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Another Stroll Around ByWard Market – Ottawa
We were back in Ottawa for a short visit last weekend and spent some time in my favorite part of town – the ByWard Market.
With all of the Canada 150 celebrations going on in our nation’s capitol there were lots of things to see and do. So many distractions in fact that it was hard to concentrate on doors.
I did manage to find a few new ones that I hadn’t already featured during our visit last year:
This one was good for a chuckle. Don’t have an appointment for the local barber shot? Then as this sign says, you’ll be glad to know that they take Walkens 😀
Thanks so much for visiting 🙂
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The Walken sign is beyond fabulous!
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Great finds! Love that “Walken” one!! 🙂
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This collection held unique and quirky doors which also were attractive! No shabby doors here! 🙂
I particularly the “If” or “iPh” door since red just cries out, “Look at me!” Smiles, Robin
Happy 150 Years of Canada!” 🇨🇦
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Thanks Robin. The 150th has been a yearlong celebration – lots of fun so far 😀
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Only a little way past the half way mark and two seasons to go! You’re welcome, Norm. 💮
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Love the Walken sign. That’s very clever.
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Thanks. I agree it’s very clever; had me chuckling the moment I saw it 😀
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I’m tempted to share the link to the latest Christopher Walken commercial but only with your permission. One of my fav personalities!
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Thanks. Yes feel free to share.
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Not sure if this link works, but here ya go…https://youtu.be/HvU2CdzPQf8
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Love Ottawa, and love those doors. Oh, and I love Pho. That last door would keep me coming back for more.
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We’ll go back to try the Pho next time we’re there 😉
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I wonder how many Walken impersonations the barber shop is forced to endure? 🙂 Nice finds!
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Good point! I hadn’t thought of that but I’m sure they get more than a few 😀
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Those red doors are the best! 🙂
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Thanks Angela. yes that red/black combination is an attention-getter 🙂
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That red door and black hardware is something else. I’d be drawn to it but probably wouldn’t want to touch the hardware. 🙂
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Thanks Judy. That door handle is quite original though 🙂
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Love the iPho red door! I love pho! 😊
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Thank you. yes that red door really pops 🙂
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What Marian said… 😀 Nice doors, Norm!
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Thank you!
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I love the Walken one – but more so for the reflection it created on the sign/door!
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It’s funny you mention that. I kept trying the shot from different angles to minimize the reflection but at that time of day there was no way to avoid it 🙂
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Excellent photos!
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Thank you!
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They accept Walkens, hey? That might scare me away. ; )
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Good point 😀
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You went to Ottawa on July 1st? If so, you’re braver than I. 😉 Great pictures. 😀
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Thanks Linda. No we went the weekend after. I don’t do dense crowds very well anymore so you’d have never caught me in that soupy mess of humanity on July 1st.
Cheers 🙂
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Guess only in the city you’re able to manage to find so many perfect doors every week! Envious but I love it! Especially this red door – stunning!
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Well these are in a different city but honestly, once you become attuned to noticing them, fascinating doors can pop up in the most unexpected places 😉
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Superb set of doors, as usual, my friend.
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Thank you Ian 🙂
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These are some wonderful doors, Norm, but the entrance at 489 made me stop and stare for a while. That is stunning! Thanks again for giving us another opportunity to get our door fix.
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Thanks Dan. #489 has lots of admirable detail work in it that’s for sure.
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Fun doors…and taking Walkens – funny!!
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Thank you 🙂
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I love the look of 489. So simple. But I’ll admit that the red door with its handle does catch my eye… which is good for business, of course.
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Thanks you Ally. Yes that red one really pops 🙂
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iPho — That would win the prize, but the punniness is overshadowed by the Walken. As anything IS overshadowed by Walken, right? But iPho for a Vietnamese restaurant (probably with free wi-fi) is just so perfect! And the restaurant exterior is gorgeous! If the food is even half as good as that front, that would be my favorite place in the world. 😀
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Thanks Marian. We were walking around on our way to meet friends for lunch somewhere else, otherwise I would have gone in to try the Pho.
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Is it normal to suddenly crave pho at 8am? Mmm…
Anyway, they’re all good for me — Walkens was great and I love the gates! Ooh and aah on gates! 🙂
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Thanks Joey. The gates were impressive 🙂
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Hahhaa, that Walken gives good chuckle. 😀 And I like the last one, even though I don’t know what’s with the name or how to pronounce it.
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Thanks Manja 🙂
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iPHO fantastic!
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Glad you liked it 🙂
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Great poster on the barber’s shop, Norm. That last door is sooooo reddddd, I love it, and what an amazing handle.
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Thanks Jean 🙂
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A door that can make me laugh at 7:15 in the morning is pretty good and the Walken door achieved that!
I love that last door for its creativity, but after puzzling over it for a while, I still don’t get it. What the heck is it called?
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Me too!
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Yeah the Walkens sign was good for a chuckle.
Pho is a Vietnamese soup – I guess the humor comes from the fact that at first glance it looks like “iPhone” – I was more into the colours.
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Norm, the sign and that last door with its clever name are my favorites for this week. Thanks for hosting my favorite challenge around and have an a-door-abe week.
janet
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Thank you Janet 🙂
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I love the “punny” doors. I’m also newly impressed by how straight and centered and perfectly lit your photographs of doors are. Before trying to do it myself, I just kind of took for granted that doors would be easy to photograph. After all, they’re rectangular, don’t have to smile, and don’t move (much). But mine are always at some weird angle as I pass by with my phone camera!
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Thanks for the kind words Karen.
It takes some time to train the eye to shoot level and straight. For the few times I don’t, there’s always photo editing software to help 😉
Lighting is trickier. Sometimes a door will be on the wrong side of the street for the time of day so either you have to go back when the light is right, or skip that one altogether.
In both cases practice makes perfect
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Some real beauties here, Norm
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Thanks Helen 🙂
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