Ottawa

B and I went up to Ottawa for Canada Day because he'd never been there and I thought July 1st was the perfect day to introduce him to the city. :D

We didn't actually make it into downtown Ottawa during the day because we opted to drive up that morning, and discovered that getting out of Toronto on the first day of a long weekend is a bit of a challenge. When we finally got there, we were so exhausted that sitting around at my friends' place seemed like a better idea than wandering the streets of the city. It meant fewer opportunities to gaze at attractive, half-naked boys wrapped in Canadian flags (or the impressive sight of the street leading to Parliament Hill packed solidly with people), but it also meant more time my friends and their new baby, which was pretty exciting itself. I hadn't seen them since before she got pregnant, so it was wonderful having a chance to catch up. And we did make it down for the fireworks, which were spectacular from our vantage point behind the Supreme Court.

On Saturday we went out to the market with my friends, met up with semiotic_trader and a_just_society for coffee, and then wandered along the canal (with a visit to the new giant spider scupture outside of the National Gallery--the egg sac was a particularly disturbing touch) until we got tired.

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I purchased a t-shirt with a skull and crossbones for my friend's four-month-old baby. While she loves it and her husband tolerates it, everyone else seems mildly (or not-so-mildly) horrified when I tell them about it. Personally, I think she should follow through on her first impulse and get a baby-sized black leather jacket and a baby-sized motorcycle to complete the look. Sadly, baby-sized motorcycles are very hard to find.

On a completely unrelated note, I desperately need to get my hair cut. And possibly highlighed, but mostly cut. Unfortunately, I don't know where in Toronto to go. Usually I just go to the Vidal Sassoon school, but I'm not sure I want quite that many layers, and they won't do the highlighting if I decide to go that route. How to find a salon...