Twitter updates for 2012-07-08
Cool clouds today in Niagara Falls (taken while relaxing on the grass at Oakes Garden Theatre) http://t.co/VqHlbYAa #
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Twitter updates for 2012-07-07
The flame from the volcano at Dinosaur Adventure Golf is pretty hot (but cool)! http://t.co/Cwt3SpZ6 # Victoria Avenue always gets backed up with cars http://t.co/pCHxHPBJ # Can you really have more than 100 flavours of chicken wings?? http://t.co/NaxkOugf # Clifton Hill is much busier than when I started out http://t.co/dvqIS9Tt # The new Kelsey's patio…
Twitter updates for 2012-07-06
There aren't many people out on the various patios today # I love the Spicy Chicken Sandwich! (@ Wendy's) [pic]: http://t.co/iYiMwVhd # Wow it's a hot one today! Find some shade, or better yet, your favourite attraction in Niagara Falls and get out of the heat. # I love the CrunchiCreme ice cream here. It…
Wire-walking is back, but this time, it’s daily
From the Buffalo News: Wire-walking history is about to be made again at Niagara Falls. Jay Cochrane begins the first of his 80 death-defying walks between two hotel towers this summer at 7 o’clock tonight in Niagara Falls, Ont. When he does, he will also be performing the longest (1,300 feet) and highest (581 feet)…
The Wow-lenda factor
From Niagara This Week: With apologies to Storage Wars’ resident gambler, Darrell Sheets, in the eyes of Niagara Falls officials, it was the city which laid claim to the “wow factor” last Friday. Make that “Wow-lenda factor.” Even a few days after Nik Wallenda’s historic walk across Niagara Falls on a highwire, Mayor Jim Diodati…
Wallenda walks the walk
From Niagara This Week: Nik Wallenda has done something no one has ever done before: crossed the Horseshoe Falls on a tight rope wire. The seventh generation Flying Wallenda had said crossing the falls had been a childhood dream of his. On Friday night, that dream came true when he completed the stunt across Niagara…
Nik Wallenda successfully completes Niagara Falls highrope walk before spectators, television viewers
From the National Post: Emerging out of a cloud of mist, Nik Wallenda ran the last few steps to become the first man in more than a century to cross Niagara Falls on a high wire and singlehandedly bring the Wallenda name back into the public consciousness. Although the walk was mostly free of theatrics,…
Nik Wallenda completes Niagara Falls tightrope walk
From the Los Angeles Times: High-wire artist Nik Wallenda fulfilled his dream of walking over Niagara Falls on a wire Friday, defying predictions of naysayers who warned of everything from falcons to fierce winds toppling him as he made his way over the roaring water. As hundreds of thousands of people watched from the Canadian…
Daredevil Wallenda’s tightrope walk over Niagara Falls both dicey and pricey: Up to $1.3M
From an Associated Press story seen on Yahoo! News: Walking a high wire over Niagara Falls isn’t only a dicey proposition, it turns out it’s pretty pricey, too. Daredevil Nik Wallenda estimates his history-making, U.S.-to-Canada walk by way of a cable strung over the brink will cost about $1.2 million to $1.3 million. That includes…
Wallenda gives behind-the-scenes look
From WIVB Channel 4 in Buffalo: With one day before his high wire walk over the Niagara Falls, Nik Wallenda spent the morning to teach some local school kids how to succeed on the tightrope. Wallenda gave the students a behind-the-scenes look at what his walk on Friday will be like from Terrapin Point. He…