tisk tisk — Stephen Harper to Conservative Party.

"Anyone who wants to use public office for their own benefit should make other plans, or better yet, leave this room."

(Applause filled the room)

*Note for future scandals: nobody left the room, or appeared to be making other plans...

Maclean's mag portrait

Small, but treated nicely in the layout and postproduction. They asked for the Peace Tower, as expected. We went around back for a more interesting angle, with the morning shining on my sensor, with subject Mike Fancie of the Broadbent Institute looking fancy with a bow tie indeed.

Spot news is still part of the job

A shooting in Gatineau had me rushing to the scene near a daycare. I had to run away to file and Julie stuck it out for the afternoon. No children harmed. Good.

Antique Skate Shop show.

Antique Skate Shop was the venue for Planet Ink tattoo artist Rick Levitsky III's first solo art show on Saturday night in Ottawa. The show—Gone But Not Forgotten Blues—featured portraits of blues legends like Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, R.L Burnside, Etta James and others, which attracted a steady flow of mostly young Ottawa skateboard community supporters, and offered up beer, gumbo and live DJ tunes as the backdrop to some early evening-late night hanging out. (David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen) - See more pix on the Citizen site.

Levitsky III (right) hangs with Planet Ink co-worker George Koutroubis.
The artist is on Instagram: http://instagram.com/lilrickyiii

walk-about

...

"Are you going to take a picture?"

"Yeah, maybe a few pictures. The light is really nice right now."

"Wanna take a picture? Take our picture."

"Ok"

"Take it from there."

*nod*

"Are you on facebook?"

"Yeah."

...

In Hull, Quebec.