Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week. ** ** ** Friday, January 10: In/Words Magazine Shivers ** A Showcase featuring indie-folk jams, memoir, spoken word & poetry by Ali Alikhani, Kaleb Hikele, Marilyn Irwin, Jane Silcott, Kaleigh Watts and Gary Franks; Pressed, 750 Gladstone; $10, 7pm. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ I have just returned from the Rexall Drugstore where I waited ten minutes to get the flu shot. I didn’t feel it, not even a prick. ...

** UPDATE - MARCH 26: ** The full line-up is out! Here’s an alphabetical list of perfomers… [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/JPL_7131.jpg) Jim Cuddy performs with Blue Rodeo at the 2012 Bluesfest. It's probably a safe bet to say that Blue Rodeo will be back again for 2014 (although they also have a show in Ottawa on Feb 14 at Canadian Tire Centre). ...

_ A weekly feature by Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ _ _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/01-Queen-Mary-December-2013.jpg) Front entrance of the Queen Mary Apartments, 413 Elgin St. ...

How did Ottawa’s weather in 2013 stack up to previous years? These charts are courtesy of @YOW_Weather , a new twitter feed that publishes info about Ottawa weather data. ** Rainfall: ** Total rainfall (as measured at the Ottawa Aiport) in 2013 was 580. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ _ _ Our old Subaru died three weeks ago. It was 13. May it rest in peace. Alternatively, may some talented mechanic get it up and running after buying it at auction. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/3f51161c322611e3bb5722000a1fd013_8.jpg) "Long may you run, you beautiful bastard," Instagram art by [ minkwilliams ](http://ottawastart.com/digital-art-inspired-by-the-ottawa-elk-long-may-you-run-you-beautiful-bastard/) Here's our third annual list of things that Ottawa was obsessed with (for better or for worse) in 2013. ...

In no particular order, here’s a list of some of our favourite blog posts from 2013. Big thanks to all of the writers and photographers who’ve been a part of our blog over the past year, including our Weekly Round-Up contributors, and guest bloggers Rose Simpson , Christopher Ryan , Christophe Ledent and Andrew King . ...

Every day in December leading up to Christmas, local photographer Christophe Ledent has been travelling around the city and sharing a daily photo and story about Ottawa Christmas lights. ( You can see all the photos so far here. ) Today, he’s collected his favourite shots in the photo slideshow below. ...

Every day in December leading up to Christmas, local photographer Christophe Ledent is travelling around the city and sharing a photo and story about Ottawa Christmas lights. ( You can see all the photos so far here. ) ...