Category Archives: Capital of Cool
December 20, 2011 Copenhagen, before Christmas
It’s my very last day in Copenhagen. Since this is my seventh or eighth visit to the city (I’ve lost track, actually…), I’ve written about the city’s charms plenty of times before. After more than two weeks here, I now have half an ability to stitch together in mind the various neighbourhoods and corners of the [...]
Tags: christmas, Copenhagen, denmark, hygge
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November 15, 2011 A Mexican romance
Here’s a slow burn by one of my favourite Danish bands, Quadron. I don’t know what they’re saying, but in my mind, it’s a tale of tragic romance. Maybe in Mexico, thus the trumpet and that guy’s festive shirt. Otherwise, here’s a radio clip I made the other day for our radio show. I spoke [...]
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October 17, 2011 Riding the bookmobile, ice cream in hand
Journalists are supposed to be unbiased, but in this case I’m not going to bother. I LOVE both ice cream and libraries. And so I made radio docs about both of them! I’m in a fourth year radio class this semester, which produces the current affairs show ‘Week’s End’ on CKCU every Friday from 1 [...]
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September 10, 2011 To Ottawa, with love
I’ve really been enjoying the Apartment 613 and Open File series “Apologies for Ottawa.” A reaction to the much-linked Andrew Cohen article in the Citizen, which paints the city as pretty much all-bad, it has mild-mannered Ottawans up in arms. True, the city doesn’t feel particularly big or busy, and it’s not comparable in all [...]
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