#religion #signsRE-BLOG: Manotick church has a good sense of humourWe’re on hiatus this week and re-posting some fun content from the past few years. Here’s a post that originally appeared in July 2010 … Here’s a photo snapped yesterday by Stuntmant Stu at St. James the Apostle Anglican Church in Manotick. ...
#policeRE-BLOG: Ottawa blogger confronts, chases, photographs (and then blogs about) attempted house break-in_ 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. ...
#bluesfest #kingSoundgarden sounded great last night, but the view...Saw this on Andrew King’s twitter feed last night and it made me laugh. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/shoulders.png) There are more (many more) Bluesfest photos from last night on Flickr . ** See also: ** Ottawa Bluesfest Guide If you liked this post, please consider subscribing to our blog via email, Twitter, Facebook or RSS. ...
#sunrisePhoto: Sunrise over the Parliament BuildingsI’ve posted a lot of great photos of Ottawa sunsets here in the past, but this is the first sunrise. Great photo from Robert Lachaine , published here with his kind permission. If you have a great photo of Ottawa, please send it along to feedback@ottawastart. ...
A whole bunch of really nice photos of our beautiful cityLast week was busy with prep for Canada Day, and the week before I was on vacation, and the email box is overflowing. So in an attempt to clear it out, here are a few reader photo submissions. Alicia Wanless sent along these two colourful photos from the recent Spencerville Mill Heritage Fair. ...
#awesome #concerts #musicAwesome Ottawa: The Prime Minister hangs out with Katy Perry and a purple cat at Scotiabank PlaceI cannot think of any other word than " awesome " to describe this photo. UPDATE: The previously unidentified purple cat has been identified by several of our readers as “Kitty Purry”. [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/harper-perry.png) From left to right, an unidentified purple cat, Rachel Harper, Katy Perry and Stephen Harper. ...
#canada day #fireworksPhoto: Crowd watching the Canada Day fireworks near the National GalleryHere’s another shot I like of Friday’s fireworks, showing a crowd watching the fireworks near the National Gallery . Photo by Christopher Dunn , used here by permission. [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/5894576006_c702d1e109_z.jpg) Photo by Christopher Dunn, [ original here ](http://www. ...
#canada day #fireworksPhoto: A smoky post-fireworks Byward MarketI saw a lot of photos of Canada Day fireworks from Friday , but I kinda liked this shot of what the city looks like _ after _ the fireworks. Here’s a hazy, smoky Byward Market. Photo by Paul Galipeau , used here by permission. ...
#royalsPhoto: Ladies waiting to see the royalsI really like this photo called " Watching the royal watchers “, from Robin Kelsey. A great combo of colours, hats and cameras. Mixed with a bit of weariness and slight bemusement. Robin has one of Ottawa’s best photo blogs, Watawa Life . ...
#orleans #signsGreat moments in Ottawa signage: Orleans gets to keep the cow (photo)[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/JPL_0368.jpg) ** ** Photo by Jean Labelle , who writes: “Yea!!!! We get to keep our cow! The City of Ottawa put up a prolonged battle to have the owners of Cheddar Et Cetera in Orleans, take down their rooftop cow citing it as a driver distraction. ...