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Gorgeous condo with views of Moore Farm Estate / Gatineau park. Perfect for individuals looking to be close to the city but in a quiet space. Large master bedroom and separate office, free parking. Dog friendly.
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Space where guests can cook their own meals
Towels, bed sheets, soap, and toilet paper
Central heating or a heater in the listing
In the building, free or for a fee
Space where guests can cook their own meals
Towels, bed sheets, soap, and toilet paper
Central heating or a heater in the listing
In the building, free or for a fee
In the building, free or for a fee
Continuous access in the listing
Breakfast is provided.
The listing can accommodate a gathering of 25 or more attendees
Easy access to the building and listing for guests in wheelchairs
Private or Shared
Free, in the building or nearby
The Space
Beautiful two-story condo close to downtown but minutes from the esteemed Gatineau park.
It's only a hop, skip, and a jump to get downtown across the beautiful Champlain bridge and along the scenic parkway.
Parking is available on street in the summer and spots are available in the winter (based on availability).
Guest Access
Kitchen, fireplace, livingroom, large master bedroom, office, laundry room, free parking.
Interaction with Guests
Minimal interaction - the place is yours for the stay, enjoy! Accessible by phone or email.
The Neighborhood
The neighbourhood is quiet and surrounded by green space so the air is very fresh. You will hear birds chirping in the morning, not traffic!
You're right next to the Moore Farm Estate, which is great for long walks and watching the sun set.
Getting Around
Public transit is the STO bus system (Gatineau) combined with the OC Transpo bus system (Ottawa). Day passes can be purchased for $8.50 and are valid on both sides of the river.
The STO bus stop at the end of the street is #5960 and goes directly to #5409 (right outside parliament hill & the tourist information center). You can map this out using the STO travel planner. The travel time is ~25 mins incl. walking.
Other Things to Note
Dogs are welcome (sorry, no cats) so long as they are well behaved and cared for during the stay. They are not permitted on furniture. Please advise if a pet will be joining you - there is a small additional charge ($25) for cleaning.
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If you want like quiet, comfy, cozy place with a great host, we definitely recommend Elizabeth's place.
Elizabeth has a great place, it's quiet, very clean and not far from Ottawa.
I had a very comfortable stay and found the house to be well-stocked with everything I needed to be comfortable.
I stayed here twice during business trips, two weeks at a time. I had a very comfortable stay and found the house to be well-stocked with everything I needed to be comfortable. Elizabeth was considerate towards my needs and very communicative. It was a pleasure staying here, and I'd love to do it again.
Elizabeth is a great host and made my stay very comfortable. The room is large and clean with good speed wi-fi. Elizabeth is quick to respond back via text or phone if you send her a message.
Overall I would rate my experience excellent and recommend others to stay at her place.
Elizabeth is a friendly and helpful hostess. The room is quiet and comfortable. Her adorable poodles add to the homey feel.
Elizabeth was a welcoming host. She allowed me to use her kitchen for cooking, and went out of her way to purchase a few snacks for me without me even asking her to. The room was a little smaller (in my opinion) than it looked in the photograph, but that wasn't a critical issue. The bed was nice, and their poodles are adorable. Overall worth your money.
The room was huge and very clean. The queen size bed was made up with quality linens and was very comfortable. Elizabeth was very friendly and accommodating. She parked her car in the visitor lot to ensure parking for our large truck. This came in very handy with all of the snow that was dumped on the region upon our arrival. Elizabeth has two little poodles that were silent during our entire stay. If we did not ask to see them, we would not have known they were there. The bedroom had its own key to secure our belongings but we never felt that it was necessary. A pack of shampoo, lotion, and bubble bath was a nice welcome gift.
Elizabeth is really nice and helps to make us confortable. The room and the apartment are clean and pleasant.
Elizabeth est très gentil et nous a mis à l'aise. La chambre et l'appartement sont propres et agréables.
Wonderful host. Elizabeth has a great place, it's quiet, very clean and not far from Ottawa. The room looks just like the pictures. I definitely recommend staying with her.
This host has 13 reviews for other properties.View Other Reviews
About the Host, Elizabeth
I'm a musician-turned-consultant that still loves getting a great deal on travel. I've been all over the world (Kenya, New Zealand, Scotland, Trinidad & Tobago, Western Europe) mostly on outdoor adventure style trips: climbing mountains, going on safari, scuba diving, saving baby sea turtles, whale watching, cycling, and more! While my days are spent out socializing and on adventures, I view my home as a quiet sanctuary. You'll have everything you need to have a chill stay & leave feeling rested.


