Shop Talk is written by Ottawa Magazine editor Dayanti Karunaratne and Ottawa Magazine account executive and fashion maven.

If you haven’t yet seen the April issue of Ottawa Magazine, it might be too late — May is here! But we had to share our no-holds-barred Shop Talk feature, which looked at how the automobile — and the people and stuff that goes in it — changes as we move through life.
A cheeky nod to our Sex Issue content, this was a fun and creative project for everyone involved. It made us ask such questions as, “at what stage of life does one use the WeVibe?” and “how do you strap a (borrowed) stand-up paddleboard to the top of a car?”
Finally, a shout-out to the crew at the EY Centre who let us to take over a corner of their well-heated, well-lit space in the dead of winter!