Introducing…

In the last little while, several boys I know have suggested that this blog would benefit from a bit more balance.  While they were all quite kind in saying they love to read girlaboutOtown, they told me they feel a bit sheepish explaining why whenever they get busted by others.  Comfortable with themselves and confident in their style, these are boys who care about the community, who want to know what is happening around town, and who get just as excited about creative convergence as I do.  They also said they would welcome a man’s point of view from time to time.

A few ideas have been brewing away in the back of my mind for awhile, but none so brilliant as today’s stroke of genius!  Here I sit right next to a boy – right across my own front hall  -  and sure enough this is what he says to me over coffee this morning:

 “What if I were to post something on your blog?  I’m thinking of going to see the Tony Fouhse exhibit at Exposure Gallery today.  Do you think your readers might be interested if I wrote it up?”  

Duh.   Yaa!  Of course you can!  Did you read my mind?!!    (And yes, I know, you would think we’d have thought of this sooner…)

Until recently, readers have known him only as “the fella”, but since we’re in business together now we figure it might be smart to occasionally use our names!  So today, this girlaboutOtown decided that Malcolm Gibb, my partner and mate, is just the right boy to add that balance I’ve been contemplating.  I realize it might be a slightly slanted opinion on my part, but I can assure you he is a fine man, with a penchant for fun, a deep appreciation for arts & culture, and a pretty unique sense of style.

You can find out all about Malcolm’s in depth take on Ottawa’s real estate market, his demographic analysis of city neighbourhoods, and his unique approach to buying and selling homes over at his website, but here, I hope you will get to know the fella the way I do. 

Lastly, for you guys out there who are following with a faint but nagging fear of being caught, I  hope you will feel better about getting to read something from a more ‘manly’ perspective once in awhile!

Stay tuned…