Clifton Hill Resort Update – Mid November 2010
On November 30 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.
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Parking lot where Maple Leaf Motel used to be
It’s hard to believe there is more money in running a parking lot than in running a motel. This is where the Maple Leaf Motel used to be.
Travelodge At the Falls News (20090708)
On Wednesday I received the latest newsletter from the Niagara Clifton Group (the Travelodge, Fun House, Brick City, etc group). To sign up for the newsletter, click on the Join our FREE Email Mailing List link on the side of any of the pages at Falls.com
The story of the Niagara River: The water wonder of the world
From the Globe and Mail: Oscar Wilde, Richard Nixon, Pierre Trudeau, Marilyn Monroe, Winston Churchill, Shirley Temple, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Charles Blondin, Wild Bill Hickok, Laura Secord, H.G. Wells, Charles Dickens, Helen Keller, Sir Harry Oakes, Jimmy Stewart, Princess Diana … Bit characters all – in a story in which the main character has…
Brief visit to Dave & Buster’s Niagara Falls on Friday night
On Friday night I came down with my wife to Niagara Falls (without the kids). We wanted to get some ice cream, and then we walked around for a couple of hours. Our first stop was in Dave & Buster’s on Clifton Hill. We didn’t play anything, but here are a few observations: The first…
Get noisemakers ready – New Year’s Eve concert announcement expected soon
From the Niagara Falls Review: Fear not, revellers – New Year’s Eve at Queen Victoria Park is still on. With just seven weeks to go before 2008 arrives, there still hasn’t been word about who is playing the annual free show down by the falls. Or even if there would be a show this year….
Niagara Falls Blog has been moved successfully
I’ve moved the site and it seems to have completed without any issues. I’m not sure that you’ll see any difference in the performance of the site, but it should be a bit more reliable overall, and allows me better management.
Flames along border to re-live War of 1812
(This is old, but again, I wanted to post it still) From the Tonawanda News: Two historic forts and nearby communities along the Niagara River will be under siege again this month as part of colorful pageantry to commemorate the War of 1812. The events also marking the 200th anniversary of peace between the U.S….
‘Hero’ from famous Falls rescue turns 100
From the Niagara Gazette: When John R. Hayes Sr., 48, a visitor from New Jersey, spotted the crisis near Terrapin Point that day, July 9, 1960, he dashed to the railing — less than 200 feet from the brink of the Horseshoe Falls — and started shouting. “Kick, girl! Kick your feet, come to me!”…
Selling Sex In Honeymoon Heaven
I’m not really sure what to make of this article. The article from FreeRepublic seems to be all over the place (and it’s very long), but it does spend quite a bit of time talking about Marilyn Monroe in Niagara Falls: In 1952, when Marilyn Monroe arrived at the General Brock Hotel in Niagara Falls,…