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Monday, October 31, 2011 - 13:46

Listen to Kate Drummond's (Sue) interview with CKDJ-FM.

Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 16:07

What we did on our summer "vacation".

Saturday, July 16, 2011 - 13:15

One-hour episode to be broadcast on CBC Ottawa at 7 pm, Saturday August 6, 2011.

Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 10:40

We have been very busy at Sweet Tarts Takeaway, having attended the Banff World Media Festival from 11-16 June ...

Friday, June 17, 2011 - 16:43
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 15:30

Sweet Tarts Takeaway has been selected as one of 6 finalists in the Entertainment category of the Pilots Competition at the 2011 Banff World Media Festival (BWMF).

Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 17:51

I know you've had to wait a long time for Episode 5, and I do apologize. We shot the material for Episodes 5-7 in February, then were sidetracked by the launch of the series, and prepping the first four episodes to air. Then there were holidays, and computer upgrades, and ... and ...

Monday, May 2, 2011 - 09:14

We are delighted to report that Sweet Tarts Takeaway has made it to the finals of the Audience Choice Award at the New Media Film Festival in Los Angeles! Billed as "Sundance for the Facebook crowd," the NMFF honours the best in a wide range of "new media" content including web series, 3D shorts, Apps, digital comics and series shot on RED.

Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 21:00

I am out of town for the weekend, with limited internet access, but I just had to blog about a text I just received from Riley Stewart: "Just got recognized as Bob".

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 05:36

"Sweet Tarts Takeaway: Fantastic (episode) 4"

Friday, April 8, 2011 - 14:41

Life has been busy the past few weeks for us at Sweet Tarts Takeaway.

Saturday, March 19, 2011 - 03:45

Thanks for your patience! We are on a March Break holiday in London, England, where "takeaway" (the food kind) abounds. I have been dropping STT business cards around London (although not as many as I would have liked), and having a great food tour.

Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 11:01

Peter Simpson's "The Big Beat" top pick for the week of March 10th, is Sweet Tarts Takeaway.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 12:53

Well, Monday came and went without posting a new episode, and I have to say, while planned, it was a bit depressing.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 10:42

Little did we know when we shot at the yoga studio on 20 February, that two of our extras were foodie-bloggers.

Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 22:15

UnFolding is a Web magazine about the arts in Ottawa. UnFolding speaks to artists in every discipline, whether they spell it with a guitar, with the word Slam or without any words at all.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 11:10

Well, what a busy weekend. From February 19-21, we shot footage for three more episodes of STT. The cast and crew really pulled together, given that I was way less organized than I normally am for something like this.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 07:54

"Kevin" sez, Does the fanfiction need to start flowing? I say yes."

Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 16:39

Denis Armstrong at The Ottawa Sun loves Sweet Tarts Takeaway.

Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 08:48

Well, this has been a crazy week for us at STT. Monday's launch went so well. Thanks to everyone who watched, and who continues to drop by. We have over 2000 visits to the web site, and have viewers from 25 countries including Canada, the US, the UK, Germany, Australia, Sweden, South Africa, France, Brazil, Argentina, the Czech Republic, Israel and even South Korea! Please spread the word ... we aren't big in Japan yet! :-)

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 21:03

Bonnie received a call at 11:00 AM Tuesday morning from CBC Ottawa's afternoon radio show, "All in a Day". They wanted to interview us. When? 3:20, later that same day!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 20:49

Apt. 613 was first conceived in October 2008 at Ottawa's Manx Pub, as a way to cover Ottawa's active arts and culture scene and connect those artists. The site went live in January 2010, and has blown the lid off of Ottawa's staid and serious reputation.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 08:41

When I woke up this morning (man I would have liked to sleep all day), the first thing I did was login to Google Analytics, to check out the statistics for the STT web site.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 08:14

Ottawa's The Visitorium blogs about STT.

Monday, February 14, 2011 - 20:37

The busy folks at Foodie Prints took time out from covering the food scene in Ottawa to watch and blog about STT.