blogs

Here’s an Ottawa blog to add to your reading list: Women in Ottawa: Mentors and Milestones , written by Jeannine Ouellette. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Women-in-Ottawa-Mentors-and-Milestones.png) She says: _ “My blog profiles women who were born in Ottawa, or moved to Ottawa at some point in their life either to work or to study. ...

The holidays are all about tradition, and one of Ottawa’s great modern Christmas traditions is DaniGirl’s annual list of Ottawa-area Santa Claus parades. DaniGirl blogs at Postcards from the Mothership, and every year she post details on over 20 local parades, from Hawkesbury to Picton. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/banner2010-4.jpg) I contributed a guest post today for Local Tourist Ottawa about a urban adventure we had last summer with our kids: ** " A great night with the kids: The Gower family hits up Busker Fest, Confederation Park and the ByWard Market " ** ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/SC-logo-pos-350.jpg) Great to meet many of the readers and contributors to this blog at Saturday’s Social Capital conference. One consistent thing about people I meet through Twitter: you’re all good people. I had to duck out after lunch to get to a family event out in Perth… wish I could have said hello to more of you. ...

_ OttawaStart is on summer haitus this week so we’re posting some “best-of” posts from the past year. Here’s one from last August : _ _ _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/douchebag01.jpg) Greenboro resident and Ottawa blogger [ Dan Awesome ](http://twitter. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/iheartoctranspo2.png) Ben Wood sent me a note to tell me about the launch of his new blog, I (Heart) OC Transpo . Ben has been taking the bus in Ottawa since he was born. (As a newborn he rode the bus home from the hospital with his parents, back in December 1984. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/me1.jpg) Inspired by the guy who managed to parlay a red paper clip for a house , Ottawa resident Martin Prevost (that’s him on the right with his son) is trying to trade up from a Minolta SLR Maxuum 400si (with carrying bag) to a Tesla Roadster. ...

Just a quick note/reminder to check out our other blog, " Ottawa Job of the Day “. Each day at around 1:30pm, we post a cool, unusual or interesting job located in the Ottawa-Gatineau area. If you’re getting bored of your cubicle, this is the blog for you. ...

There’s an updated list of Ottawa Food Blogs here… One of the most popular posts ever on this blog was published just over two years ago, titled " What’s with all the food blogs in Ottawa? " At the time, we listed about 20 local food blogs. ...

Check out this blog from Lia Hiltz , featuring sketches that she’s done (mostly) while riding the bus in Ottawa. Maybe you’ll see a picture of yourself one of these days. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/lia-hiltz.jpg) ** See also: ** Ottawa Blogs Guide