Byward Market & Parliament Hill © Tourism Ottawa
Written by: Julie Ovenell-CarterOk, so I’m enjoying these lists. It started with Three things about Canada last week, and then my old (well, actually not THAT old) Carleton University pal Martha Muzychka weighed in with Three things about Newfoundland and Labrador. And now another Carleton grad–native Ottawan and travel blogging buddy Laura Byrne Paquet–brings us a three things list for our nation’s capital…
(Instructions: Start a note, cut-and-paste this, replace my answers with your own.)
Three names I go by:
1. Bytown
2. Ottawa-Hull (or Ottawa-Gatineau)
3. National Capital Region
Three places I have worked:
1. Parliament Hill
2. National Research Council
3. Canada Revenue Agency 
Three places I have lived:
1. Rideau Hall
2. Earnscliffe (former home of John A.)
3. Laurier House
Three TV shows I watch:
1. Question Period on CTV
2. This Hour Has 22 Minutes
3. CPAC
Three places I have been:
1. Bar-hopping in the Byward Market
2. Cycling along 160K+ of paved trails
3. Snowshoeing in the Gatineau Hills
Three people who e-mail me:
1. Dan Aykroyd
2. Rich Little
3. Danny Williams (a lot)
Three of my favorite foods:
1. Kettleman’s bagels
2. BeaverTails
3. Steak-frites at Metropolitan Brasserie
Three things I would like to do:
1. Let my hair down
2. Stop taking abuse for everything the federal government does
3. Win the Stanley Cup
Three things I am looking forward to:
1. Getting light rail
2. Barack coming back
3. Spring
Now, whose hometown is next?
Chris Corrigan
on March 10th, 2009I have to have a go at this one, having loved living in Ottawa myself:
Three names I go by:
1. Outaoais
2. Ottawa-Rideau-Gatinaeu (for the Rivers)
3. Not Nepean or Kanata or Orleans
Three places I have worked:
1. Corel Systems
2. At a national museum or Art Gallery
3. Running a free festival
Three places I have lived:
1. Sandy Hill
2. Rockcliffe
3. Westboro
Three TV shows I watch:
1. Hockey Night in Canada
2. Rick Mercer Report
3. Tom Green Show
Three places I have been:
1. To a movie at the Bytowne Theatre
2. Out with friends to one of the myriad of Irish Pubs
3. Relaxing on a summer’s evening by the shores of Meech Lake
Three people who e-mail me:
1. Bill Mason
2. Paul Anka
3. Mike Duffy
Three of my favorite foods:
1. Lebenese Mezze
2. Whiskeys at the Manx Pub
3. Poutine from a chip wagon
Three things I would like to do:
1. Find some way to make the Sparks Street Pedestrian Mall work
2. Move to Wakefield and commute by train
3. Get recognized for being more than a government town.
Three things I am looking forward to:
1. The end of the dour Stephen Harper era
2. The NEXT season.
3. Never living through another bus strike again.
Jantine
on March 10th, 2009Here’s my crack at it.
Three names I go by:
1. Bytown
2. O-town
3. Canada’s Capital Region (www.canadascapital.gc.ca)
Three places I have worked:
1. Member of the Ceremonial Guard, performing the Changing the Guard every summer morning at 10:00 on the lawn of Parliament (www.parl.gc.ca/vis)
2. Performer with the National Arts Centre (www.nac-cna.ca)
3. Member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride (www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/mr-ce)
Three places I have lived:
1. 24 Sussex Drive
2. Stornaway
3. Yousuf Karsh’s suite at the Fairmont Château Laurier (www.fairmont.com/laurier)
Three TV shows I watch:
1. The National (www.cbc.ca/national)
2. Rick Mercer Report (www.cbc.ca/mercerreport)
3. H2O (Paul Gross mini-series)
Three places I have been:
1. Admiring the totems in the Grand Hall at the Canadian Museum of Civilization (www.civilization.ca)
2. Whitewater rafting in the Ottawa River (www.wildernesstours.com / http://www.riverrunners.com / http://www.owl-mkc.ca / http://www.whitewater.ca
3. Skating on the world’s largest skating rink, the Rideau Canal Skateway, in winter (or cycling next to it from spring through fall) (www.canadascapital.gc.ca/skateway / http://www.rideauheritageroute.ca)
Three people who e-mail me:
1. Governor General Michaëlle Jean (www.gg.ca)
2. Sandra Oh (www.abc.com/greysanatomy)
3. Alanis Morissette (www.alanismorissette.com)
Three of my favourite foods:
1. BeaverTails, especially the “Killaloe Sunrise” (cinnamon, sugar and a squeeze of lemon) (www.beavertails.ca)
2. Burgers at The Works, especially the “Tony D-Luxe” as an elk burger (www.worksburger.com)
3. Beau’s All-Natural Lug Tread Lagered Ale or Heritage Traditional Dark Lager (www.beaus.ca / http://www.heritagebrewing.com)
Three things I would like to do:
1. Make my way through the 120+ places to eat and drink in the ByWard Market neighbourhood (www.byward-market.com)
2. Not lose a ball in the pond at Hole #2 at The Marshes golf course at Brookstreet (www.brookstreet.ca/golf)
3. Tiptoe through 3 million tulips in the region during the Canadian Tulip Festival in May (www.tulipfestival.ca)
Three things I am looking forward to:
1. The best Canada Day party in the country, every July 1 (www.canadascapital.gc.ca/canadaday)
2. Groovin’ to the Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest in mid-July (www.ottawabluesfest.ca)
3. Stanley Cup success for the Ottawa Senators (www.ottawasenators,com)