1. It rained [ a lot ](http://twitter.com/Biff_da_Bear/status/25977078463) in September. 2. Andrea has some great suggestions for [ where to see the fall colours ](http://www.quietfish.com/notebook/?p=9259) . 3. Kaitlin took a beautiful shot of fall colours on the [ Voyageur Pathway ](http://heartfulmouthful. ...

_ _ _ Lansdowne Park - _ In a surprise buy-out from the City of Ottawa, the Sisters of Visitation cloistered nuns have purchased the entire Lansdowne Park area and plan to demolish everything and build a $500 billion dollar convent to replace the one they sold in Westboro last year. ...

For all of the hate directed towards OC Transpo, sometimes it’s hard to remember that Ottawa has a lot of good bus drivers who enjoy what they do and are genuinely concerned about the comfort and well-being of their passengers. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/u-of-zero.jpg) To me, that looks like “U of Zero” rather than “U of O”. What do you think? Could be an honest typo, of course – the 0 and O are close together on the keyboard. (From an article on the front page of today’s Ottawa Citizen. ...

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. ...

1. Where did the summer go? Hockey is back tonight at Scotiabank Place. Here's a [ video of the ice going in ](http://ottawastart.com/video-ice-installation-at-scotiabank-place/) . 2. Christopher [ reinvented ](http://nachosatmidnight.com/2010/09/23/my-new-transitway/) the Transitway 3. [ Flashmob in the Byward Market ](http://youtu.be/Icki232VEnk) 4. ...

Ottawa - Once known for their extravagant "Dream Of A Lifetime" lottery prize of a Minto Dream Home, the CHEO Lottery has recently announced it will downgrade its grand prize from a million dollar Minto home to a more reasonably priced trailer home in the Carleton Place area. ...

From Sens TV, here’s a time lapse video shot last week of the ice being installed at Scotiabank Place. The Sens play their first home pre-season game this Saturday vs. Montreal. ** Related: ** Ottawa Hockey Guide

I haven’t published a rant of the day post in a while but this one from Mike Kate at The Incidental Cyclist is definitely worth reading. Somebody stole the headlights from her bike the other night: Seriously, what the hell? ...

Here’s David Chernushenko, one of the Capital Ward candidates for city council, doing his version of the Old Spice guy: ** Related: ** Ottawa Municipal Election Guide