shopping & fashion

A recent post from the KitchissippiKids blog about corner stores led us to this great collection of photos of neighbourhood corner stores in Ottawa . They’re from photographer Patrick Dumais and were taken a few years back. ...

The latest installment of Five Questions features ShopHaven , an Ottawa gift basket business that’s branched out to include a blog with reviews of local products and businesses. Owners Nelly Leonidis and Natasha Lee research, write and maintain the blog – while Natasha runs the gift basket side of the business. ...

Karen at Apartment613 wants to know what are the best used book stores in Ottawa . She lists four of her favourites - Book Bazaar, Bytown Bookshop, Patrick McGahern Books, and All Books - but wants your suggestions too. ...

On his Ominvore’s Ottawa blog, Ron Eade relates this interesting story about a phone call from Costco about the Maple Leaf Foods recall ** : ** Received an alarming computer-generated voice mail message at my house yesterday, from Costco advising me that on such-and-such a date I purchased sliced pastrami that is being recalled by Maple Leaf Foods due to the listeriosis scare. ...

“Fashion” and “Ottawa” used to be an oxymoron, but not so much any more. We now have a twice-yearly fashion week , a couple of locally-based fashion magazines, and a growing fashion blog scene. And if that’s not enough to establish some design credentials, how about the fact that Ottawa is the shooting location for Season 2 of Project Runway ? ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/Ottawa-Street-Style-Street-style-Ottawa_1183599125906.png) We recently stumbled upon Ottawa Street Style . The blog’s mission is to “hunt the stylish on Ottawa streets, take their picture and post it for your viewing pleasure.” (And yes, the site even highlights at least one stylin' civil servant . ...

Today we launched the newest page on OttawaStart: the Used Stuff Guide . Click on the link and you’ll find a big listing of online classifieds, garage sales, local thrift shops, second hand stores, and more. “One person’s trash is another person’s treasure” … our Used Stuff Guide will help you make that old saying come true! ...

Try Sobeys (Barrhaven & Kanata), Loeb (6 locations, including Island Park and Southgate). Found via iLate.ca , a guide to stores and services that are open late in Ottawa. ** Related: ** Ottawa Shopping Guide