The words of Martin Luther King never lose their potency. Whether reading them or hearing his voice boom out the truth, you are covered with chills. It’s no mistake then that the founders of We Day and Free the Children, Craig and Marc Kielburger, choose to share King’s message throughout their one day show, because no one knew how to mobilize people better than King and no one knows how to mobilize our youth better than the Kielburgers. In Ottawa alone yesterday, the We Day team, brought …
The Color Run Makes Running Fun
Running is a mental game. It not only requires fitness and endurance but a profound will to go the distance. I, do not possess this mental game. In fact, usually, somewhere around the second kilometre of a run, I'd just as soon walk away and go have a drink somewhere than take another step. I'm a quitter, ok? There. I said it. Quitter. It took a trip to Florida to make running fun for me a couple of years ago. The truth is that after I ran a Disney race, I sort of gave up on running …
Totem by Cirque Du Soleil
I figured that if I stood up last night at Totem by Cirque Du Soleil and shouted "That's enough, stop this madness before someone gets hurt!", the crowd might have turned against me. Still, I wanted to, at least ten times during the gasp-inducing two hour show. Cirque Du Soleil routinely takes what is considered to be amazing physical feats anyway, and then jacks them up into actions that defy the laws of physics. Consider this, the average person is generally impressed with anyone who can …
Ottawa Tourism
Those who know me well, know that I LOVE my adopted hometown of Ottawa. I sing it's praises everywhere I go. I truly believe it's one of the best places to live in Canada. It also happens to be a great place to visit, any time of the year. Summer is loaded with activities, as you'll see in a minute. Fall is bursting with colour, winter has our world famous Rideau Canal and Winterlude. Spring sees us burst into colour again with tulips everywhere. There is no bad time of the year to visit us. …
