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Blogging Ottawa: It Just Keeps Getting Better!

Monday, April 27, 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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Brand Ottawa – Imagining the Future

Monday, April 20, 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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YMCA Ottawa – Capital Campaign

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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This girlaboutOtown has found herself a cause, and is definitely ready to get involved!  Recently, the National Capital YMCA launched a Capital Campaign to revitalize the Metro Central YMCA on Argyle St., to expand the Orleans branch, and to redevelop the Y Camps.  The “Strengthening the Heart of the Community” initiative aims to raise $35 [...]

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Cherry Pie – Serious Fun for Women Who Mean Business

Friday, March 27, 2009

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Next Tuesday, March 31 another Cherry Pie comes out of the oven right here in Ottawa.  If you have ever harboured cubicle escape fantasies, wondered if you might be destined for something different, or hoped your secret hidden talent might actually support be able to you, then you need to know about Cherry Pie. More than [...]

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cupcake camp comes to Ottawa

Thursday, February 26, 2009

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The other day, I was asked about where I hear about what is going on around town…. Sometimes, I read about events and happenings online or in the newspaper, and sometimes I deliberately go looking for something new and different to take me outside my comfort zone.  I have even ventured into the realm of social [...]

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Oscar Party @ The Mayfair

Friday, February 20, 2009

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As if there wasn’t enough fun to be had at the new and improved Mayfair Theatre, they are about to have a party!  This upcoming Sunday evening, the Mayfair guys will be rolling out the red carpet for a live telecast of the 81st Annual Academy Awards on the big screen.  And, in true movie-biz form, [...]

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