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| Guest chapter 1 . 8/10
| randomlysaved chapter 1 . 8/1
You make my heart soar with soma goodness
| chloescissorhands chapter 1 . 7/11
Haha this was perfect. I loved this so much! I can definitely picture this happening. Thanks for writing!
| KaUiA chapter 1 . 3/13
I love it. So cute! I was never a fan of jazz but you gt me listening to jazz. :)
| xcgirl22 chapter 1 . 2/2
Super cute story! I think my favorite types of stories are ones that are full of fluff but make you laugh at the same time! This was both! :)
| soulffles chapter 1 . 1/26
well okay. this just, like, made me rethink my whole existence. or something.
this has got to be one of the best soma fics i have ever read, no doubt about it. not only did you capture the characters perfectly, but you created a laughable story that someone can read over and over again. oh. and your writing is absolutely phenomenal. did i mention that? i'm very jealous, by the way.
and thanks so much. really. you got me obsessed with etta james and i literally can't stop listening to her beautiful voice for the life of me.
oh i'm not finshed yet. i'm just getting started.
just let me compose my own little list before i leave and stop annoying you.
things that made me smile/laugh way too much:
- rabid alaskan muskrats
- drunk maka and etta james
- black star bathing in booze
- kid making origami with soul's boxers
- chitty chitty gang bang
- soul being all cutesy and understanding towards maka and cuddling with her
- a-fucking-greed
- powdered donuts
overall i'm just blown away by this amazing story you created. everything seems so original and i love you humor so much. honestly, i wish i could write like you.
now excuse me while i go read your follow-up oneshot to this one.
| scorpioneldar chapter 1 . 1/25
ahh if this is the same verse as the other story of yours i read tonight then they are so in charecter it hurts
i love all of this
and blackstar... just blackstar
we have got to move out and get new friends
so them
just so them
i love it and i dont know why
| Lisp chapter 1 . 1/25
Oh dear lord, I've been looking for this story for so long because I forgot the name after reading it, and then you posted the glorious wedding fic and through stalking your work I found it againnnnn. Finally!
But seriously I love your writing style to death.
| randomcat23 chapter 1 . 1/29/2014
Loved it! Perfect combination of sweet and hilarious. You wrote everyone spot on and I particularly enjoyed Maka's rants about Alaska.
Nicely done.
| Seventh Daughter chapter 1 . 12/20/2013
I almost died laughing at the last half...
Good story, hope you'll write more SE fics.
| His Only Orchid chapter 1 . 8/25/2013
Oh my gosh this was so funny and romantic! Its hilarious! I'm laughing so hard.. I love BlackStar's humor!
| smomyy chapter 1 . 7/25/2013
this is too cuteeee gaaaaaaaah . Soul's portrayal is good, but in my opinion Maka's is spot on, seriously. Also it makes me happy when blackstar humour is used correctly (oprah hahhaha) :)
| VictoriaPyrrhi chapter 1 . 7/25/2013
This is just adorable and perfect-from Soul's too-cool confession to Maka's freakout and accidental date. Love it!
| spiceypepper chapter 1 . 6/30/2013
Oh my god this story. XD I loved it! I'm grinning like an idiot because it made me laugh and happy.
| Moonlight M3lody chapter 1 . 4/21/2013
Fun, wacky, sweet, and chaotic at the same time. So Soul Eater-y!
I have to suppress my laugh before everyone turn their face on me. Soul can be such an idiot sometime (but he's Soul!). Maka freaking out is both adorable and funny. She's so innocent.
The best part is how Soul calmly handled the situation. He understands. He doesn't go into blind rage. It shows how deep their relationship is. I'm not fan of cuss words, but fortunately you don't spam them every line or two, so it's still acceptable.
Poor, poor Kaz. Hope he asks the right girl next time, one that actually understand his advance. He doesn't seem like a bad man by any standard, just purely unlucky.
"Stop freaking out. Nothing is going to change. We're just leveling up."
Yeah. They already act like one, so drastic change wouldn't be like 'Soul and Maka'.
Kid and Black Star? Do not go and make new friends, Soul and Maka! Your friends are the best!
Nicely written, very in character. Good job:)
By the way, now I wanna hear some Etta James.


