Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (including a couple of pictures) We decided to take the kids and Uncle Rick to the falls on a rainy Saturday. Unfortunately, the kids found them to be a bit of a yawn and Graydon’s foot “hurt”. Miraculously, Graydon’s foot-ailment went into…
Earlier this week I received the latest email from the Skylon Tower
From Niagara This Week: Niagara Falls has earned the distinction of being second brightest among the country’s brightest stars in a national lights competition which also measures community spirit and pride. The city placed second with a score of 90.6 in the WinterLights Celebration’s winner’s circle category, a class for cities that have won the…
From the Buffalo News: Debate over a passport mandate scheduled to take effect next year has confused visitors to the Buffalo Niagara region, and local leaders say this year’s tourist season has already been hurt by the new identification requirements. While some believe the mandate to carry a passport to cross into the United States…
I generally wouldn’t put this sort of thing on the blog, but I drive or walk by this billboard regularly and it bugs me. It’s for Mints, an “adult entertainment club” on Main Street. The part that bugs me is the line at the top of the billboard: Better Odds Than The Casino Baby What…
I will be out of town until late Tuesday night, so I won’t be able to post anything new Monday or Tuesday. However, I will setup a couple of my outstanding posts to post automatically, so there still will be a couple of things posted. Have a great weekend!
While on Clifton Hill today, the volcano at Dinosaur Adventure Golf was erupting. There isn’t any lava or anything, but there is a big fireball that comes out of the volcano. It certainly gets your attention! Here is a picture of it in action. I also took a 6-second video. You can see it on…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Toss those pumpkins. Put the costumes away. Hide the Halloween stuff. It’s time for another Winter Festival of Lights… “We’re the top (lights festival) in Canada,” says festival general manager Dino Fazio. “Nobody touches us in Canada. In America, after this year we’ll definitely rank top two, if not No….
From Inside Halton: Marineland and its owner John Holer have ramped up the legal machine, filing defamation suits against a pair of news publications. On the heels of a $600,000 suit being filed in Ontario Superior Court against the online Digital Journal, the park has filed suit against Vancouver publication The Georgia Straight. As with…
As you know, Dinosaur Park Miniature Golf has moved around a bit over the years. At one point it was on Clifton Hill, right at the street, kind of where Boston Pizza is right now. Then once Boston Pizza and the Great Canadian Midway was built, it was moved into an area of the parking…