August 2008

Here is another view… As you can see, it certainly doesn’t stand out, but it does seem out of place between Dairy Queen and the other restaurant.

Someone with a LiveJournal blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (along with other places in Canada): So, since I leave Canada tomorrow, I thought I would list those things that I have seen and done since arriving here last November… Niagara Falls: visited 4 times! – including Canadian and US sides of…

It looks like the Hilton is now up to 40 floors.

From the Niagara Falls Review: Ken Wald has experienced virtual reality rides before, but he says few compare with Niagara’s Fury. “I’ve been to Disneyland and Disney World, but (Niagara’s Fury) had everything you would want in a ride,” said Wald, who was visiting Niagara Falls from Fairview, Alta., Tuesday with his mother and two…

Someone with a LiveJournal blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: …the next day we went to Niagara Falls–probably the tackiest place I have ever been to. Blackpool is tacky in a slightly depressing but generally charming way; Niagara Falls is so tacky you have to laugh or cry. If you go, visit…

No, this is still not a typo… I’m just getting caught up with some pictures. Last December I used some passes I had to the Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory and took my family. It was the first time I had ever been and I was very impressed. Since it was winter, it was particularly nice…

I generally don’t like reading blogs or articles that talk about how tacky Niagara Falls is. It may have been like that before, but companies are spending a lot of money to build beautiful attractions and hotels and to clean the place up. Sure, there are still places that aren’t great, but it has improved…

The Golden Griddle next to the Imperial Hotel & Suites used to have a covered entrance way. I think it was a patio, but it wasn’t very nice. Recently they have taken down the cover and made it into a much nicer patio.

Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: …we planned a trip to Niagara Falls because we had promised Alex when he was younger that someday we would come back and DO Clifton Hill at night. With diesel nearing $5 a gallon, we decided to book a hotel near the…

Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: We walked the whole way to both falls first passing the slightly smaller American falls then the HUGE horseshoe (Canadian) falls it was amazing, all the mist rising up made you wet and you could walk right to the edge where the…