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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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