[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/13-1384702761408.jpg) Boyd House at 173 Huntmar Drive in Stittsville. The old stone house pictured above is at 173 Huntmar Drive. It’s not even 500 meters from my house, located between Palladium and Maple Grove and just a stone’s throw from Canadian Tire Centre. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Slide1-300x3001.png) ** ** Every Saturday we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. In this week’s episode, we meet up with aspiring F1 racer Zach Robichon to talk all things auto racing in Ottawa. ...

_ 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/2013/11/01-Dundonald-DOI-.jpg) Dundonald Park, 1920s (Source: Library and Archives Canada/Department of the Interior (PA-034336) [ ! ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/maksim_a/8546415087/) McKenzie Building. Photo by [ Maksim A. ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/maksim_a/8546415087/in/pool-ottawastart/) from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/pool/with/8546415087/) . _ Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/15609463@N03/10805428955/) " [ Country ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/15609463@N03/10805428955/in/pool-ottawastart) " by Jamie McCaffrey, from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/pool/with/10805428955/) . _ 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/2013/11/8277300.jpg) Lunch Out Loud hosts Andrew Miller and Nick Bachusky. [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/lolProfile.jpg) _ Starting today, we’re going to publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast on our blog every Saturday. ...

_ 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/2013/11/01-Dundonald-Sign-2013-.jpg) Somerset entrance to Dundonald Park (June 2013) Although Centretown cannot be characterized as a neighbourhood that is stuffed with green space, it is blessed with two well-used historic parks (among a number of others), roughly equidistant from either side of Bank Street. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/10000-twitter.jpg) ** ** Earlier today the @ottawastart Twitter account surpassed 10,000 followers. Thank you to all of our readers for connecting with us! To put that number in perspective: * 10,000 people would fill the Ottawa Civic Centre and half of Canadian Tire Centre. ...

 Photo by [ Mothership Photography ](http://danigirl.ca/blog/2013/11/04/ho-ho-ho-ray-for-holiday-parades-the-2013-edition/) Earlier this week Ottawa blogger Danigirl published her 8th annual list of Ottawa-area holiday parades and Christmas evens. ** Highlights: ** ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjrimages/10659701136/) Church Lights. Photo by [ Marcel Regimbald ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjrimages/) , from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/pool/with/10659701136/) . Here are our contributors' picks for the best events in Ottawa this week (and a couple from next week too). ...