At 5 p.m., I was pacing up and down Preston Street, on the lookout for a dark car of a make and model I couldn’t remember but with an easy-to-spot Quebec licence plate
At 5 p.m., I was pacing up and down Preston Street, on the lookout for a dark car of a make and model I couldn’t remember but with an easy-to-spot Quebec licence plate
And fourteen years later, here we were, at the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ concert, the last show of the annual Ottawa Bluesfest.
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Last weekend, we went to Lansdowne Park to check out the NHL Centennial Fan Arena, “a touring tribute to a century of hockey”—no, it doesn’t get more Canadian than that.
We drove to Toronto with tickets to see the Blue Jays vs. the Oakland Athletics. At 1 p.m., we joined the crowd of blue-clad fans walking down Yonge Street toward the Rogers Centre, home to the...
Easy. Step one, make sure the baby doesn’t sleep in the morning (ah ah, easy with Mark!). Step two, head to the Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata for the open Ottawa Senators practice. Step three… enjoy!
When Feng and I went to see The Rolling Stones in 2005 in Ottawa—our first concert together—we joked that it may be our last chance to catch them live. The joke was on us. Eight years later The...
Yes, I like Bryan Adams. I don’t care how corny some of his songs can be, he is classic. The decision to make the trip to the concert in Toronto was a last minute one. We both weren’t too busy at...
What better way to readapt to Canada than to go to a hockey game? The Ottawa Senators made it to the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and on Monday night, it was game 3 against the NY Rangers. We headed to...
There is a little park in our neighbourhood, and each year the community puts up a homemade outdoor ice skating rink, also used for hockey practice by the kids. I snapped this picture when walking...
Last week was entertainment week for us: we had tickets for two shows in Ottawa, Monday Night RAW and Pearl Jam. When I first saw wrestling on TV in Canada, I dismissed it right away: “it looks fake...
A few days earlier, after seeing The Tragically Hip, I was at the Billy Talent concert. I fell in love with the Toronto band when I first came to Canada and took the opportunity to see them live. I...
Finally. Finally, I’m a real Canadian, a little bit over two years after taking my citizenship oath. I survived many winters, I took my driving license in the snow, ate beavertails, went to hockey...
I had never taken the boat to a concert but since Sydney offered us the opportunity, we jumped on the ferry to the Olympic Park to go see U2.
Yes, U2.
On the stage, half a wall was built with white bricks. Roger Waters came on scene at 8 pm sharp. Fireworks lit up the place and he began singing. “So ya Thought ya/ Might like to go to the show/ To...
A few years ago, concert photography was pretty much off-limits for amateur photographer—unless you knew the band. Nowadays, it seems that most venues gave up on banning cameras. The last few years...
Last Saturday, Hockey Day In Canada took place throughout the country. You basically had two option: 1) the lazy option, which was to watch the tripleheader of NHL action featuring the six Canadian...
You hadn't pictured me as a metalhead, had you? Well, I'm not usually into heavy metal but I love Metallica. I had heard the band was great live and I couldn't wait to attend the concert in Ottawa.
On Saturday, on an impulse, Feng and I decided to drive to Montréal to attend The Killers' concert. Initially sold out, the show had been moved to a bigger venue at the last minute: the Bell Center...
On Monday, ACDC played in Ottawa and we had the chance to go see them. The place was packed with over 17,000 fans and the concert was sold out. Sure, we didn't have great seats like we did for Green...
I remember listening to Green Day when I was in junior high, back in the nineties. I had a tape of Dookie and we would try to understand the lyrics of Basketcase... I like the late American Idiot...
Radiohead was playing in Montreal and we drove the 400 km there and back to attend the show. By the time we got through the security, we were soaked. The park where the concert was held was extremely...
"Have a good evening Zhu... and good luck with the police tonight!" I love my students' sense of humor. I just wish he wouldn't have said that in front of the whole class. Indeed, I didn't rob a...
One of the reason we can stand the cold weather and long winters is... hockey, Canada's national sport. Think soccer for Brazil, NFL football for the US or cricket for India. That popular. Hockey is...
