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List Day: Oscar Edition

7. March 2010

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Tonight, the live telecast of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be viewed by tens of millions around the world.  Many will be watching at home, and others will make it an evening to remember by throwing or attending parties just for the pure fun of it.  Here in Ottawa, The Mayfair Theatre will be [...]

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Design Thinking Before Home Buying: Learn Over Lunch

24. February 2010

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A couple of posts back, I reflected on the 5 P’s I try to remember regularly with respect to entrepreneurship.  The following is related directly to #5. If you haven’t already heard, I hope you can come! Thinking of making a move? Feeling overwhelmed? Why not have some fun with your house hunt instead? The fella and I  [...]

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List Day: 5 Things I Try to Remember Regularly

9. February 2010

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This girlaboutOtown is beginning to adjust to life as a full-time entrepreneur, and is pleased to report that things so far are going well.  I’m always busy, and it is sometimes a bit overwhelming, but the freedom I feel is really quite motivating.   When the going gets tough though, I make it a point to [...]

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Earworms & Countdowns

8. January 2010

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While listening to  CBC Radio one day, I heard the expression earworm, which was used to describe that all too familiar feeling of having a song stuck in your head.  The earworm, it was explained, burrows into your brain and stays there unwilling to inch it’s way out until it has eaten up all of [...]

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Looking Back Before Going Forward

4. January 2010

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Greetings good girlaboutOtown readers!  It has been 10 days since my last post, and a glorious break it was…plenty of fun, tons of family time, and – well yes -  too much food.  The New Year has officially begun though, and today marks my official start back to all things blogging.  But before I get rolling, [...]

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56 Questions

18. December 2009

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A dear friend of mine recently moved to Madrid and has been adjusting to life “on the continent.”  Last week, she sent a list of girlfriends this series of questions.  I thought I would answer them here for fun…    1. What time did you get up this morning?  7:10 am, and that was too late to [...]

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