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We asked for your skincare concerns and you answered! In the last month you have been weighing in on your most important skin care concerns through our online Skin Care Quiz. There is no doubt we are all striving for perfect skin so we asked, "If your skin could make a wish, what would it be?" Over 14,000 people (or 21% of the men and women taking the Clarisonic Skin Quiz) are looking for ways to "Shrink my pores so my skin is softer and smoother."
With so many Clarisonic users interested in minimizing the appearance of their pores, we thought we would look deeper into the question, how do you minimize the appearance of enlarged or clogged pores?
Let's start by gaining an understanding of what pores are and their purpose. Bottom line, we need our pores. These tiny little openings allow oil and sweat to reach your skin's surface. The good news is, while we cannot completely eliminate our pores we can make them appear smaller!
A simple Google search on this topic populates several products and regiments claiming to shrink and even eliminate your pores. In reality, the best way to reduce the appearance of pores is to keep your skin clean!
Why is clean skin so important?
Day and night, our skin is subject to oil, perspiration, dirt, and makeup. These combine to make a sticky, stubborn pore-clogging layer that can make our skin look unhealthy, feel rough and even cause irritation. This layer of film also acts as a barrier to skincare products resulting in reduced effectiveness. Cleansing your skin at least once or twice a day helps to dislodge any unwanted dirt, sweat, oil or makeup. Your pores will now be free of dirt and grime making your skin softer, smoother and allowing skincare products to absorb more deeply and evenly.
We are happy to lend a hand in the fight against enlarged and clogged pores. The first question our founders asked when developing the Clarisonic was "how do you unplug a pore?" and from that it evolved to "how do you transform the look and feel of your skin?"
How do Clarisonic Facial Cleansing Devices unplug a pore?
Clarisonic's patented, perfected and loved Sonic Technology gently oscillates back and forth to physically flex the pores, loosening trapped debris and reducing pore appearance. Additionally, excess oily patches and shine are removed for a supersonic deep clean without irritation. Every Clarisonic facial cleansing device cleanses skin 6x better than hands alone to leave skin softer and smoother.
To take pore minimizing to the next level—check out our — Deep Pore Cleansing Detoxifying Solution, which combines a Clarisonic Mia 2 facial cleansing device with our Deep Pore Cleansing Brush Head, Deep Pore Daily Cleanser and Deep Pore Detoxifying Clay Mask. Our Deep Pore solution uses our traditional sonic cleansing technology with additional powerful fluid forces to gently remove surface debris and immediately reduce the appearance of your pores by 25%.
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If enlarged pores are not your main skin care concern, take our skin care quiz today to find out which Clarisonic products are best for you.
"We invented Clarisonic so you can reinvent your skin." Dr. Robb Akridge, Co-Founder of Clarisonic
The 16 Emotional Stages of Getting A Clarisonic For the First Time
We are happy to feature fashion and beauty blogger Jodie Layne's post "The 16 Emotional Stages of Getting a Clarisonic For the First Time". I enjoyed reading about the many stages Jodie experienced while falling in love with her Clarisonic Mia 2. Can you relate? Share your Clarisonic love stories on this post!
I've had my Clarisonic Mia for nearly two years now (happy early anniversary, xo) and every single day that I use it in the shower I try not to think about how empty my life was before this little magic wand came into it. Or how empty my beauty cabinet was. A Clarisonic is essentially a facial cleansing brush that uses sonic technology to brush your skin over 300 times a minute — resulting in the cleanest, softest face of your life on the regular. Seriously. I used to work at a spa and one of the perks was a monthly facial, but the Clarisonic makes my skin feel even better than it did then. Having an electric brush that's sole purpose is to clean your face makes me feel like a princess, and I'm not sorry about it.
I wanted a Clarisonic long before it was mine, as so often happens in many of the other great love stories out there. Since the day I first knew that I needed it in my life, attaining and using a Clarisonic has been a total emotional roller coaster. I've laughed. I've cried. I've washed my face. Well, I did those three things in relation to the little miracle worker, anyway — and I don't regret a single moment. So whether you received one as a gift at the holidays or you're saving up to take extra care of your skin in the new year, here's what you need to be emotionally prepared for:
"It's a brush? For my face? Does that even feel good? Why would I spend over a hundred dollars on a brush for my face? Well, mayyybbeee…"
Once you're interested, you try and find out how it works, but mostly why it works. If you're really going to do this thing, you're going to do your research, which means lots of reading about sonic technology, oscillation, and skin elasticity. Look at you, pretty and smart.
You know that you want one and feel sufficiently satisfied by the scientific evidence. But can you really justify dropping that much money on a replacement for the free things at the ends of your arms you already use to wash your face?
