Ottawa’s hidden treasures

Ottawa’s Hidden Treasures: The Peace Tower

2 October 2014 Ottawa's hidden treasures

You know how some treasures are hidden in plain sight? Ya, like this one: The Peace Tower. How many photos do I have of the Peace Tower? I started counting on Flickr and stopped when I got to 40. I gaze upon it every single day, several times a day, each day that I am […]

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Weekend family fun: Culture Days at City of Ottawa Museums

25 September 2014 Ottawa Family Fun

Did you see the forecast for this weekend? It’s like the summer we forgot to have! There’s no excuse to stay inside, so here’s an idea – get out and enjoy Culture Days with free admission at one of Ottawa’s museums. At the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, they’re exploring “vintage social media” (ha!): “Experience the […]

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Ottawa Family Fun: Ten things we loved about the Cumberland Village Heritage Museum

4 August 2014 Ottawa Family Fun

I‘ve been meaning to get back to the Cumberland Village Heritage Museum for years now. We went way back in the day, maybe four or five years ago, and I remember really liking it, but we just never got around to making the return trek. We actually started heading out there with a picnic last […]

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Free Ottawa Family Fun: A visit to Rideau Hall

30 July 2014 Ottawa Family Fun

I have been living in Ottawa for more than 25 years and recommending Rideau Hall as a destination and activity for free Ottawa family fun for nearly a decade, so I figured it was high time we actually headed over and checked it out. It was, to be honest, not at all what I expected. […]

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Canada Day in Ottawa: Tips and Suggestions?

26 June 2014 Ottawa Family Fun

With dozens, probably hundreds, of posts over the last ten years about family-friendly things to in Ottawa, can you believe I’ve never blogged about Canada Day in Ottawa? When we were young and childless, we used to go downtown and do the Hill all the time, and I think I remember battling the crowds once […]

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Ottawa Family Fun: Peddle Boats on Dow’s Lake

25 July 2013 Ottawa Family Fun

For years I’ve been meaning to check out the boat rentals at Dow’s Lake. I rented a canoe once a million years ago, maybe before Beloved and I even met, but ever since we’ve had kids I’ve been thinking about going back and renting a peddle boat or two and splashing around the Canal. I […]

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Quick idea for family fun this week: Strawberry picking at Rideau Pines Farm

6 July 2013 Ottawa Family Fun

If you’re looking for something fun to do with the kids around Ottawa sometime in the next few days, I highly recommend a wee adventure at Rideau Pines Farm for berry picking. Although we’ve gone on excursions to pick apples, pumpkins and even Christmas trees, we have never yet managed to go strawberry picking, although […]

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Dani’s excellent birthday adventure in Wakefield

2 August 2012 Away we go

Yesterday was my (gasp!) 43rd birthday. I was going to write a post about wondering about how I got to be so old, but I don’t really feel that way. The number still freaks me out a bit — it’s a really far stretch from my 30s, where I seem to live in my heart […]

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A joyful Mother’s Day – a few weeks ago

1 June 2012 Ottawa's hidden treasures

Oops! I started writing this post two three weeks ago, but just got around to finishing it today. My life? Is filled to bursting right about now. Lucky for me, I like it that way! My friends at Fisher-Price wanted me to share my thoughts on joy with you, because one of their favourite themes […]

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A Capital Walk

18 May 2012 Ottawa's hidden treasures

This post is a part of my ongoing series about “Ottawa’s Hidden Treasures.” I love this one because you have no doubt walked or at least seen a part of this route dozens of times before – but have you ever taken the time to walk the entire loop from the Alexandra Bridge to the […]

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