blogs

Dani from Postcards from the Mothership asked me to highlight the Canadian Blog Awards (CBAs). They’re accepting nominations until January 11th for Canada’s best blogs in a number of categories. Some Ottawa blogs that I’ll nominate: * Best Photo Blog: [ Watawa Life ](http://www. ...

We’re clearing out our “items to blog” file tonight. Here are three recent items seen on David Reevely’s Ottawa Watch Greater Ottawa blog that deserve a mention: ** ** 1. [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/Google-Maps_1195262386859.png) Mapping Ottawa: David McLelland has started a very colourful Google map showing Ottawa's neighbourhoods. ...

Local blogger & former city council candidate [ Perry Marleau ](http://perrymarleau.ca/wordpress/?page_id=2) has come up with a unique way to raise money for the United Way : ** ** For my own part, I will donate $1.00 for every unique visitor that visits my website at [ City Limits ](http://perrymarleau. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/CheapEats-Ottawa-restaurant-guide-blog-Facebook-Takes-Ottawa-Restaurant-Fandom-to-a-new-level_1190484286531.png) Check out this facinating post from Lex on the CheapEats Ottawa blog . It breaks down the popularity of local restaurants based on the number of group members on Facebook: Facebook Takes Ottawa Restaurant Fandom to a new level The biggest fan group is for: DiRienzo’s = Best Sandwiches in Ottawa (1,772 members). ...

The Ottawa Senators have launched three new “official” blogs on their web site: ** ** * [ Player Blog ](http://blogs.ottawasenators.com/player/) - currently written by Sens forward and Carleton Place native Shean Donovan * [ Gord Wilson Blog ](http://blogs.ottawasenators.com/gord_wilson/) - written by the popular Sens analyst * [ Front Office Blog ](http://blogs. ...

A tip of the hat to Robin Kelsey, who is quickly becoming the unofficial photographer of fires in the Somerset area. (Last month, we linked to some of his great pics of the fire at Somerset and Booth.) According to the Ottawa Citizen , at least 23 “newsworthy” fires have occured in Somerset West area since 1980. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/the-urban-chronicle-of-ottawa-ontario_1189561793734.png) Recently added to our blog list: Urban Chronicle . An Ottawa blog that’s full of pictures from around downtown Ottawa. Street art, strange signage, found items, and the latest post, a couch being destroyed in the back of a garbage truck. ...

A quick Sunday night post: Local blogger Andrea, who writes a peek inside the fish bowl , is hosting a back to school photo contest. You can win an HP printer/scanner. Details here. ** Related: ** Ottawa Schools Guide

Introducing a new feature on our Ottawa Blogs Guide (drum roll) … A sampling of recent topics from Ottawa bloggers. Using Google Reader’s “Shared Items” tool, we’ll be flagging interesting posts from our favourite local blogs. It’s a quick way to keep track of the hot topics of the day. ...

** From knitnut.net : ** After reading [ Christina Blizzard’s assessment of Ottawa as a city rotting at its core ](http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Blizzard_Christina/2007/07/13/4335721.html) , it occurred to me that perhaps I don’t get out enough. According to Blizzard, you can eat lunch on the patio of a posh downtown restaurant while watching literally dozens of drug deals and countless people sitting around smoking crack in broad daylight. ...