Bicentennial Party

I continued my wanderings around the Byward Market during Nuit Blanche. This band caught my attention.

I took this panoramic shot from this corner.

And then I continued on my way.

There was more music to be found.

A look east. Note the Beavertails outlet. This is the Beavertails outlet, home of a fried pastry in the shape of a beaver's tail, and topped in various ways. A Canadian tradition.

The crowds were out and about, and I took several shots looking south in short order. The odd time in a crowd I feel a bit claustrophobic, but not on this occasion. I really needed this night. I've been having a rough go of it in the past few months with my depression, triggered by a situation at work, and being out here helped. 

I looked back at the main market building. I wondered what the little dog thought of all this.

I took two shots of this pub. I've never been by for a meal, but should sometime.

My path took me a short walk away. This is Arts Court, a former 19th century courthouse that is now home to multiple arts organizations. It was busy participating in the day's events, including one of the embassies putting on a sauna out front- an odd thing, I thought. The building is lovely when lit up at night.

City Daily Photo Theme Day: Breakfast

The first day of the month is always a theme day for members of City Daily Photo, and for November, that theme is Breakfast. Check out how others are interpreting the theme right here. 

One summer morning, I happened upon a rabbit having breakfast in the Glebe, and took some shots.

Now for human breakfasts. Sunset Grill has a location at Lansdowne, and periodically I will pick up some takeaway breakfast there on the way to work.

Scrambled eggs, home fries, sausage, bacon, and toast. All the things to start the day off right. I don't actually cook at home (heating things up in the microwave doesn't count), and doubt I'll ever own a toaster, but I've never had toast from this place that was overdone.

Further up in the Glebe is Eddy's, which does an all-day breakfast. I've stopped in here the odd time. When I passed by one morning, I made a point of photographing their full breakfast menu.

On an early October day, I stopped in an office building downtown en route to elsewhere. They have one of those large eateries that have buffet style food that you can take with you. I hadn't been in before, though I've passed by on many occasions. I went in on a whim, and got some takeaway- French toast, scrambled eggs, sausage, and a hash brown. Scrambled eggs is how I like them done, and the French toast reminded me of how my mother used to make it.

Around the middle of October I stopped in for breakfast at the Elgin Street Diner, a downtown institution that never closes.

I ordered a western omelette, which came with toast and home fries. A very filling breakfast, washed down with some milk.

City Daily Photo Theme Day: Slow

 The first day of each month is a theme day for members of City Daily Photo. For December, that theme is Slow. Check out how others are interpreting the theme right here.

I took my shots in the second half of August. I was passing by Lansdowne Park, where a CFL game had just started between the B.C. Lions and the Ottawa RedBlacks. The home team won this particular game. With general rush hour traffic and the influx of traffic into the site, it's a guarantee that traffic will be slow. It would have even been slower a half hour or so earlier, but most people were inside the stadium by this point. I've seen conditions where before gates are opened that you can walk faster than vehicles can move.

Nonetheless, it's slow conditions for vehicles on Bank Street.

And up the street at the time was this construction project creating a trench at this intersection, reducing what's a major street to two lanes.

Directly ahead at left is Fourth Avenue Baptist Church, which I've featured from time to time.

This old car looks well cared for.

City buses, which can almost be guaranteed to be slow, late, out of service, or packed solid. I'm not a fan of OC Transpo, and personally think that every member of city council and the entire management of the organization deserves a swift kick in the butt.

St. Giles Presbyterian Church is seen here, in the north half of the neighbourhood. From here I headed west, with the traffic getting lighter on Bank.

Lastly, this was taken yesterday at Lansdowne. This cycle vehicle is used for pub crawling around the Glebe, mostly in warmer weather, and cycled by people who have been drinking. It slows traffic considerably. I remember this one night filled with a bridal party all singing Shania Twain's Man, I Feel Like A Woman. Badly, and drunkenly.

City Daily Photo Theme Day: Outdoor Cafes

The first day of each month is a theme day for members of City Daily Photo. For June, that theme is Outdoor Cafes. See how others are interpreting this theme right here.

I begin with shots taken early in May late one afternoon along Elgin Street, where people were dining on the patio outside Deacon Brodies Pub.

Down the street, more patio dining, this at The Lieutenant's Pump, another pub.

And a bit further down, two restaurants and their outside patio area- the Elgin Beer Project and Saint Louis Bar and Grill.

The Heart and Crown has a location in Little Italy.

I passed through the Byward Market one hot day in the latter part of May. Here we have the Auld Dubliner, a two story pub.

Nearby are a series of courtyards among which are restaurants and cafes, with outdoor seating.

The Chateau Lafayette is the oldest pub in the city.

The Moulin de Provence occupies the north end of the main market building, and is a bakery and cafe with outdoor seating- and with the glass retracted out of sight, indoor seating is also outdoors.

This is The Grand, another of the Market's many restaurants.

City Daily Photo Theme Day: Street Corners

The first day of the month is a theme day for members of City Daily Photo, and for February, that theme is Street Corners. Check out how other members are handling this theme right here.

I start with this shot taken from one street corner- Bank Street and Marche Way, looking towards the north stands portion of the stadium at Lansdowne Park. The Aberdeen Pavilion is off in the background to the left. 

Another street corner, this in Little Italy. Preston Street is the main thoroughfare of the neighbourhood. Just south of the 417 overpass is Young Street, seen from across the way. The bridge is due to be completely replaced this year- and the way they do it here is to build the bridge close by, and move it into place in the space of three or four days.

Dundonald Park occupies a city block downtown. This is from the corner of Somerset Street West and Bay Street.

An office building downtown; the location is Laurier Avenue and O'Connor Street.

At Laurier Avenue and Metcalfe Street is the main branch of the Ottawa Public Library.

Somerset Street West and Bronson Avenue intersect here in the Chinatown neighbourhood. The Chinatown Arch is over there a block west at the corner of Somerset and Cambridge Street.

More office buildings, and downtown. This is at the corner of Slater Street and O'Connor.

While this is at Slater and Metcalfe.

This is taken at the corner of Bank and Laurier.

A turn to the left looks across the street to the far corner on the north side of Laurier.

Taken at Wellington Street and Metcalfe- Centre Block on Parliament Hill is across the street. This was taken a few days ago- the Slovak president has been in town, and on such occasions, Wellington gets lined with the flags of Canada and the country in question.

And lastly, taken a few minutes later, at Wellington and Kent Street, this is St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.