CBC Saves Marriage! (Ok, well, sort of.)
OMG OMG OMG. I just got an e-mail from Alan Neal. YES! THAT ALAN NEAL! Ok, so I know not everyone here is in Ottawa, but Alan Neal is host of CBC Radio’s afternoon show, All in a Day. And on Wednesday afternoon
Nutritional Information for Ottawa Restaurants
My favourite restaurants are all one-of-a-kind, but lately I’ve been trying to stick to places where I can get nutritional information (even if it’s bad news ). But when 5:30 rolls around all I can think of is Swiss Chalet. So here is a list full-service restaurants in Ottawa where I could find nutritional information [...]
Love at Second Sight
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, but today I fell in love. Her name is Esther, and it was Elizabeth, a docent at the National Gallery that fixed us up. Esther caught my eye last week, on a mom-baby meetup at the gallery. I’m no art connoisseur, I was just exploring the gallery as a ‘good place [...]
A Rambler’s Guide to Hidden Treasure
You pass by them every day. Hiding in your local park. Tucked in among the trees at the end of the street. Stashed in the empty lot behind the mall. Little treasures hidden all over the city, while you walk by with nary an inkling. That, my friend, is because you are a Muggle. ‘Muggle’ [...]
6 Ways Into Ottawa Museums, Free
My favourite piece of art came from a museum. I stole it. It was the late 80’s. I was tromping around downtown Toronto with some friends when I spotted King Tut’s golden sarcophagus on banners outside the ROM. The caption: “Get an Afterlife. Come to the Museum”. I was smitten. I headed for the gift [...]
Mom-to-Mom Giving
Barely a month into blogging and I’m already off topic! Clearly, the stroller isn’t the only thing rambling around here. Actually, I’m not as far off as you might think: giving feels good, and that ties nicely into the original goal of this blog. And so, with a little bit of leftover Thanksgiving spirit, here [...]
The New Kid-Café on the Block
So is it just me, or is there a sudden boom in the kid-friendly café market? After all, I haven’t been looking for very long, it’s possible I just didn’t notice. My first clue that such things existed was while expecting Girl the Younger. I was googling for things to do to get myself out [...]
Radio Rambling
We had ourselves a little urban ramble this weekend – through the CBC studios on Sparks Street. A studio tour, sidewalk displays and live entertainment… and a chance to put faces to the voices we hear every day coming through the radio. It was all part of “Culture Days“, a Canada-wide event with “Thousands of [...]
Other places I ramble
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