With the conviction of a global warming denier, you believe you need this in your life and you're ready to do this thing. You might march right down to Sephora and buy it to spare the wait, but you're probably going to e-order it online at midnight. Pressing "check out" is such a rush!
5 to 7 business days feels like a cruel eternity.
When it finally touches your hands and you can see it and you caress its beautiful curves, that is simply a beautiful moment.
It's in your grubby little paws and you can't wait for your life to change and to get it on your face. You read the instruction manual carefully. You have to charge it for eight hours?! IS THERE NO GOD?!
It feels…weird. Not like you expected. Wait, it actually feels pretty good! Yeah, this feels nice! Like a million little kisses from angels all over your face. No, wait — now it feels weird again.
If you enjoyed the first 8 stages, visit Bustle.com to finish reading Jodie's blog post. Enjoy!
Last Week's #SonicChat Recap!
We love chatting skincare and beauty in our bi-weekly #SonicChat, a one-hour tweet chat that includes tips, special guests, and prizes!
Our November 27, 2012 co-host was Stacy Mackler, VP of PR at Lancôme. She chatted holiday prep and how to make the holidays bright!
Topics included:
- How do you stay healthy during the holidays?
- What are some of your favorite skin and body products to give and receive during the holidays?
- Do you have any special holiday looks planned? Fancy new dress, metallic eye shadow, pink Christmas tree?
- What are your favorite holiday traditions/plans?
- How are you giving back this holiday season?
- What does an ideal holiday party look like to you?
We pulled out some of our favorite tweets to share with you. They got us in the holiday spirit, and we hope they do the same for you:
With 154 participants, a twitter reach of over 11 million people, and trending nationwide, we were certainly busy!
We will be at it again on Tuesday, December 11th at 11am PDT. Join us!
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Clarisonic Mia Wins Glammy Award for "Best Skin Device"
Clarisonic, the pioneer and leader in professional-caliber at-home sonic skin care technology, is thrilled to announce that its acclaimed Mia Sonic Skin Cleansing Brush was honored with a "Glammy" in the "Best Gadget" category in the 2012 Glamour Beauty Awards.
Glamour has forever been edited for today's contemporary American woman since its conception in 1939 and has a loyal and engaged readership. In its 8th annual year, Glamour's beauty awards, "The Glammies," are a tried and true collection of readers' favorite products. Over 399,000 readers have nominated and voted on their beauty "must-haves" since the awards' origin in 2005. Upon tallying the votes of thousands of readers, only one product is honored in each category. The 2012 winners were revealed in the magazine's October issue.
"This is the first year that the brand has been honored with a Glamour beauty award and we are thrilled to be recognized," says Chris Payne, Clarisonic's VP of Marketing. "The Glamour consumer is well aware of the many skincare options on the market and we are happy that she has selected us as the device of her choice."
The Mia Sonic Skin Cleansing Brush has forever been adored by beauty editors, dermatologists, makeup artists and celebrities alike since its launch in 2009. The device's travel-friendly size and affordable price point make it the perfect introduction to Clarisonic's patented sonic technology. Oscillating at a sonic frequency of over 300 movements per second, the Mia gently massages away impurities, providing six times better cleansing than cleansing with your hands alone. Clinical results have shown reduced appearance of pores, fine lines and wrinkles, and improved skin tone. Mia is available in a rainbow of colors making it a consumer favorite. Forever versatile, all Clarisonic brush heads are interchangeable with Mia and all Clarisonic skin cleansing models.
Clarisonic's Aria Wins Allure's 2012 Best of Beauty Award
Allure just published their Best of Beauty Awards for 2012, and guess who topped the list!
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You are beautiful as you are. Tanned, freckled, smooth or wrinkled—your skin is unique, just like you, and it's worth taking care of.
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Self Magazine Healthy Beauty Awards
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One of my writing tutors brought some bread into class last week. It was a profound experience.
The writing class was littered with the usual Tuesday afternoon scribes and wannabes. I was sitting behind a half-used notepad facing two damned good writers and sandwiched between the class cynic and a very deep young lady who writes exceptionally emotive poetry.
The other members of the class were sat around like peripheral players at a high rollers' poker game.
"Take a piece of bread," the tutor told us, handing the loaf around. "Tear it with your hands. Observe how it looks. Remember the texture. Notice the smell. Listen to the sound it makes when you chew it. Savour the taste."
