Brutus Beefcake enjoying his time in Niagara Falls

From the Niagara Falls Review: One of the most beloved superstars in wrestling history enjoyed a nice and relaxing weekend in Niagara Falls. Brutus (The Barber) Beefcake was in town to attend the Falls View Hose Brigade’s two-day pop culture trivia night. The event began with an evening that was open to the public Friday,…

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More work on the future Johnny Pepper’s

Things are definitely moving along at the future home of Johnny Pepper’s on Ferry St. The facade looks almost done.

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    Zappitelli, Niagara Helicopters big winners at Misty Awards

    From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Helicopters took home three pieces of hardware during the 40th annual Misty Awards, but it was Tony Zappitelli who scooped up the biggest prize of the night Thursday. The director of operations for the Sheraton Fallsview hotel was recognized with the Grand Misty Award, presented to the person who…

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      Meeting Places – A Young Garden

      The latest issue of Business Link Niagara has a nice article about the new restaurant, A Young Garden: Stepping through the doors of A Young Garden is like crossing a portal into the realm of the Orient. This uniquely designed restaurant with a Korean and Japanese menu captures the atmosphere of fine oriental dining at…

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        Niagara Falls is small (relatively speaking)

        Chris gets a daily email from Ripley’s Believe It or Not! with an interesting fact. The one he got yesterday mentioned Niagara Falls: The frozen waterfall of Mount Beardmore in the Antarctic has a height of more than ten thousand feet—sixty times that of Niagara Falls. Mount Beardmore is essentially now a high glacier, but…

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          Go (watch experts) fly a kite

          From the Niagara Falls Review: New Brunswick’s Bernie Houle was cold, tired and a little bit wet. He should have been miserable. Instead, eyes to the sky, he couldn’t stop grinning. “Seventeen hours of driving to come fly a kite,” he said, yanking the string to his gnarly, nylon creation called Shady. Standing next to…

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            Greg Frewin Las Vegas Magic Review Show Pamphlet

            I scanned the pamphlet for the Greg Frewin Las Vegas Magic Review Show and have included a small version of it below with the accompanying text. Outside Right panel (front of pamphlet) An entertaining evening of magic & illusion for the whole family Greg Frewin The international grand champion of magic Art Frewin Production Inc….

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            The King reigns supreme at Niagara Falls Elvis Festival

            From the Niagara Falls Review: Real estate agent Sylvain Leduc travelled to Niagara over the weekend but it wasn’t to check out the region’s hot real estate market. The Quebec resident was a competitor in the Niagara Falls Elvis Festival at Greg Frewin Theatre. Leduc began entertaining family and friends with his Elvis Presley skills…

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            Live and Learn: Niagara Falls – Canada Part II

            Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (including pictures): Saturday morning we were both up from a lousy night’s sleep. The sleep number bed is just not for us. We both struggled all night to get comfortable. The only position I could tolerate was the forbidden position of laying…

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              All around Toronto and area

              I recently came across an old TravBuddy post from almost 2 years ago: There are additional pictures from random Niagara Falls visits including one long weekend where we went there for the day. I don’t have Canadian holidays off because of my work (oh the irony) so when the usually crowds head out of the…

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