We awoke to a clear, sunny, very cold day this morning, in spite of previous forecasts for heavy snow right through this coming week-end! Latest look-aheads call for light snow-falls off and on tomorrow. The original pre-diction for heavy snow on Sunday holds…Read More →
We’re LITERALLY in the middle of what is sup-posed to be the worst winter storm of the last decade. What we’re experiencing is truly ex-traordinary, even for the Great White North! We’ll update you when there’s something to report – when we’re able to…Read More →
The Net outage struck mid-morning this past Thursday. AND ran on and on and on until late this morning. But we pulled out all the stops and dug deep to get out our weekly rundown of recent Fast Food débuts, specials and deals…Read More →
I’m delighted to add a new (quasi-regular) post type to our repertoire. Introducing: Local Restaurant Reviews. There’s been a relatively recent influx of great new restos in south-west Ottawa. And I’m itching to introduce them and their cuisines to you!Read More →
It’s taken just a week – much of which I have spent with the blankets pulled up over my head – to turn the tables on the Demon COVID. I have now begun what I expect will be a long climb back up the the sunny hillside of health…Read More →
I woke up yesterday morning to a national blackout of my internet provider, Rogers Communications. This kind of thing sometimes happens, for no adequately explained reason, but the outage doesn’t last more than an hour or so. Yesterday, we were out from early morning to almost midnight…Read More →
BREAKING NEWS: An Internet service outage lasting more than 24 hours crippled Maggie J’s news gathering capabilities and prevented new articles from being posted from 5:00 a.m. (EST) November 12 until moments ago. We’re working like little beavers to get your Saturday Fast Food Week update to you…Read More →
Our Internet connection went ‘POOF!’ the night before last and was out all day yesterday. You’d never believe what a nuisance a prolonged outage is until you experience one yourself. The fact that yesterday’s Bog post never happened was just one impact of the disaster…Read More →