And there are three of them:
1) Reevely gives a shout out to OCTranspo head Alan Mercier’s meeting with the Citizen’s editorial board. I haven’t listened to the audio yet, but will (and so should you), but there is a reason for cautious optimism: ” [H]e wants to make sure everyone knows diesel fuel is neither environmentally sound nor likely to stay cheap.” See, someone gets it.
2) Further to my post, Watawa Life takes a very detailed look at the Somorset Mural. His is a good photoblog, and his post is a reminder of the detail in the things we walk past every day.
3) OttawaStart publicizes next tuesday’s meeting on the future of Centretown Movies, which sadly announced a couple of months ago that its current core of volunteers is moving on and is in search of new blood. I’m one of the “several people” that has expressed interest in keeping the project going, but am unsure of how much time I will be able to commit, especially since I may not even be in the province for much of August. In any case, the film festival is one of the city’s hidden gems, encouraging people to come out and mingle, reminding them that public spaces have a value beyond to let the dog run, and a chance to see some really great movies.
Fellow Travellers 
November 29th, 2007 
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I just wanted to add that the Centretown Movies Outdoor Film Festival is a real gem in Ottawa. I went out and saw a couple of films this past summer. And they did an excellent job of getting people together. And in connecting their films to local causes and events. Such as when The Real Dirt on Farmer John - a film about local organic gardening - was preceded by an announcement about local community supported agriculture programs. Or when the South African film was presented by the South Africans ambassador - who was there doing the meet and greet. It’s events like these which make all the diverse Ottawa communities congregate. And make things that are by their nature exclusive - such as embassies and the diplomatic world - a touch more _human_ to all us Ottawans.