Someone with their own blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls where they stayed at the Hilton: The hotel was really easy to find since it is right off one of the main streets, Stanley Avenue. We checked in, making sure that we upgraded our Hotwire room to a whirlpool room with a…
I’m not sure how long this place has been open for, but yesterday I noticed a little store that sells tea on Victoria Avenue. It doesn’t look very impressive, but I’m not a tea drinker, so I don’t know what the demand is.
Philip DiMartino, the operator of the former Niagara Frontier Info site and then the NiagaraIsWonder.com site now has another site, MyNiagaraVisit.com. It has much of the same information as the other sites, but in my opinion has a better domain name. I don’t know Philip at all, but I certainly give him credit from trying…
Last week I posted a picture of a steel structure at the end of Oneida Lane. There were a couple of guesses as to what it would be. It turns out it is an upside-down house. I wonder what it will be used for.
Sportsnet.ca has the rights to show the Red Bull Crashed Ice event and they have a video of the winning run.
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…
Last week I received the latest email newsletter from Falls Avenue.
From the Ludvig von Mises Institute: In Canada, government-owned and run casinos made a mess of the true entertainment value created by casinos in a competitive free market. The government-owned casinos of Ontario claim to be the “peoples’” factors of production. But anyone with experience in real casinos can only see this as a pathetic…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Despite their small size, pollinating species such as bumblebees and hummingbirds have a major impact on the environment. “Approximately 90 per cent of the world’s flowering plants depend on pollinators to reproduce, representing the crucial role pollinating species pay in maintaining our environment,” said Janice Thomson, chairwoman of the Niagara…
RT @Hilton_Niagara @NiagaraParksPR Photo highlights from the Stanley Cup visit to Niagara Falls this weekend: http://bit.ly/4z8kTp # http://twitpic.com/uijdt – This was a group of people out front of the Niagara SkyWheel this morning. They seemed to be part of some team. # RT @NiagaraParksPR @nthoms12: http://twitpic.com/uibrl – the Olympic Torch run through Niagara Falls! #…