat, please comment!
1 comment:
Hi Dayanti,
Just stopping by to say "hello" and to let you know that I love the kind of day that you're talking about in this post...especially in autumn.
It was great to meet you at the festival and I hope to bump into you again!
(also: keeping my eyes peeled for your new website!)
Have a great day,
Erika.
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