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The Ottawa Jazz festival starts tomorrow at Confederation Park and continues until July 01, 2007. Tickets are available on-site on the night of the performances which are put on nightly, rain or shine. Tickets are also available at numerous locations around the city. Please click here for a complete list. Children are welcome, with children under 10 admitted ...

So how do you like your salsa? Spicy hot, hot, hot, or perhaps instead something smooth and subtle. Whatever your preference, we have a suggestion for a night of salsa and more salsa. Start at Ahora (now) Restaurant in the Byward Market. This restaurant has a sauce for almost any taste - just step up to their salsa bar and make your selection.

Tucked away in an informal and intimate location, ...

Take four friends, pop them in a car, and then drive to Le Nordik Spa in Chelsea (no more than 10 minutes from downtown Ottawa). Move from steam room, to cool pool, to hot tub, to cold water fall, to Finnish sauna, to relation areas as the spirit moves you. Repeat as needed.

I had heard only great things about Le Nordik Spa and so was glad to give it a ...

Nestled by the Rideau River under century old Spruce trees is Canada's first carbon neutral company, the Monterey Inn Resort. The hotel neutralizes the amount of carbon dioxide emissions it offsets into the environment by the amount of trees it plants. To date, there have been over 5000 trees planted in the Ottawa area.

The five acre, 88 ...

Located near the corner of Elgin Street and Gladstone Avenue is the Elgin Street Diner. If you are looking for some home style cooking in a classic diner atmosphere, then consider stopping by.

Open 24 hours, Elgin Street Diner has a widely varied menu to suit almost any taste, including scrumptious desserts and an all day breakfast menu. The entrees are generous in portion and the milkshakes are ...

Italian week is now on in Ottawa until June 17th 2007. The celebration of all things Italian takes place on Preston Street, also called Corso Italia, and is the heart of Ottawa’s Little Italy. Most of the businesses in this area of the city are family owned and operated, with the owner normally found within the ...

Earlier this month, blogger Loralea gave some great advice on radio stations in the Ottawa area. I would like to add to her list. Each of Ottawa's two universities has its own radio station, CKCU fm and CHUO fm. These stations are predominantly student/volunteer run and offer a wide variety of programming. And a great deal of this programming offers Canadian content from local and independent artists.

CKCU 93.1 fm is the radio station for ...

A short, stone throw east of the fine sights of Little Italy will bring you to Calabria Restaurant. Located on Bell Street North, near the corner of Gladstone Avenue, Calabria offers a casual dining atmosphere partnered with mouth watering Italian cuisine and impeccable service.

Walking into Calabria finds you in a cozy, Italian style setting with warmly decorated walls, archways, and soft, low lighting. Earthy tones serve to add ...

Do you love Canada's East Coast? Can't get enough seafood or Celtic music? If you are yearning to get back to your roots- or maybe you'd like to get a taste of what Nova Scotia is like- you'll want to be in the Capital June 13-15 2007. During that weekend, D'Arcy McGee's will be ...

So we were running errands along Walkley Road and decided we were both hungry. Something fast at a mall or drive-thru just was not what either of us were interested in, but we were really unfamiliar with the restaurants in the area. Then we spotted Aiyara (Thai cuisine) tucked in the middle of a mini-strip-mall. We decided to give it a try.

Stepping past the practical yet dull mall exterior, we found ...