Ottawa Citizen arts writer / jazz critic / restaurant critic / salaryman. Occasional pianist phum@postmedia.com
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This is happening Thursday from noon till 1 p.m. over at ottawacitizen.com. Why not pop by and try to stump yours truly?
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Want Ottawa restaurant recommendations? Hit me up today from noon till 1 pm at: ottawacitizen.com/life/ottaw…
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Come out tonight and please say hello!
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Did you miss out on tickets to Ottawa Citizen Best Restaurants? Good news, we've just released a limited number of tickets. Hurry they won't last long. eventbrite.ca/e/ottawa-citiz…
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I'm playing online concierge today, doling out Ottawa restaurant recommendations at noon via the link below. Why not pop by and pose a question?
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Ek Bar, which opened last month on Preston Street in Ottawa, served me the tastiest, prettiest and most interesting modern Indian food I can recall having. If there's another resto like it in Canada, please let me know. Further details:
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Ottawa musician cancels Kennedy Center concert to protest Donald Trump ottawacitizen.com/news/local…
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Ottawa has taken a piecemeal approach toward fixing the ByWard Market. But the whole city has to be involved, writes Sylvie Bigras. #ottcity #ottnews @OttawaCitizen ottawacitizen.com/opinion/bi…
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Thanks to @alannealottawa and @cbcallinaday for having me in yesterday to talk about my recent trip to my ancestral village in China, which led to my story in Saturday's @OttawaCitizen. Here's the link to the radio interview: cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-9…
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Last fall, I made a life-changing trip to my ancestral village in southern China - a journey that I’d long thought was impossible. Here’s the @OttawaCitizen long read that I wrote as a result: ottawacitizen.com/feature/fr…
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This Ottawa-area entrepreneur wants his big new venture @AiRDistillerie and its smoked maple whisky to break into the Ontario spirits market:
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After a 20-year-run under two owners, Oz Kafe in the ByWard Market has closed. Here's why the NCC terminated its lease:
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I edited Gay Cook's @ottawacitizen column, more than 15 years ago. She was a lovely person and such a champion for Ottawa's culinary community. Gay passed away last week, after 93 exceptional years. My obit: ottawacitizen.com/news/local… PS: watch the video of Gay making dinner rolls!
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Why not make this story of mine your long read for the weekend? In part, it's about the man who crawls around inside the multi-storey guts of massive pipe organs to fix and tune them, and his job is extremely cool: ottawacitizen.com/feature/ot…
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Carp residents decry far-right event Saturday night local hall ottawacitizen.com/news/local…
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The six shows at @OttawaJazz that I'm most keen to see are....ottawacitizen.com/entertainm…
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My colleague @lynnsaxberg writes on why @laufey is such a crucial booking for this year's @OttawaJazz Festival: ottawacitizen.com/entertainm…
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Here's my @ottawacitizen review of the JFUSE, the new upscale sushi spot on Main Street: ottawacitizen.com/life/food/…
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Here's a just-posted @OttawaCitizen story of mine that's kind of like S02 E04 of @thebearFX: ottawacitizen.com/news/local…
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I think I might have to change my business card to read: Pizza Correspondent ottawacitizen.com/life/food/…
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That set of mini-reviews feeds in turn into this omnibus post: ottawacitizen.com/life/food/…
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