#beauty #health #simpsonRose Simpson: Want a cut rate nose job? Have I got a therapist for you!_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . You can read her previous columns here . _ _ _ CBC reported this week that an Ottawa therapist turned aesthetician has been doing face lifts and nose jobs in her home. ...
#hydro #simpsonRose Simpson: Ottawa Hydro: Power to the people_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ _ Photo: Lines of Power, by Alain Villeneuve _ There’s no place like home. Right Ontario? You can sample fine wines, jump into hot tubs, go parasailing on Lake Ontario, eat in cool restaurants, shop in neat stores. ...
#ncc #politics #simpsonRose Simpson: Who needs the National Crapital Commission, anyway?_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ One of the great things about municipal governments is that, generally, they get things done smoothly and in consultation with the residents who elect them. ...
#schools #simpsonRose Simpson: When the teacher calls your child "stupid"_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ When my brother Gary was a young lad attending public school, the teacher called in my mother for a conference. ...
#cold #simpson #winter #winterludeRose Simpson: Always count on Winterlude to get us out of the deep freeze[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20130210_141545.jpg) Rideau Canal Skateway at Mackenzie King Bridge. Photo by [ Glen Gower ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottawastart) . _ Rose Simpson's column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at [ Rose's Cantina ](http://rosalita55. ...
#simpson #winterRose Simpson: Surviving the winter: Think like a kid_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ As any kid will tell you, adults are stupid. Adults worry about things that don’t matter, we care about things that are not relevant and we put out too much effort in such endeavors as cleaning the house when it’ll just get dirty and making the bed when the bed will just be unmade again in a few hours. ...
#health #simpsonRose Simpson: Go get the flu shot and wash your damned hands!_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ I have just returned from the Rexall Drugstore where I waited ten minutes to get the flu shot. I didn’t feel it, not even a prick. ...
#charity #simpsonRose Simpson: Rewind and be kind (a different kind of New Year's resolution)_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ _ _ Our old Subaru died three weeks ago. It was 13. May it rest in peace. Alternatively, may some talented mechanic get it up and running after buying it at auction. ...
#christmas #simpsonRose Simpson: Home for the holidays_ 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/2013/12/525664_10151503589430341_1401588621_n.jpg) This photograph was taken by my cousin Pat on a Polaroid camera when I was 23. ...
#simpsonRose Simpson: Canada Post! Off with your head!_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ [  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/xiaozhuli/11090394584) "First snow of 2013" photo by [ Zhu ](http://www. ...