Twitter updates for 2011-08-16
Looks like it's going to be a gorgeous summer day today… Enjoy! #
2011
Read More
Brink of Niagara Falls perfectly safe for spectators – as long as they follow the rules
From Bullet News Niagara: The steel railing and stone wall that divides tens of thousands of tourists from the beauty and power of Niagara Falls are almost always wet and slippery from the mist that routinely drifts out across the city. But the obvious potential for danger, the signs warning people to keep their feet…
Twitter updates for 2011-08-15
I see cars from CHCH, Pulse 24, City, 610 CKTB in the Falls today. I'm guessing it's because of the person who went over the Falls yesterday #
Chain restaurants drawn to Falls
From the Buffalo News: Many people who work and play in downtown Niagara Falls were pleasantly surprised to see a TGI Fridays open in the Sheraton at the Falls hotel in June. But Faisal Merani saw the move coming. The Canadian hotelier soon announced his own plans to fill a major gap in downtown dining…
Fixing the Falls: All aboard
From the Niagara Gazette: Imagine having developer and one-time gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino as a tour guide. Well, under a plan for bringing more business to Niagara Falls and Niagara County, such a scenario may well play out next month. “We found a good niche and it’s working,” said Paladino, the owner of the Giacomo…
Marketplace at Safari Niagara Aug 13 & 14
On Tuesday I received the following email newsletter from Safari Niagara. I’m pretty sure I’ll be there on Saturday. To subscribe to “Yak It Up”, the Safari Niagara newsletter, click on the subscribe link at the top of any page.
Tourism ‘flat’ in Falls
From the Niagara Falls Review: It could be better. It could be worse. But with the peak season of tourism upon us, the general consensus among operators is business has been “mediocre” and “flat,” says Niagara Falls Tourism chairman Wayne Thomson. “Some of the properties are behind a little bit, or slightly ahead,” he said….
Clifton Hill Update – August 2011
On Monday I received the latest email newsletter from the Clifton Hill Resort. You can subscribe to the Clifton Hill Resort Update newsletter by visiting the Clifton Hill Newsletter page.
No more Little Caesars on Victoria Avenue?
It would appear so. I don’t know when the change was made, but all of the signage at the former Little Caesars location on Victoria Avenue is gone, and the signs now have the name
It’s a beautiful day (or so the U2 song said at Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville)
I took these pictures along Queen Victoria Park, and commented out loud how it was a beautiful day. Then when we walked past Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, that U2 song was playing.