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_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ _ _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/525664_10151503589430341_1401588621_n.jpg) This photograph was taken by my cousin Pat on a Polaroid camera when I was 23. ...

Check out THIS [ #snowman ](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23snowman&src=hash) ! -- on Toulouse Crescent in [ #Orleans ](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Orleans&src=hash) . [ @1053kissfm ](https://twitter.com/1053kissfm) [ @1310news ](https://twitter.com/1310news) [ #ottawa ](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ottawa&src=hash) [ pic.twitter.com/DJinIMUWVj ](http://t.co/DJinIMUWVj) — Alex Black (@1310Alexblack) December 18, 2013 ** See also: ** Ottawa Christmas Lights Guide ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/corey-hart-everything-in-my-heart-1985-3.jpg) As a little Christmas project, I’m running a twitter feed called @xmascarolfacts , full of true facts about Christmas songs. Earlier this week I tweeted this: https://twitter.com/XmasCarolFacts/status/412765435655098368 The track was released on 7" and has become a bit of a cult Christmas classic. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ [  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/xiaozhuli/11090394584) "First snow of 2013" photo by [ Zhu ](http://www. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ [  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/xiaozhuli/8320083280) December Snow Storm. Photo by [ Zhu ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/xiaozhuli/8320083280/) , from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ _ _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/rose-wedding.jpg) _ _ I’ve been married three times – not too proud of that – but I’ve never had one of those big weddings with poofy dresses, veils, a gaggle of attendants and the big hall. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/marissa.jpg) That girl rocking the red dress is my daughter, Marissa Gagnier, who works for the Soshal Group in Ottawa. ...

From Youtube: “A portrait of two life-long Ottawa Senators fans as they try to overcome the tribulations of seeing a childhood hero move on.” This isn’t the first time Alex Martel and François Thériault have made a Sens-related boy band video. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimwatson_ottawa/10595903153/) Jim Watson at a City Hall bake sale fundraiser. [ From the Mayor's official Flickr page. ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimwatson_ottawa/10595903153/) _ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/15609463@N03/10805428955/) " [ Country ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/15609463@N03/10805428955/in/pool-ottawastart) " by Jamie McCaffrey, from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/pool/with/10805428955/) . _ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . ...