Archive | April, 2009

Blogging Ottawa: It Just Keeps Getting Better!

27. April 2009

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Lately, it seems that Ottawa’s burgeoning blogsphere just keeps on getting better and better.  Since I began a year ago, this girlaboutOtown has seen many new great new blogs join the scene.  Slowly, I have been adding to feeds to my reader, and now I am following all sorts of unfiltered local news and views [...]

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Beautiful Destruction: Art in Favour of change

22. April 2009

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Some of  you may recall awhile back this girlaboutOtown whipped up a few Courage City profiles.  These were short little pieces written to provide just a sliver of insight into the hearts and minds of courageous and creative entrepreneurs right here in Ottawa.  It was my intention to better understand their motivations, share their stories, [...]

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Brand Ottawa – Imagining the Future

20. April 2009

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Branding is not an easy concept to grasp.  While we readily acknowledge that strong brands influence us, and sometimes we might think we know why, we still have a very hard time articulating how this actually happens. Thankfully, many very smart brand experts out there can.  After consulting the oracle (Google), and reading up here and [...]

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Hang Ten…

14. April 2009

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So lovin’ Southern California!  Here are a few of my vacation snaps. This girlaboutOtown will be back again soon…

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April Showers

6. April 2009

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Today is a bit glum in the weather department, but never the less, I am not deterred by this snowy rain.  Nope, not a chance!   I don’t know about you, but regardless of gray skies, I still get inspired by the promise of longer days, milder temperatures and the emergence of spring flowers.  Already, I [...]

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