[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/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. This week: “We meet up with Greg Graham, CEO of Cardel Homes Ottawa to talk about all things residential development in Ottawa. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/widgetListPlaceholder.png) Here’s a press release from Corus Radio about changes coming to boom 99.7. It’s the sister station to Jump! 106.9, which changed formats earlier this year from The Bear. Long-time radio host Wendy Daniels, who spent years at The Bear, will co-host the morning show. ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/derekmellon/14867029481) _ Maman - National Gallery of Canada. Photo by Derek Mellon from the OttawaStart Flickr Group _ _ Here’s our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. _ ** ** ** ** ** Tuesday-Saturday, August 12-16: Youth Can Slam Festival ** ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/xiaozhuli/8931865898) “The Tourists” by Zhu, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group _ Rose Simpson’s column appears most Tuesday mornings on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ _ _ _ _ I’ve never thought much about Denmark. ...

The folks at Chefx recently sent OttawaStart one of their prepare-your-own food boxes for review. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/chefx-box.jpg) ** ** This is a neat concept. You subscribe to receive a weekly delivery of a box of locally-sourced food, containing everything you need to make a dinner recipe written by a local chef. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/10541043_692148450874137_6957057458936655520_n.jpg) Photo via Google Maps ** ** The Richmond Bakery has closed. Current owner Joe Kunert had been baking there for 35 years. He posted a note on the door yesterday that said: ““Sorry, closed! ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/20140809_141452.jpg) Puppets prepare to devour a birthday cake. Shop window at Bob's Bakery in Almonte. All photos by [ Glen Gower ](http://about.me/glengower) We drove to Almonte yesterday to check out the 10th anniversary of [ Puppets Up! ...

Here’s a video posted today by David Fliss : “An aerial view Canada’s entry in the 2014 Casino Lac-Leamy Sound of Light fireworks competition. The show was put on by Garden City Display Fireworks from Beamsville, Ontario.” The video was shot using a GoPro camera attached to a drone. ...

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/40692797@N06/14654118539) Sound of Light Fireworks, by Gordon Dewis from the OttawaStart Flickr Group _ Here’s our crowdsourced list of the best events in Ottawa this week. _ _ _ _ _ ** Thursday, August 7: Indie City Madness presents Hip-Hop/R&B VS Rock ** ...

_ “Balancing” _ is a larger-than-life wooden sculpture by John Hooper . It’s tucked in behind the old train station. It features four oversized figures in various poses on a wooden beam, and this bespecaled man (a bureaucrat, I think) looking at the other characters in disdain. ...