I know, I know, you’ve probably seen this already - it was making the rounds on Twitter on Wednesday. But I thought it was well done and worth posting again here. You should check out this site if you’re interested in taking part in an upcoming Carleton Flashmob. ...

* ** See also: ** [ Open and Closed on Family Day ](http://ottawastart.com/story/13132.php) * [ Winterlude ](http://ottawastart.com/winterlude.php) , of course - but it's looking more like Waterlude this weekend. * The annual [ Sens Skills event is on Monday afternoon ](http://ottawastart. ...

Earlier this week we published our updated list of essential Ottawa blogs . Here are 30 (or so) more blogs about Ottawa that are very strongly recommended: * [ Agritourism Ottawa ](http://agritourismguide.ca/) * [ Black Aces ](http://jeremymilks.blogspot.com/) * [ Blogawa ](http://blogawa. ...

** NOTE: ** There’s a more recent “Essential Ottawa Blogs” list published in December 2013. Click here to check it out… It’s been about 18 months since I published the first list of essential Ottawa blogs, and this update is long overdue. ...

It’s kind of inconvenient to get to, and it’s dull compared to the Ottawa Airport, but Ottawa’s Via Rail station does have a cool ceiling. This photo is from Martin Berthelot . [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/237195517.jpg) ** ** ** S ** ** ee also: ** Ottawa Travel Guide

Here are two graphs taken from a Google Realtime search for “Ottawa” . The first one shows Twitter activity for the keyword “Ottawa” during the month of February so far. The tall peak happened on February 10. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/twitter-fisher1.gif) ...

Ben Wood captured this photo of a shopping cart on top of a snow pile. Kind of a winter version of a needle in a haystack. _ (If you have a great photo of life in Ottawa, please send it to us at feedback@ottawastart. ...

Thanks to Luc Rioux who sent us this photo of ice fishing on the Ottawa River. I think it’s cool (sorry) that we have a collection of ramshackle ice fishing huts across from Rockliffe, home of some of the priciest real estate in the city and to our head of state. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/SUYH2010.gif) Karla Briones, a good friend of OttawaStart and owner of Global Pet Foods stores in Kanata and Hintonburg , asked us to help spread the word about a fundraiser happening this week at her store. They’re raising money for Hopeful Hearts , a non-profit dog rescue organization based in Ottawa. ...

Two headlines from The O-Dot that made me laugh this week: * [ SuperEx Cancelled For 2011, April Wine, Helix Left Scrambling For A Gig ](http://twitter.com/theodotblog/status/35143159717564417) * [ Mullets/Carnies Gather At Lansdowne To Remember SuperEx Tonight ](http://twitter.com/theodotblog/statuses/35419129288593408) ** Related: ** Ottawa SuperEx Guide