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_ 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/8320083280) December Snow Storm. Photo by [ Zhu ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/xiaozhuli/8320083280/) , from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www. ...

_ 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/rose-wedding.jpg) _ _ I’ve been married three times – not too proud of that – but I’ve never had one of those big weddings with poofy dresses, veils, a gaggle of attendants and the big hall. ...

_ 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/marissa.jpg) That girl rocking the red dress is my daughter, Marissa Gagnier, who works for the Soshal Group in Ottawa. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimwatson_ottawa/10595903153/) Jim Watson at a City Hall bake sale fundraiser. [ From the Mayor's official Flickr page. ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimwatson_ottawa/10595903153/) _ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. ...

[  ](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 . ...

_ 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/PB041305.jpg) When I was a little kid, my mom and uncles decided to make home made beer in the basement of our farmhouse. ...

_ 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/2013/10/trudeau-and-me.jpg) I heard recently that my old friend Jean-Marc Carisse and his wife Pat had opened a new photo studio, photo gallery and café on Elgin Street . ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . _ My son Stef called to say he’d had a successful trip to Vegas. He won a $2,000 slot jackpot on the first night which basically paid for all his entertainment for the rest of the week. ...

_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs almost daily over at Rose’s Cantina . _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rose-garage.jpg) This garage on Othello St. was firebombed last month, causing $25,000 in damage and severely damaging a 1977 Triumph inside. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/finn-and-me.jpg) _ _ _ Rose Simpson's column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs almost daily over at Rose’s Cantina . _ _ _ I was shocked to hear that there is something called The Black Dog Syndrome at rescue shelters. ...