From AssociatedContent: Valentine’s Day is approaching and it is a great time to treat your beloved sweet hear to a great getaway at Niagara Falls. There are several terrific hotels in Niagara Falls. The following hotels have dynamic views of Niagara Falls and romantic Valentine’s Package to pamper both of you. Details are planned for…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Goliath the blood python and Shredder the lizard are slithering into town this weekend. The 30-pound snake and the black and white tegu will be on hand as the Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory celebrates its 10th anniversary Saturday and Sunday by launching a new 17-display exhibit called Beauty and Beasts….
There is quite a bit of work going on where the Falls Tower used to be on Clifton Hill. They broke up all of the cement that was supporting the tower and disposed of it. They also had a deep trench for a while but that has since filled up. They now have beams that…
Yesterday I posted a couple of links to articles about the event at the Butterfly Conservatory called Bug-a-licious Insect Food Festival. WGRZ, a Buffalo TV station, sent one of their reports and there is a video you can see of him at the press day. You can check it out on the WGRZ web site.
Last weekend there was a small ice storm. I guess it wasn’t that small since there was a fair amount of damage from the storm. Everything was covered with a thin layer of ice. In some cases there was enough ice to cause branches to break, or even entire trees to fall. Yesterday when I…
I’m not sure how long it has been closed, or why, but the Niagara SkyWheel is closed at the moment. It may have something to do with the weather. We had a small ice storm on the weekend (I’ll post on that tomorrow) and it seems like everything has a thin layer of ice on…
From the Niagara Falls Review: “So Ray,” said the managing editor during the daily morning meeting between Review reporters and editors Tuesday. “Are you hungry?” With those five ominous words, I was assigned to cover the media preview of the popular Bug-a-licious Insect Food Festival. The Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory will host the second-year event…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Ant soup. Scorpion pizza. Beetle chocolate. Not exactly the dishes prepared by Rachael Ray on her weekly Food Network program. But they will be on the menu for the Bug-a-licious Food Festival this weekend at the Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory. For the second year, chef Jeff Stewart, professor at Niagara…
From the Deccan Herald: On a wet windy afternoon we stood on the deck, unsteadily in blue disposable plastic parkas, and feeling a strange mix of chill, thrill and elation. Ahead in the distance was the mighty Niagara Falls: nature’s master piece imprinted into the landscape by forces of sun, wind, ice and water –…
From the Savannah Morning News: Niagara Falls may seem like an unusual winter destination. Thousands of tourists from all over the world visit the falls, though, even on the coldest days of the year. The average temperature in January is 31 degrees Fahrenheit at the falls, which lie on the U.S.-Canadian border. Though the enormous…