{"id":4252,"date":"2010-11-19T13:34:46","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T18:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=4252"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:22:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:22:34","slug":"spacing-ottawa-anniversary-seven-things-i-learned-about-my-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/11\/19\/spacing-ottawa-anniversary-seven-things-i-learned-about-my-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Ottawa anniversary: Seven things I learned about my city"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Can it really be a year already?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It seems last month, not last year, that we launched Spacing Ottawa with a party at the Cube Gallery on Hamilton. I’ll never forget the date; ironically, that’s because I hardly remember what happened. I had come down with a horrible once-in-a-decade\u00a0 virus that same morning; I was croaking instead of talking and breaking out into random sweats and dizzy spells. I was so hopped-up on Robitussin DM that if it wasn’t for this video <\/a>I don’t think I’d remember one conversation from the entire evening, but I do remember that I met a hundred or so people with elbow bumps instead of handshakes. With streaming nose and eyes, you’d have been crazy to take my hand even if I’d have offered it.<\/p>\n

But despite such an inauspicious start to my association with Spacing, I’ve had a fascinating year as editor of this blog. The best part has been getting to work with the many contributors to our pages; contributors whose interests span so many areas of expertise and who brim with enthusiasm for Ottawa’s urban experience.<\/p>\n

We went online November 18, 2009 and since then, thanks to those contributors,\u00a0 I’ve discovered a lot I didn’t know about Ottawa. Looking back on our first year, I thought I’d mark the occasion by recalling some of my most memorable “I didn’t know that!” moments\u00a0 How many of these were a surprise to you?<\/p>\n