Thanks to Patrick Imbeau for sharing these photos with us. You can see his entire set from Comiccon on Flickr . [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/20500932@N06/13962263287) [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/20500932@N06/14149110844) [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/20500932@N06/14148920305) [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/20500932@N06/14125875476) [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/20500932@N06/14164855704) [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/20500932@N06/14169007643) [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/20500932@N06/14145731041) [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/20500932@N06/14157575954) [ ](https://www. ...

Thanks to pikawil100 for giving us permission to share these photos. You can see the full set on Flickr . ** ** ** [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/pikawil/14152611641) [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/pikawil/13969300000) [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/pikawil/14153125942) [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/pikawil/13969311430) [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/pikawil/13969317089) [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/pikawil/13969314010) [ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/pikawil/14155969295) [ ](https://www. ...

A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/01.-431-Gilmour.jpg) [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/0clip_image002.jpg) _ Now the Gilmour Inn, 431 Gilmour (November 2013) _ _ _ The house at 431 Gilmour was constructed around 1895 for Zaccheus J. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lolProfile.jpg) Every week we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. In this episode we meet up with longtime Orleans resident and 4th generation gardener, Rocky Laporte to talk all things landscaping. ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/lazyartist/14115073351) _ Set Sails by J. Michel Carriere, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group _ Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week. ** ** ** Thursday-Saturday, May 8-10: Spur Festival ** Billed as “Canada’s national festival of politics, art and ideas,” Spur Festival comes to Ottawa this year. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . You can read her previous columns here . _ _ _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2004-06-18-justvote3.jpg) Photo by [ Glen Gower ](http://about. ...

The location of the Saucy Noodle today. This faded “Tavern” sign the only physical remnant of the former hotspot. April 2014. A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. To the urban explorer, a ghost sign is one of the most treasured of finds. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lolProfile.jpg) Every week we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. In this episode we meet up with Nicki Bridgland from the Ottawa Sport and Social Club to talk about what the club is all about, its local partnerships, new sports, new tournaments, charities it sponsors, the relationships people have made in it and much more! ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/rdb466/13801808433) Vanier Church by Ross Dunn, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group _ _ _ Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week. _ ** ** ** Thursday, May 1: Latin Jazz Night with the Miguel de Armas Quartet at Southminster United Church ** ...

This old municipal sign at the corner of Eagleson and Katimavik in Kanata hasn’t been changed in years: [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-29-at-9.31.27-PM.png) [ Photo by Glen Gower via Instagram ](http://instagram.com/glengower) Meanwhile in Hintonburg, Evan Hughes took a photo of this sign, posted by someone who appears to hate spandex: ...