Falling for Niagara’s more-than-pleasant meals

    From the Toronto Star: Let’s start with a simple admission: Nobody comes here for the food. It’s such a massive short-term tourist destination that every restaurant and fast-food chain known to man has at least one outlet there. But if you’re careful, you can actually navigate your way through a series of more-than-pleasant meals. (You’ll…

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    Not a lot of posting lately

    Sorry about that. I’ve been sick for a week or so and just haven’t felt like going near the computer any more than I have to. I’m getting better, so there should be more postings this week.

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      Niagara Falls State Park

      Several weeks ago my family went “over the river” to mail something off at a USPS location. While we were over there, I wanted to check out Niagara Falls Stake Park. It’s beautiful! I know Spring is here, and people don’t want to think about winter, but I have some great pictures of both the…

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      60 stories would be height limit within Falls

      From the Buffalo News: A new system of tiered building heights proposed for the downtown commercial district would allow buildings as tall as 60 stories on some blocks under a newly revised set of proposed zoning codes. Allowing even taller buildings on some city streets closest to the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel was an…

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      Nik Wallenda’s Tightrope Walk Across Niagara Falls Makes Waves Even In This City Of Stunts

      From IBTraveler: Officials banned stuntmen and daredevils from turning Niagara Falls into a circus over a century ago, but on Friday night, tightrope walker Nik Wallenda became the first of his generation to tackle the world’s most famous falls — and he did so on prime time TV with official support. The daredevil remained unnaturally…

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      Twitter updates for 2010-05-24

      @PeopleOFfbh It is the new Hart & Huntington tattoo place that will be opening in Niagara Falls soon in reply to PeopleOFfbh # It's a gorgeous day and there are lots of people around # Here is a picture of the soon-to-be-opened Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Niagara Falls as of May 22, 2010. http://twitpic.com/1qnmtm #

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      Twitter updates for 2010-05-12

      This notice was in front of the Holiday Inn. Apparently they want to put up some signs closer together than the ci http://twitpic.com/1n71ls # The Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville has been partially painted. http://twitpic.com/1n70i1 # The back of the Comfort Inn on Clifton Hill has a new painted section. http://twitpic.com/1n6wh7 #

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        TGI Friday’s “additional facilities”

        There is a “Notice of Liquor License Application” on the window of the TGI Friday’s on Victoria Avenue: This could mean anything, but where would these additional facilities be? Are they building a patio or some other addition?

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        Court decision rendered on WJBT operations in Canada

        From the Niagara-Wheatfield Tribune: After almost one year of evidence and one year following closing submissions on an appeal filed by the residents in the Village of Queenston challenging a Niagara Escarpment Commission decision that granted a development permit to construct a two-story building on the private dock in Queenston, the minister of natural resources…

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