Wandering Consciousness: Playing Tourist In My Hometown

    Someone with a Blogger blog posted about “playing tourist”: Yesterday was full of firsts. I believe it was the first time I ever bought souveniers in Niagara Falls and I’m pretty sure it was the first time I ever bothered to photograph the Falls. Nancy and I spent the day touring the Falls, the tacky…

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      Hot Summer Fun & Cool Free Parking – all at Radisson Hotel & Suites Fallsview!

      On Wednesday I received the latest newsletter from the Radisson Hotel & Suites Fallsview. You can sign up for their newsletter on their web site.

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        Summer Niagara Events Heat Up with Daredevil Dean Sullivan’s Thrilling Jump from Skylon Tower on July 7th, 2008

        From a Niagara Falls Tourism press release that is making the rounds (in this case found on Hospitality Net): While there are many Niagara events this summer, few will be more chilling than Daredevil Dean Sullivan’s Jump from Skylon Tower on July 7th, 2008. Sponsored by Celebrate Old Downtown and The Skylon Tower, media and…

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          Great Wolf Lodge YouTube channel

          On Monday I received the following email from YouTube: I guess they sent this to people who have posted videos of a Great Wolf Lodge. I posted one quite a while ago of the Bear Track Landing waterpark inside the Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls. I think it’s a great idea. They are the only…

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            Clifton Hill Resorts Update – June 2008

            Last Thursday I received the latest issue of the Clifton Hill Resorts Update newsletter. They are promoting Marineland and Niagara Parks packages. You can subscribe to the Clifton Hill Resorts Update newsletter by visiting the Clifton Hill Newsletter page.

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              The wonder of the falls

              From Go San Angelo: Janette Story visited Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Canada in July 2007. While there, she visited the famous falls on four occasions. “The immense power of the falls is overwhelming,” she said. “When you are from West Texas, where we treasure every drop of water, the falls and the force of the…

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                520 feet straight down – Daredevil geared up for plunge from Skylon Tower

                I don’t know why they do this, but the Niagara Falls Review often posts the same article twice to their web site, often with different headlines. The content of the article is usually the same, but the picture may be different. In this case, they have the same article posted about Dean Sullivan, the man…

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                  Hilton Niagara Falls Special Offer

                  I know I’m late on this one (the offer ended yesterday), but here is an email I got from the Hilton Niagara Falls Fallsview last Wednesday. To subscribe to the newsletter, fill out the form on the left-hand side of any page on the Hilton Niagara Falls Fallsview web site.

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                    New Skylon Tower signs

                    Recently the Skylon Tower put some new signs out around their property. They are quite nice looking. There also appears to be a speaker in them. I took this picture a few days ago, and haven’t been around the signs again to see if there are signs in them, or if there is any sound…

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                      Zooz Newsletter June 25, 2008

                      Last Wednesday I received the latest newsletter from Zooz. They are promoting their summer concert series. To subscribe to the Zooz newsletter, click on the Zooz News page and register.

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