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On the q.t., Obama girls pay a visit to Falls, Ont.

From the Buffalo News: A state secret more closely guarded than the agenda of the recent G-20 summit in Toronto finally was cracked Monday. Yes, the Obama girls, Malia and Sasha, did visit the Canadian side of Niagara Falls on Sunday, along with their grandmother, Marian Robinson. The White House on Monday confirmed the visit…

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Nomad By Nature: A New Adventure

Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (including a few pictures): This summer of 2010 I get to celebrate new beginnings. For the next six weeks I’m in the GTA (Toronto Area) having adventures and spending time with some of my oldest and dearest friends. Amna & Ali’s wedding…

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Free Upgrades

Last Wednesday I received the latest newsletter from Niagara Hospitality Hotels, the operator of the The Oakes Hotel Overlooking the Falls. To subscribe to the newsletter, click on the Email Deals link on the main page of their site.

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Twitter updates for 2010-06-25

I just became the mayor of Boston Pizza on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/7eecIQ # Here with my family and my sisters. (@ Boston Pizza) http://4sq.com/7eecIQ # My son went to Marineland today and went on Sky Screamer. Crazy boy! # I went to @whirlpooljet this afternoon. AWESOME!! Look for my write-up next week… # My first time…

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“It’s not about winning, it’s about the journey and the lessons you learn along the way”

Yesterday I posted a little about meeting Jon Montgomery, the gold-medal winning skeleton athlete.As I mentioned, he spoke for a few minutes. He is available as a speaker, and based on the couple of minutes he spoke for, I’m sure he does a good job at giving motivating speeches. I recorded his speech, and have…

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Twitter updates for 2010-06-24

I smell ribs (probably from Tony Roma's). Yum!! # It absolutely poured half an hour ago. Now, it's sunny under blue skies with white fluffy clouds. Weird weather. I wonder what's next… #

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Jon Montgomery at Imax Theater in March 2010

Yes, I know that I am over 3 months late on this one, but better late than never… Back in March, the Niagara Falls IMAX Theatre hosted a free evening where they were previewing a new film called Extreme. To help with the promotion, they brought in Jon Montgomery. Jon won a gold-medal in skeleton…

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Battling Convention Centre web sites

Yesterday one of my Google Alerts had a link to http://www.niagaraconventionciviccentre.com/attractions.php that mentioned Clifton Hill. I was intrigued, so I visited the link. At first glance, it appeared to be legit and I wondered why there weren’t more attractions listed. Then I noticed that all of the attractions were owned by the same company. I…

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