_ 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/PB041305.jpg) When I was a little kid, my mom and uncles decided to make home made beer in the basement of our farmhouse. ...

Thanks to David Carroll for allowing us to republish this photo he took earlier today, showing the “tail-end of an annular eclipse as seen at sunrise” from Ottawa. The original, full-size version is here… [ ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/david_carroll/10644410965/) ** See also: ** Ottawa Nature Guide ...

A weekly feature from Christopher Ryan, a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. Ask anyone in Centretown if they can name one apartment building, and chances are that a majority of them will come up with The Elphin. ...

Photos from the recent zombie walk in downtown Ottawa. All photos from the OttawaStart Flickr Group . (Click for full size.) [  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/aneifer/10571296133/) by Aneifer [ ! ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjrimages/10575469043/) Sappers Bridge Re-newed. Photo by [ Marcel Regimbald ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjrimages/10575469043/in/pool-ottawastart) , from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/pool/with/10575469043/) . Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week. ...

I’m really enjoying Tamara Manning’s daily photo project. Just about every day for the last four months or so, she’s been posting a self-potrait as flavouredechos on Flickr. These aren’t your typical selfies, nor is there any narcissism at all. ...

_ 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/2013/10/trudeau-and-me.jpg) I heard recently that my old friend Jean-Marc Carisse and his wife Pat had opened a new photo studio, photo gallery and café on Elgin Street . ...

_ A weekly feature from Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/01.jpg) Beer Store Detail. Photo by Christopher Ryan. [ ](http://ottawastart. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/labellephoto/10448218686/) Mer Bleue. Photo by [ Jean labelle ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/labellephoto/10448218686/in/pool-ottawastart) from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/pool/with/10448218686/) . Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/October-2013-Misc.jpg) A few of the artifacts on display. Clockwise from top right: 45 single of "Give Peace a Chance", a tiny "Stop Star Wars" pin, a small knit peacekeeper, an education kit sent to Afghanistan, and the original Greenpeace flag. ...