Shop Talk is written by OM senior editor Dayanti Karunaratne and Sarah Fischer, OM account executive and fashion maven.

This week, in lieu of a store feature, trend alert, or event preview, we decided to give you a peek at what’s occupying our desktops — not to mention much of our mental space: the 2011-12 Ottawa Magazine Shopping Guide.

With over 400 store listings, plus photography of some of the city’s chicest shops, product features, and profiles of fashion bloggers, this year’s Guide is shaping up to be the best ever. This year we’ve added a new component: a photoessay that takes readers for a tour of Ottawa’s top shopping districts.

For the strategic stylist, the home reno guru, and the time-starved mom, there’s something for everyone in Ottawa Magazine Shopping Guide.

On newsstands August 25.