It’s Boxing Week in July!
Earlier this week I received the latest email newsletter from the Embassy Suites by Hilton Niagara Falls – Fallsview
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It’s a beautiful day! (and a license plate hunt update)
Today is quite a bit cooler out, but it is just gorgeous walking along the parkway. The sun is shining and there are huge, white fluffy clouds. It’s a beautiful day for a walk! As I’m out walking, I’m still looking around for new license plates. I’ve recently added several new plates to the License…
Bars Across America – Sat. 8/11: Hard Rock Club, Niagara Falls, ON
The person who writes the Bars Across America blog recently came to Niagara Falls After picking up some baked goods at Tim Hortons, I proceeded down a path along the river to Niagara Falls. As I got closer, the area became more congested with peds and I had to walk. I haven’t been to the…
Tourist numbers still falling
From the Niagara Falls Review: Affordable meals and accommodation and aggressive advertising in the rubber-tire market are what’s needed to stem the tide of Canadians flooding across the river on holiday while Americans spend their vacation dollars at home. That’s the opinion of one hospitality industry insider, Silvio Garofalo, manager of the Beef Baron on…
Twitter updates for 2009-07-11
Does anyone buy tour packages from a booth at the side of the road? There's one on Murray St that has a sales girl, but never any customers! # I have a post about the @BirdKingdom visit set for Monday. Check out the pictures @andreajwing and I took in the AccessNiagara image gallery # The…
NPC receives no proposals for marina development
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Parks is not giving up on a waterfront development opportunity at its marina along the Niagara Parkway in Fort Erie despite two unsuccessful procurement efforts. The Niagara Parks Commission announced this week that despite extensive efforts and input, including two extensions to the request for proposal timeline, no proposals…
Dinosaur Park Adventure Golf volcano shape update
Over the last week or so, the workers at Dinosaur Park Adventure Golf on Clifton Hill (behind the Niagara SkyWheel) have started putting a finer frame and mesh around the volcano. I assume this is in preparation for the outer coating to be applied at some point.
Historical tour of Niagara Falls was a trip back through time
From Niagara This Week: Anita Miller said she remembers Niagara Falls as a Norman Rockwell painting. Her husband, Willard, remembers an Eaton’s at one end of the downtown and Rosenberg’s department store at the other. There were even two theatres. During a historical walking tour on Sunday, a crowd of about 120 could imagine what…
Bradley ‘cautiously optimistic’ about passport requirement
From Niagara This Week: Early and consistent lobbying of American security officials and border states regarding a plan to require passports at land crossings appears to be paying off, St. Catharines MPP Jim Bradley told a luncheon crowd. Ontario tourism minister and minister responsible for seniors said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has taken…
Making room for their addition (Former Renaissance Hotel)
The former Renaissance Hotel (currently Fallsview Plaza Hotel) which is already deep into their large addition, has recently taken down the pedestrian bridge that linked it to the Hilton’s larger bridge. This bridge leads guests across Fallsview Blvd to the Fallsview Casino Resort. From the Niagara Falls council reports first offered last year, this will likely…