From the Niagara Gazette: Nik Wallenda enjoyed a day-off in Niagara Falls on Monday, taking a jet boat and helicopter ride with family, friends and cast members of his Darien Lake show. Along with performing at Darien Lake, he is also performing at the Erie County Fair on Sunday. I’m going on Saturday, so I…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Falls Fire Department were called to a fire at Bravo Pizzeria & Grill on Ferry St. at around 3 a.m. Friday. Platoon Chief Wayne Willett said a passerby saw smoke coming from the building and called emergency personnel. Willett said the fire originated in the upper left area…
From the Marineland Blog: Marineland Canada has received preliminary necropsy results on, Gia, a beluga whale who has called Marineland home since birth. Gia passed away suddenly at Marineland. Up until her passing, Gia appeared happy, healthy and a well-adjusted member of her pod. Gia was taken care of by a dedicated marine mammal care…
This is an unusual year in that July 1 is a Friday and July 4 is a Monday. The Canada Day and Independence Day holidays are the bookends of a long weekend. The Niagara Parks Commission is hosting an event called Two Nations Celebration. Celebrate the birth of two great nations at the only shared…
Earlier this week I received the latest newsletter from the Days Inn Niagara Falls Fallsview hotel.
Smashing Apps has a blog posting which features slow shutter speed photography: …we have piled up dazzling slow shutter speed photos that will take your breath away. Using slow shutter speed photography can be a totally different phenomenon if you get it right. You can use it to inspire others, or to capture light painting,…
From the Buffalo News: The tethered steps that Nik Wallenda took on a mist-drenched, 2-inch steel cable across Niagara Falls more than two years ago gave the former honeymoon capital of the world a chance to reclaim a moment in the spotlight. But that 26-minute walk before a television audience of more than 10 million…
I drive past this hotel every morning and every afternoon as I go to/from work! Some of the hotels on those back streets are kind of “sketchy”. From Niagara This Week: Police have arrested a 43-year-old Niagara Falls man after unknown chemicals were discovered in a Niagara Falls motel room Monday evening. The discovery led…
I haven’t been in to see the figure, but apparently there is a new Justin Bieber wax figure in Movieland Wax Museum on Clifton Hill.
Someone with a Blogger blog posted about their visit to Niagara Falls last weekend: So this weekend we drove from NYC to Niagara Falls, Ontario to see my family for a late Christmas celebration of sorts… In addition to family dinners and visits, we also saw some tacky tourist stuff. My favorite local monument is…