Twitter updates for 2009-09-25

http://twitpic.com/j2ybj – Gooee's Oriental Grill House now has windows (it used to be a Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall which didn't hav … # There is some work being done at the long ago closed (Korean, I think) restaurant at the corner of Ferry St and Fallsview Blvd. # It's always funny to me every day…

Read More

Free Upgrades

Last Wednesday I received the latest newsletter from Niagara Hospitality Hotels, the operator of the The Oakes Hotel Overlooking the Falls. To subscribe to the newsletter, click on the Email Deals link on the main page of their site.

Read More

Taking on Niagara Falls on tightrope

From Stuff.co.nz: Nik Wallenda can’t visit a new place without envisioning a wire strung high above his head: Linking buildings, landmarks, nations. Even as a 6-year-old at Niagara Falls with his parents, he pictured walking a tightrope over the raging, whitewater maw. Now 33, the seventh-generation member of the famed Flying Wallendas, is ready to…

Read More

    Reporter takes the Nexus plunge

    From the Niagara Falls Review: Four months after an unnerving incident at the Canada-U.S. border that resulted in a two-hour detention (and a very silent ride home), I am proud to say I am now one of North America’s most trusted travellers. On July 5, I joined the ranks of some 130,000 Canadians and Americans…

    Read More

      zydeco fish – Hi there

      Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: I took a recent trip to the Niagara region (St. Catherines, Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, etc.). That was cool. I got a couple of bottles of wine and some jam and took in the Falls and the tackiness Clifton Hill. It’s always a…

      Read More

      Boom Days gets fired up in the Falls

      From the Niagara Gazette: The cannon will fire again for LaSalle, Hennepin & Company at the 12th annual Niagara Falls Boom Days set for 7 p.m. on Saturday. This date will mark the 125th anniversary of the formation of the City of Niagara Falls, completed when the Town of LaSalle incorporated itself to the city…

      Read More

      Videos from our visit to the Ripley’s Niagara attractions

      Here are a few videos I took on our evening when we visited the Ripley’s attractions in Niagara Falls. None of them are earth shattering, but they will give you an idea of some of what you will see. This first video shows one of the rooms in Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks. On one side of…

      Read More

      Springs Flowers (in snow and rain)

      It is great to see the flowers starting to come up along the Niagara Parkway, even if it is through the snow. The snow is gone now, and some of the smaller flowers have opened.

      Read More