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We will be here to navigate our fine city’s colourful culture and reveal our findings in this blog.

If you are interested in becoming a guest contributor to our Ottawa blog or would like to suggest a topic, contact Adam Slight at adam@ottawarickshaws.ca

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If you missed our Summer 2012 issue, you can view the PDF here.

Regarding Ottawa’s Recent Award as “Most Boring City in Canada”: Some Context

By Adam Slight I’ve decided to write two posts today, just to address the news going around  that Ottawa recently “won” the “Most Boring City” award. Ottawa–”The City That Fun Forgot”–can’t seem to shake its reputation as a b

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  • May 24, 2013
  • by Adam Slight
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  • let's all hate toronto, most boring city in canada, ottawa, ottawa blog, ottawa citizen, ottawa rickshaws, toronto

Please, Please, Please Don’t Drive Your Car at The Great Glebe Garage Sale!

By Adam Slight The Great Glebe Garage Sale is an awesome example of what Ottawa is capable of doing for itself without the assistance of top-down municipal committees, official initiatives, and (*shudder*) a casino. A community event that invites thousands to visit The Glebe and purch

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  • May 24, 2013
  • by Adam Slight
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  • ottawa, ottawa cars, ottawa events, ottawa rickshaws, ottawa tourism, ottawa tours, ottawa travel, the glebe, the great glebe garage sale

6 Great Authentic Ottawa Pizza Parlors

By Brian Clarke This list originally started as a comprehensive guide to pizza in Ottawa, until I realized that I’ve tried a very small percentage of Ottawa pizza restaurants.  While we’re not known for our pizza as say New York is, Ottawa still hosts many small restaurant

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  • May 23, 2013
  • by Brian Clarke
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  • best pizza in ottawa, forno antico ottawa, gloria's pizza ottawa, o'brien's eatery ottawa, ottawa blog, ottawa foodie, ottawa pizza parlor, ottawa pizzerias, ottawa restaurants, pizza in ottawa

How Can Ottawa Adopt the #Pesky Identity as a City?

By Brian Clarke You can often see examples of sports teams taking on characteristics of their home city, and the city taking on characteristics of its team(s): the LA Lakers and their celebrity star players, the Pittsburgh Steelers and their blue-collar identity, the Broad Street Bull

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  • May 22, 2013
  • by Brian Clarke
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  • ottawa blog, ottawa culture, ottawa life, ottawa senators, pesky sens, the city that fun forgot

Promise Not to Drink and Drive Through MADD’s “IPromise Mom” Campaign

This weekend the runners of Ottawa Rickshaws made a promise. Through MADD’s “IPromise Mom” campaign, each rickshaw runner made a formal vow never to drink and drive. This vow, made to parents, friends, and loved ones solidifies a respect that we hold for those we hold dear by not need

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  • May 21, 2013
  • by Adam Slight
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  • drinking and driving ottawa, ipromise mom, madd, madd ottawa, ottawa blog, ottawa rickshaws, ottawa tourism, ottawa travel

What’s Happening in Ottawa This Week? (May 20-26, 2013)

By Ottawa Rickshaws Wednesday, May 22nd Charity Fashion Show & Sale Thursday, May 23rd Salvation Army Amsterdam Staff Band Ottawa Concert Friday, May 24th Festibière de Gatineau (Gatineau Beer Festival) Saturday, May 25th Ottawa Race Weekend 2013 Great Glebe Garage Sale Festibière

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  • May 19, 2013
  • by Brian Clarke
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  • gatineau beer festival, great glebe garage sale, ottawa blog, ottawa events, ottawa festivals, ottawa race weekend, ottawa things to do

The Ottawa Rickshaws Guide to Ottawa’s Best Patios

By Ottawa Rickshaws While some in Ottawa may call this time of the year “construction season”, we’re going to go ahead and label those warm months of May through August “patio season” (or rickshaw season!) With this near-comprehensive patio list we tried to give coverage to most

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  • May 17, 2013
  • by Adam Slight
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  • best patios in ottawa, ottawa blog, ottawa patios, ottawa pubs, ottawa restaurants, ottawa rickshaws, ottawa summe food, ottawa summer, ottawa tourism, ottawa tours, summer ottawa

4 Tips for Avoiding Ottawa’s Construction This Summer

By Brian Clarke You’ve probably heard the running joke that there are only two seasons in Ottawa: winter and construction.  If this is true, then we are entering construction season.  Here are some tips to help you cope: Read this very unhelpful article This article, titled R

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  • May 16, 2013
  • by Brian Clarke
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  • ottawa blog, ottawa construction, ottawa cycling, ottawa life, ottawa summer, ottawa traffic

Top 6 Greatest Pot Holes in the Byward Market

By Adam Slight It’s spring time–When all the winter ice melts away from the cracks and fissures in the streets that it worked so hard to create over the cold season. We thought we would honour some of these cracks and fissures by highlighting some of the best. It was difficult t

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  • May 15, 2013
  • by Adam Slight
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