Twitter updates for 2010-04-28
RT @NiagaraParksPR @travelzoo: Affordable wonder: Niagara Falls is our new Destination of the Week! http://bit.ly/cFS2FT #travel # Are these CAW flags on Stanley Ave at half staff? http://twitpic.com/1j53du #
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FallenPeach, Photography, Graphic Design and Fine Art: Away We Went: Niagara Falls
Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (along with pictures): Matt and I just returned from our 2 year anniversary vacation to Niagara Falls, Canada. We had a wonderful time, and walked A LOT. My legs are still sore, but it was worth it. We stayed in two different…
Twitter updates for 2010-04-27
@adamwhite It was fun. I look forward to seeing how goofy I look on video 🙂 in reply to adamwhite # RT @WinterFestival: We're thinking about extending the Winter Festival of Lights to Jan. 31, 2011 from Jan. 3 http://bit.ly/9khrp5 #
Follow-up to truck crash at Fallsview Casino entrance
You might remember a story from December about a man who was being chased by the police and drove a truck through the front entrance of the Fallsview Casino (I took pictures of the aftermath). Well, the Toronto Star is reporting that he pleaded guilty to a variety of charges and faces almost 5 years…
Success – one waffle at a time
I saw this in the Toronto Star. It caught my eye, because it says this man, Robert Ayoub, had a waffle stand on Clifton Hill in 2001. By 2001, he was on Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls with a makeshift waffle stand and a hungry tourist following. The stand closed within a month, but the…
Niagara Falls State Park Named Top ‘Green’ Destination in New York
From a press release found on Hospitality-1st.com: Niagara Falls State Park topped New York’s top ten green travel destinations Monday (April 26) by I Love New York, as part of the state tourism agency’s new “Green Heart NY” promotion initiative. “It’s truly fitting that New York’s oldest state park topped the list of green destinations…
Safari Niagara Season Membership Promotion (again)
Safari Niagara keeps sending out this same sort of newsletter (I received this one last Tuesday) promoting their season membership. We got our for Christmas, and look forward to going on May 15! To subscribe to the “The Wild Times”, the Safari Niagara newsletter, click on the subscribe link at the top of any page.
Labour Board holding casino union drive ballot boxes
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Canadian Auto Workers union is hoping the fifth time’s the charm. Management with the two Niagara Falls casinos hope this latest disruption is over. Both sides have done this dance before, and now comes the waiting game after thousands of employees cast ballots this week in the CAW’s latest…
Bodes The Exhibition ad
This ad for Bodies The Exhibition was on page 94 of the the Thursday, April 22, 2010 issue of Niagara This Week. It is the first print ad I’ve seen for the exhibit. Bodies The Exhibition An exhibition of real human bodies Opening May 28, 2010 at the Niagara Exhibition Centre www.bodiesniagara.com The Niagara Exhibition…
Changes at Dave & Buster’s on Clifton Hill
I mentioned before about seeing a job ad for a mini-golf attendant at the Dave & Busters’s on Clifton Hill. Well, it seems that quite a bit is going on there. I haven’t gone in to see, but apparently there is a “lazer tag” attraction open now. Note: The pixel board sign is new as…