After work, went out to the Carlingwood area of Ottawa, and went to buy some shoes. Bought two pairs of high quality men's shoes at Armstrong and Richardson for a total of just over $300 Canadian. They are both good sets of shoes, very comfortable, and that's going to be important when I go to GenCon this year ( Read more... )

Today is the beginning.

Yes, the Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest starts today. Hooray! :)

The blues is one of my favourite genres of music, and I love different styles of Blues music. One of the great things about the Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest is the sheer variety of music presented at this 2-week festival of music, and sheer number of folks that come to ( Read more... )

The Ottawa Bluesfest for 2008 announced the performers for this year's Fest, which occurs from July 3rd (my Birthday!! :)) through the 13th. The line-up is incredible, with folks like Dr. John and Fergie, as well as some of the greats of the field, and other performers include ( Read more... )

You will, of course, have noticed that I have not written a journal entry in a little over a week. This is primarily because the week has been quite hellish, and I'm not talking about the weather - which was awful hot the beginning of the week, and just right towards the end of the week. I may have been born in summer and all that, but I really ( Read more... )

It's that time of year to plan out some of the stuff that I want to do this summer, and I gotta say the various concerts that are coming to Ottawa this year are stellar. However, what I want to talk about is Bluesfest.

The Ottawa Bluesfest is running from July 5th to the 15th, 2007 this year, and has moved out to the open air venues of old in ( Read more... )

Well, the Ottawa Bluesfest for 2006 is now history, so I thought I would repost this article from today's Ottawa Citizen newspaper.

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Sizzling Good Time
Record-setting crowds enjoy "hot" summer nightsby Lynn Saxberg ( Read more... )

Morning, folks. :)

Got in to work this morning, and realised I'd meant to post to journal entry last night, but came in very late from the Ottawa Bluesfest. Last night's performances spotlighted some of the truly superb music, as I watched a magnificent show by John Lee Hooker Jr., followed by Jully Black, and then the legendary Etta James. Mind ( Read more... )

...well, not literally, but...

Went to the Cisco Systems Ottawa Bluesfest last night to catch some of the artists with a couple of friends, and had a terrific time ( Read more... )