Urbanism

Brigitte be rappin’

Brigitte Pellerin

19 Jul 2024 — 1 min read

A short note today, because 1) it’s summer and 2) I am preparing to compete (!) in Ultimate this weekend, first competition in anything since Worlds in karate in 2018 I’m not nervous at all and 3) I am working on two longer pieces for you that should be ready in the next couple of days and why overwhelm you with too much stuff to read given point 1) above.

In the Ottawa Citizen this week I use my column space to make my teens cringe by trying my hand at rapping about iconic Ottawa streets, inspired as I was by this lovely song about Island Park Drive.

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You look beautiful

Fixing the health care system

Waiting for my proletarian chariot

December 6, again