Hip Young Things

While Ottawa may not be the perfect city for celebrity sightings, it is a fairly fantastic place to be, if you happen to be young and famous.  It’s far enough away from the coasts to attract too many fans, and urbane enough that there are a dizzying array of things to do in the city.  The cultures move in concentric circles, so there is a pleasant familiarity among friends, and still more than enough new people coming to the city every day to make it constantly shifting.  Not everyone looking for ways to spend a night on the town will fall in love with the city and start looking for apartments for rent.  But that’s one of the positives, because it is a place where one can be well-connected, and still immersed in a local neighborhood culture.

If there’s any doubt about the quality of entertainment offerings in the city, a brief look at the Ottawa Film Society‘s listings will show a generous array of national and international films in French and English.  There is a dedication to culture here that is deep set.  It is the heart of the country, after all, with a very impressive record on everything from the environment to education, demonstrating a commitment and a knowledge of the bigger picture.  If film is a way of looking at the world in a mirror, then there are enough mirrors here to provide diverse visions that occasionally fan together, much like the local cultural scene.

Unlike the larger entertainment centers, however, in places like Toronto or Vancouver, the local ottawa apartments are not necessarily housing superstars of music or movies.  But there are those who decide to opt for a life outside of the spotlight, and a very livable city from which they can base their lives and do their work.  It’s been the birthplace, or childhood home of a rather impressive list of famous people.  It’s an interesting assortment, to say the least.  The list is also rather eclectic, with Margaret Atwood, Keshia, Bryan Adams, and Dan Aykroyd among the big names.  These represent entirely different disciplines and art forms, and the people are all entirely accomplished at what they’ve set out to do.  It is an exciting city, and the things that are not visible on the surface are here, but need to be discovered in their own good time.  The charm of the city is always present, however, and provides a generous invitation to keep discovering more.