[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/IMG-20110610-00210.jpg) ** ** Here’s a picture of my daughter Sophie and her kindergarten teacher Denise Payette. Madame Payette teaches senior kindergarten to french immersion students at Stittsville Public School. Coincidentally, she was also my kindergarten teacher in 1983-84 at Merivale Public School in Nepean. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/jcjf.jpg) The lady in the Canadian flag dress should see #4 below. Photo by [ Arne Berg ](http://yfrog.com/kjjcjfj) . Just in case you meet Will and/or Kate this weekend while they’re in Ottawa , here are some quick etiquette tips, adapted from the Canadian Heritage web site. ...

Royal watchers are already staking out their positions in downtown Ottawa, getting set to greet Will & Kate when they arrive later this afternoon. CBC reported that people were at the memorial as early as 5:00am . The RCMP is asking people not to bring tents to Parliament Hill if they’re going to camp out overnight. ...

It’s been a while since we’ve posted a rant of the day (is Ottawa getting happier)? But here’s a must-read rant from Andrea at a peek inside the fishbowl, about bikes and bells . If one cyclist passes another cyclist or any other person engaged in any activity on the bike path (i. ...

** Update: ** Here’s the official press release announcing the switch [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/boom.png) [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ezrock.png) The Ottawa Citizen has a report that Ottawa radio station EZ-Rock will be getting a new name and a new format: "In an announcement to be made Thursday, the station will be renamed BOOM and play music from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. ...

I’m hoping this blog post will have cross-appeal to the relatively small segment of our readership who are philatelists, and to the apparantly quite large segment of our readership who are fans of William and Kate . Here’s the new Canada Post Royal Wedding Day stamp : ...

Here are some photos of the Canada Day stage on Parliament Hill , courtesy of Steve . If you’re near Parliament Hill today and tomorrow, you’ll probably hear sound sound checks and rehearsals for Friday’s shows . ...

A fun video from the folks Ottawa Tourism . Will and Kate visit landmarks around Ottawa. They try Beavertails, sing the Canadian anthem, stand under the Chinatown arch, and get freaked out by the big spider in front of the National Gallery. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/JPL_0368.jpg) ** ** Photo by Jean Labelle , who writes: “Yea!!!! We get to keep our cow! The City of Ottawa put up a prolonged battle to have the owners of Cheddar Et Cetera in Orleans, take down their rooftop cow citing it as a driver distraction. ...

Nine nights of comedy have been added to this year’s Bluesfest line-up at The Barney Danson Theatre, inside the War Museum at the Bluesfest site. ( Here’s the full music line-up this year. ) * ** [ July 5, 6, 7: ](http://www. ...