I commented a few weeks ago that I’ve heard the wind tunnel operating at the new Niagara FreeFall location at the Hooters. As I’ve been near there, I’ve heard it several more times. About a week ago the following ad was in the paper. They must be very close to opening.
Someone with a Blogger blog has posted (with some nice pictures) about a recent vacation: We bundled everyone up and headed out to view the town. Our hotel was in the Clifton Hill area which is very touristy with tons of lights and attractions. … The really neat thing….on the way home from dropping Carl…
From Niagara This Week: It could soon cost a few bucks for car loads of winter revellers to enjoy the twinkling lights along the Niagara Parkway. Dino Fazio, general manager of the Winter Festival of Lights, told This Week his staff is looking at the possibility of charging admission to take in the annual lights…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Police say an unidentified man entered the upper Niagara River about 200 metres south of Table Rock around noon Saturday and was swept over the brink of the Horseshoe Falls.
I’m sure you are all familiar with the various satellite image services out there. I’ve used Google Maps before on the blog. Microsoft has Virtual Earth. There are also other sites out there. The problem is, you usually need to load each site and then search separately on each site for locations. If you visit…
The Boston Globe had a feature on their site the other day that talked about the 14 shows they wished were still on. # 12 was Wonderfalls: Fox didn’t really give this unique portrait of twentysomething existential angst a fair chance. Caroline Dhavernas (pictured) was a wonderfully offbeat heroine, a 24-year-old college graduate who majored…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission has been honoured for enhancing, maintaining and preserving its public park system for more than 120 years. The agency was the recipient of the Ontario Parks Association’s “Protecting Tomorrow Today” award at the Botanical Gardens and School of Horticulture centre Thursday. “This award is a testament…
Click to see a larger version of the cover Buy at Amazon.ca Buy at Amazon.com I was recently in contact with Altitude Publishing about a few books they have that are Niagara Falls-related. They have sent me a couple to write about. The first one is Niagara Falls, a photo book from Darwin Wiggett. I…
The Lexington Herald-Ledger has an article about the Iguazú Falls in Argentina and mentions Niagara Falls a couple of times: …a horseshoe of more than 275 separate falls, dwarfs Niagara Falls in height, width and volume… …Next to Iguazú, Niagara Falls seems like the drizzle from your shower head… …A more daring version of Niagara’s…
I don’t know when the last time this hotel was open, but the other day when I was on Clark Avenue (near the Victoria Avenue intersection), I noticed that the Empress Inn was for sale.