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the upside of freezing rain

By On January 30, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Random Musings

As part of the continuing series on ‘how to embrace the Ottawa winter’ here at martinis for breakfast, I bring you the final frontier of the Ottawa winter weather scene.  And that is freezing rain.  While a big snow storm will summon a chorus of joy from ski enthusiasts, devoted snow shoe-ers (I just don’t know what you call these people) [...]

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bow down to the winter biker – guest post from Sarah

By On January 27, 2012 · 4 Comments · In Guest Stars

Dudes.  You are totally going to love this post.

In my small campaign to get people to love Ottawa winters (or to at least decrease the amount of complaining about Ottawa winters), I have been devoting a few of my blog posts to different perspectives on winter.  A couple weeks ago, I asked my good friend Sarah if she’d write [...]

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fit for a ‘man’ cold (guest post from Dana)

By On January 12, 2012 · 6 Comments · In Guest Stars, The Mix

As we talked about last time, I am planning to devote some January blog posts to surviving the godawful average Ottawa winter.  And I am super happy to say that today’s post is brought to you by Dana, who you all know and love.  Besides being a ‘regular’ here at martinis for breakfast, you will [...]

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