For our one year anniversary, my wife and I decided that we wanted to recreate part of our honeymoon. We achieved this by going to the Metropolitain Brasserie Restaurant, a Parisian Brasserie themed restaurant based in the heart of Ottawa. The decor was very reminiscent of a few brasseries that we ate in during our […]
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A Little Bit of Paris in Ottawa
Posted: 1st June 2009 by Luc "Sandman" G. in Ottawa, RestaurantTags: Coq au vin, Food review, Metropolitaine, Metropolitaine Brasserie, Metropolitaine Brasserie restaurant, Metropolitaine Ottawa, Metropolitaine restaurant, Metropolitaine review, Paris
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Rapid Fire #1
Posted: 6th February 2009 by Luc "Sandman" G. in Entertainment, Games, Hockey, Life, Movies, Ottawa, Politics, TelevisionTags: Andre Cornellier, Cory Clouston, Craig Hartsburgh, Lost review, Lost Season 7, OC TGranspo strike, Ottawa, Passchendaele, Passchendaele review, Paul Gross, quit smoking diary, World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Wrath of the Lich King Review
rapid-fire (rap′id fÄ«r′) adjective done, delivered, proceeding, or carried on swiftly and sharply Finally, a world war movie that shows the Canadian point of view. A powerful film about the sacrifice made by Canadian soldiers during World War I. Written by and starring Paul Gross (of Due South fame), who based the story on war […]
Slumping Senators
Posted: 8th January 2009 by Luc "Sandman" G. in Hockey, OttawaTags: 2008-2009 season, Bryan Murray, Craig Hartsurgh, John Mucklar, losing Senators, Ottawa Senators, Senators, Senators losses, Sens, slumping Senators
What is wrong with the Ottawa Senators? That’s a question that’s asked thousands of times every day since the start of this season. A team with this much talent should not currently be 27th in the league. So what exactly is happening to our beloved Sens? Pinpointing one problem is impossible. There’s multiple issues affecting […]
OC Transpo Union Can Kiss My Grits
Posted: 11th December 2008 by Luc "Sandman" G. in OttawaTags: Amalgamated transit union, Andre Cornellier, bus strike, Local 279, OC Transpo, OC Transpo strike, Ottawa bus strike, Transit union
On December 10th, Local 279, the OC Transpo Alamagamated Union which includes drivers and mechanics, walked off the job and began a city-wide strike. Add the biggest snowfall of the early winter season on the same day and you get a thick soup of traffic and headaches the likes Ottawa has not seen in a […]
Snowfall: A Snow Diary
Posted: 10th December 2008 by Luc "Sandman" G. in Internet, OttawaTags: Ottawa snow, ottawa snow accumulation, Ottawa snowfall, snow, Snow accumulation, snow diary, Snowfall, snowfall diary, weather blog, weather diary
Its that time of year again. The temperature is dipping below zero througout the day and night. The sun sets before most folks get home from work. A white blanket covers the green grass and grey asphalt. Yup, its winter time! To honour this wonderfully despised time of year, I’ve created a blog entitled Snowfall: […]