They were good instructions. The senses are important in any description. In erotica an erection is just an erection until someone strokes their tongue against its sweat-soaked length. In erotica a nipple is only a nipple until it's tweaked between a teasing finger and thumb. In the classroom a piece of bread is only a piece of bread until it's been experienced and described.
And so, fresh from our experience with the bread, we were expected to write. Fifteen minutes were allowed. We could use whatever genre we wanted, poetry, prose—even a scene for a screenplay if that was how we preferred to work. All that was required was that we thought about hunger and used our recent experience with the bread to help us write something descriptive.
For fifteen minutes the room was silent.
That's a lie. It wasn't totally silent. The sound of pens scratching at paper was a constant. The mutterings of writers saying, "Fuck! No!" and "Fuck! Yes!" were a permanent undercurrent. The electric tension in the air was charged from people desperate to do their best and determined to outdo each other when faced with this opportunity to show off their prowess.
When the tutor said the fifteen minutes were complete someone swore. A pen was slammed down hard against a desk. And the tension in the room got thicker.
"Are you all finished?" the tutor asked.
Three of us preened. The analogy of the high rollers' poker match still fits because the three preening were the ones who were still in the game. We all knew when the tutor asked us to read our work, we would stun the entire room. In a card game, we would have been smugly tossing our chips into the centre of the table.
"Has anybody produced anything they want to read?"
I settled back in my chair and allowed someone else to up the ante. One of the damned good writers on the opposite side of the room was anxious to go first. With a rustle of paper, and a delivery that was just a little too anxious, she narrated an autobiographical piece.
It was a cohesively structured story. The tempo could have used a little slowing but that would have worked itself out in the rewrites. Overall, her reminiscence of being hungry on a day when her parents were moving home was cleanly presented and it ended to polite applause. In a card game it would have been worthy of presenting two pairs.
I glanced at the deep young lady to my side. She held a piece of poetry that looked to be half the length of my ode. Gallantly I offered her the floor but she shook her head. I shrugged and figured I had made the effort to be chivalrous—now I could clean up completely.
I then read out my ode to the pie.
It was a comic piece. Before writing I'd figured that the rest of the class would be tackling hunger from a negative perspective. Thinking outside the box I'd tackled the subject of hunger from a different point of view. I'd written a humorous ode, lavishing stupendous and exaggerated praise on a simple savoury pastry.
The response made me realise I had shown a full house—and all of them picture cards. Laughter shook the window frames. By the time the reading was finished the applause was loud enough to make me blush. If we'd been playing poker I would have been reaching for the stack of chips and pulling them towards my pot.
But someone with a better hand would have stopped me. The poet by my side read her piece. Carefully, she laid out a royal flush.
I almost felt guilty for having written a comical piece. Whilst I'd been writing daft rhymes about pies, she'd been creating the most moving story about having spent time on the streets, knowing a hunger so fierce it felt lethal, and describing a severity of starvation that I never wanted to know. The class cynic by my side wiped something from his eye.
And, as the rest of the class applauded and praised her, I mentally pushed the chips toward the poet.
And I mention all of this for two reasons:
I mention it firstly, to show that we all work in different ways. Given a piece of bread to explore three of us produced three vastly different pieces of work. Whilst I'd tried to think outside the box to earn the empty accolade of having the day's best piece of writing, I hadn't stood a chance against a brilliant poet who had been properly inspired. And, such was the quality of her writing, I didn't mind taking second place.
Secondly, I mention this as a reminder that we can all take different things from inspiration. The tutor's exercise was genius because all of us were so familiar with bread that considering it through all five senses was something we hadn't tried in ages.
And I mention it thirdly to set the following exercise.
Kiss someone. Consider all five senses during the kiss: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. Then, go and write erotica for fifteen minutes. It doesn't matter whether you write male/male, male/female, female/female or any combination of men, women or transgendered characters. Spend fifteen minutes writing on the subject of arousal.I assure you: the results will be inspirational.
Ashley Lister
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drashti dhami u r so sweet and ur smile wow so cute
looking so very sweet and lovely. ur smile is so charming. love u
drashti lloking beautiful in red keep rocking muah...
Love U DD. Bubbly and energetic. Always remain like this happy
good morning drashti
u r most down 2 earth person
u r the best actress of TV now
luv u!!
DD you are the best, u looked very stylish and different from everyone at PCA...love madhu,
DD you are looking so pretty:)
keep smiling angel
drashti u r looking beautiful...love u princess...
my sweetheart...