On the weekend, the city’s new three-storey, 92,000 sq.-ft. central archives building opened its doors to the public. And like the historical-document-loving nerd that I am, I jumped in my car, raced out to Nepean, and made a beeline straight for its collection of old municipal bylaws, quite possibly trampling some poor child in my […]

Hey there, audiophiles, and welcome to another edition of Apartment613 Live. This week, we’re all about our two-wheeled friend, the bicycle. We chat with Hans Moor, president of local advocacy group Citizens for Safe Cycling, about the newly-minted segregated bike lane on Laurier Avenue. Ottawa Citizen deputy digital media editor Drew Gragg gives us the […]

Happy belated Dominion Day, audiophiles! We’re a bit late with the most recent edition of the Apartment613 Live podcast, but understandably so – when the nation’s birthday coincides with a visit from our newly-married royal overlords, everything deadline-related goes pear-shaped. (Will and Kate, that little Britishism was my wedding gift to the two of you.) […]

If milk cartons featured photos of missing musicians instead of children (wait, do they even do that anymore? I mainly drink almond milk these days), then there’d be a good chance you’d have seen Ohbijou staring at you over your morning bowl of Shreddies. The Toronto indie rockers have been incognito for the better part […]

There’s something totally apropos about getting the chance to interview The PepTides at Fringe. The local indie popsters – who, later this evening, will help kick off the first night of the Ottawa Jazz Festival – clearly embrace the theatrical side of life, both on the stage and in person. It takes a certain amount […]

Buenos dias, audiophiles, and welcome to another edition of the Apartment613 Live podcast. This week, we’re talking all things Fringe. We freed regular co-host Ryan Saxby Hill from his studio shackles and let him run loose through the Ottawa Fringe Festival beer tent, armed only with his wits and a microphone – check out his […]

The interweb is a series of magical strings invented by Al Gore in the 1990s. Through our ‘Dear Interweb’ column, Apt613 will use its awesome powers to poll its readers on questions of import. If you have a query to make to the interwebs, screw Google – ask Apt613 readers by emailing apartment613 [at] gmail […]

If you take photos, design logos or posters, draw webcomics – essentially, put your creativity out there online for the world to see – you’ll probably wince when you read about what happened recently to graphic designer Steve St. Pierre. Last week, I chatted with St. Pierre for a story I was writing for online […]

Hey there, capital city audiophiles. It’s another edition of Apartment613 Live, coming to you – as always – in juicy podcast form courtesy the good citizens at CHUO 89.1 FM. This week, we bring you the sounds of the recent Gatineau Festibiere, as beer aficionado Sylvain Cloutier takes us on a journey through the history […]

Hey Ottawans, looking to get into some trouble this weekend? Good thing you’ve ended up at the Weekend Roundup, then,  where we’re unloading a bunch of mint condition troublemaking possibilities at bargain-basement prices. No good offer will be refused! (Sorry, I’m still in Great Glebe Garage Sale mode, apparently.) It takes a certain bravado to […]

Happy heatwave Tuesday, Ottawa. Hopefully these 30C+ temperatures haven’t melted your iPod headphones into your eardrums, because then how would you be able to listen to our most recent Apartment613 Live podcast? (Also, if that’s the case, you may want to see a doctor. Just throwing that out there.) Once again this week, it’s a […]

Hey all, since Karen’s away for a bit, I’m stepping in this week and next to share my time-tested recipes for a delicious, mouthwatering weekend in the capital. They’re healthy, filling, and perfect for people with allergies (unless, that is, you’re allergic to fun). Nothing says spring like clearing out the unwanted crap cluttering up […]

Post by Sabrina Bowman, who – disclaimer alert! -is also the co-chair of the GGGGS, along with being an Apt613 contributor. Do garage sales remind you of velour pants and ugly dishware? If so, you’ve never experienced the Great Glebe GREEN Garage Sale, happening this Saturday from 8am-4pm at 99 Glebe Avenue. The sale is […]

So, is everyone having  a good long weekend? Maybe you caught the Ottawa Rock Lottery, or hyper-talented Chelsea rapper Socalled’s one-man pajama party down at Barrymore’s? Or perhaps you took those shiny new Bixi bikes for a whirl (and if you’re one half of that couple I saw biking way out on Island Park on […]

I admit, I’ve been a bit remiss in not writing about Alpha Soul Cafe sooner. Yes, the trendy cafe-slash-wine bar opened two weeks ago, but that’s not the source of my shame. No, it goes back months, ever since the owners erected that mysterious, impossible-to-miss wooden purple facade on Wellington Street West between Fairmont and […]