Sugar Mountain Candy Store

    In a previous post, Sue asked about the building on Victoria Ave right at the top of Clifton Hill. The building was recently painted and the previous tenants are gone. Something is going on. I stopped by today, and the small sign on the door says that Sugar Mountain Candy Store is opening and they…

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      Fireworks Artist

      From the Niagara Falls Review: A quick 10-count confirms David Whysall’s very good at his job. “Got ’em all,” says Whysall, wiggling his fingers. He has been in the fireworks business going back to his childhood. “I’ve been in it since 1965,” he says. “It was a local industry back in England and I was…

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      Niagara Falls draws Indian tourists and businesses

      From WBEZ.org: Niagara Falls, like most Rust Belt cities, has fallen on hard times. Even its tourist attraction, which once made it America’s honeymoon capital, has not saved it from economic woes. But there seems to be hope in Niagara Falls, thanks to a rising current of East Indian tourists. East Indians are visiting the…

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      Winter Festival of Lights taken down in Queen Victoria Park

      This week there was a crew in Queen Victoria Park taking down the displays from the Winter Festival of Lights.

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      Niagara Parks partners with Metrolinx for new Go Train travel package

      From the Niagara Falls Review: Metrolinx and Niagara Parks are teaming up to make it easier for people to experience one of the country’s top tourism destinations. The provincial transit agency’s seasonal Go Train service from downtown Toronto to Niagara resumes June 23 and, with the new partnership with Niagara Parks, visitors will be able…

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      I see a light at the end of this busy tunnel!

      It seems like every few months I’m posting something again about how I really hope to get back to blogging more. Well, here I go again. I really hope to get back to blogging more 🙂 Work has been very busy and my personal life has been equally busy. I just haven’t made the time…

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      Twitter updates for 2012-07-07

      The flame from the volcano at Dinosaur Adventure Golf is pretty hot (but cool)! http://t.co/Cwt3SpZ6 # Victoria Avenue always gets backed up with cars http://t.co/pCHxHPBJ # Can you really have more than 100 flavours of chicken wings?? http://t.co/NaxkOugf # Clifton Hill is much busier than when I started out http://t.co/dvqIS9Tt # The new Kelsey's patio…

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