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I’m always fascinated by the mime artists at the Ottawa Busker Festival (see Silver Elvis from 2010). We visited yesterday and saw Toronto-based performer Kate Mior . Here she is at the end of Sparks Street, performing her Angelina character. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/SC-logo-pos-350.jpg) Great to meet many of the readers and contributors to this blog at Saturday’s Social Capital conference. One consistent thing about people I meet through Twitter: you’re all good people. I had to duck out after lunch to get to a family event out in Perth… wish I could have said hello to more of you. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/quart.jpg) Behold The Quart. Photo by [ Collin Guillas ](http://twitter.com/#!/urbandetail) . Got a note on the weekend from [ Colin Guillas ](http://twitter.com/#!/urbandetail) , to let me know about a new Twitter feed he's set up to track and share the price of quarts of beer at Ottawa taverns. ...

_ We’re on hiatus this week, so instead of new blog posts we’re re-publishing some fun content from the past couple years. Remember this from July 2009 ? _ I’ve been enjoying all of the conspiracy theories surrounding the police search today for an unidentified object (it may or may not have been flying) on the Ottawa River. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/319596811.jpg) If you’ve ever cursed at someone who can’t seem to park inside the yellow gridlines, here’s a twitter feed for you: @failpark_yow . _ “Who knows, if you’re an arrogant, selfish a-hole in public parking lots, you may just find yourself on this page! ...

Earlier this week, Natasha Gauthier posed this question on Twitter: [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/poll.png) I thought it was an interesting question and it provoked a variety of responses . Some people thought it was rude and a distraction to both performers and fellow audience members. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/chinatown.jpg) From @theodotblog : ** “Parking Meters In Chinatown Now Dispensing Fortunes http://t.co/0urvxR6 " ** . Runners up for Ottawa Tweet of the Day, also both from The O-Dot Blog on Twitter : * "Big Brother, Big Sister Day at City Hall backfires as Lansdowne accidentally gets approved for a waterslide theme park made of chocolate. ...

** UPDATE - SATURDAY, 8:30am: ** Sean returns to NYC, and gets his laptop back. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sean-update.png) [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/stolen-laptop.png) Late last night, Ottawa writer / tech guy Sean Power watched and tweeted as someone logged into his stolen Macbook in a tequila bar in New York City. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/280841634.jpg) ** UPDATE: ** Paul dyed his hair blue. Here’s a fun promotion from the Shepherds of Good Hope . They want to get to 2,000 followers on their @shepsgoodhope Twitter feed. As of today, they’re just under 200 away from that goal. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ottawa-garage-sales_reasonably_small.gif) Happy long weekend everyone, and happy garage sale season. We’ve set up a new Twitter feed to track garage sale listings in Ottawa. Check it out here at @ott_garage_sale (and you don’t need a Twitter account to see them. ...