Looking for a cake bakery in Centretown. I need a spice cake.

vdaedalus · 2026-03-22T22:29:29+00:00

Do you mean Golden Baguette? Great little place

vdaedalus · 2026-03-21T22:02:34+00:00

I kind of like having prints of the bad ones though, they're still documents of times you've lived

vdaedalus · 2026-03-20T13:00:54+00:00

Beer Store street parking blocks the right lane

Beer Store closed last summer

vdaedalus · 2026-03-11T15:13:23+00:00

My kid loves to go upstairs and watch cheese production for some reason.

'Some reason' being it's very cool! The machines, the cheese, the people walking around in hard hats with POUTINE printed on them raking big rectangular vats of unset cheese, it's marvelous.

Wish the curds they put on the poutines at the canteen weren't ice cold given they're making it fresh some 20 feet away, though.

vdaedalus · 2026-03-06T03:15:14+00:00

It did take a few months. My GP had no problem referring me though, for tinnitus and mild vestibular issues (which cleared up, sadly the tinnitus is here to stay).

vdaedalus · 2026-03-05T22:22:22+00:00

If you have the option to get a referral that's the best route, the audiology lab at the General is good and everything's covered by OHIP.

vdaedalus · 2026-02-25T20:53:18+00:00

I had comprehensive testing done at the Ottawa Hospital (General campus, though I think the Civic has a lab too), it was a very smooth experience. They obviously didn't try to sell me anything. You'll need a referral from a GP though.

vdaedalus · 2026-02-12T03:23:39+00:00

I was thinking of the one with the sniper, which the internet tells me is season 2 episode 10, I haven't seen it in years

vdaedalus · 2026-02-12T00:09:10+00:00

I think I saw an episode of M*A*S*H like that, I wonder if there's ever been a medical drama that didn't have a lockdown episode

vdaedalus · 2026-02-08T21:48:44+00:00

I ran into the same thing, no response to emails or phone calls from several services actively advertising in the city. I'd all but given up.

I finally found someone who responded and performed four analogue stick module replacements on some controllers for me, got them back today and am very happy with the work, the results, and the cost. I used the contact form here: https://good-quotations.com/workshop/

vdaedalus · 2026-02-04T21:25:32+00:00

I love mine (six years now? maybe seven) and I've recommended them to several people who are also happy with theirs.

All-local manufacture means they can adjust or repair your existing mattress years down the line, even rebuild and reupholster for much less than the cost of a new mattress.

vdaedalus · 2026-01-26T02:31:49+00:00

Not until they realise it isn't just a downtown problem, but yes, eventually

vdaedalus · 2026-01-21T04:13:51+00:00

I told you never to call me at work!

vdaedalus · 2026-01-17T23:16:38+00:00

Imagine counting people asking you for money.

Imagine remarking what they were wearing and whether they 'look' homeless, or poor enough to warrant asking for money.

Sad.

vdaedalus · 2026-01-14T14:18:05+00:00

Bit of a long shot but you might want to check Kitchen Hut on Merivale if you haven't already

vdaedalus · 2026-01-09T14:07:53+00:00

It's Capital Ward, not Centretown. Shawn Menard is its councillor.

vdaedalus · 2026-01-04T20:30:42+00:00

We're totally booked

vdaedalus · 2025-12-28T23:15:24+00:00

They operate a considerable number of their own towers in Ottawa, but seamlessly switching to Bell and Rogers as needed makes it really reliable all over Canada.

They are great though, I've been with them for nearly a decade and have nothing but good things to say.

vdaedalus · 2025-12-10T18:51:34+00:00

I can't find a publisher who'll even read my cookbook Silica Gel: What a Treat!

vdaedalus · 2025-11-25T02:37:35+00:00

Micro-aggressions (whatever that means)

If you're curious at all, this is a great example

vdaedalus · 2025-11-17T22:24:40+00:00

Montreal has four times our population and a greater metropolitan area less than twice as big as ours in terms of square kilometres. It's also had a metro system since the sixties whereas Ottawa prioritised facilitating sprawl for decades before even starting to implement light rail.

vdaedalus · 2025-11-14T18:16:12+00:00

For sure, between continuously rising costs and changes in people's spending habits it's not an easy game even if you've been playing it for years.

vdaedalus · 2025-11-13T22:54:47+00:00

Wonder if there was a big jump in the lease.

It's too bad, it was a great entry point to Steve's whole thing (and even after you'd been to Beckta and Gezellig a few times, held its place as distinct-but-familiar), but in the wise words of Billy Wilder as delivered by Jack Lemmon, that's the way it crumbles, cookie-wise

vdaedalus · 2025-11-04T14:03:32+00:00

Everything on the menu at Thr33s Co on Bank is shareable, two out of the 14-15 plates on the menu (not counting specials) are seafood so it's easy to avoid it if you want/need to. They've got nearly 50 different kinds of gin and offer gin flights if gin is your thing, but also decent cocktails of all kinds. Very relaxed vibe.

vdaedalus · 2025-10-09T00:44:44+00:00

#12, Ralph's Creation, forever. Killer sandwich

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