Blogging seems to be so huge right now, but when I did a search for Niagara Falls blogs there was nothing. So I’m either blind, or this is the first Niagara Falls blog. I’d rather take the credit for coming up with the first Niagara Falls blog than admit I’m blind, so I’ve appropriately named…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Goliath the blood python and Shredder the lizard are slithering into town this weekend. The 30-pound snake and the black and white tegu will be on hand as the Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory celebrates its 10th anniversary Saturday and Sunday by launching a new 17-display exhibit called Beauty and Beasts….
From Niagara This Week: Casino Niagara is in line for a little sprucing up. Richard Taylor, Vice-President of Operations for Niagara Casinos used the occasion of the gaming facility’s 20th birthday to announce that Falls Management Company would be pumping $7.1 million into new gaming technology and facility improvements “This investment will help us lead…
I notice this every day while I’m out walking and I think it is funny. On Stanley Avenue near Robinson Street there is a billboard for the Rainforest Cafe and their free shark exhibit. As you can see by the picture, a good portion of the shark is missing. Well, right across the street is…
Earlier this week I received an email newsletter from the Embassy Suites by Hilton Niagara Falls – Fallsview. To get your own copy of the newsletter, you can fill out the form on the mailing list page.
Another in my series on keycards… I recently found this room keycard for Courtyard by Marriot. It’s kind of plain, but hey, it’ll open the door.
From the July 5, 2005 edition of the Niagara Falls Review: NIAGARA FALLS – The waiting game continues for famed wirewalker Jay Cochrane’s date with the Skylon Tower. Cochrane, 61, is still fine-tuning his cable for the highly-anticipated walk, which was originally planned for July 1. It was pushed back to Monday, but over the…
From the Buffalo News: Two travelers from Florida came to see our natural wonder last weekend. But unlike most of the 8 million tourists who flock to the falls each year, it took Nate Frankoski and Mike Buonaiuto 49 days to get here. The college students rode bicycles from Key West, Fla., to Niagara Falls…
From the Toronto Star: As an aerialist’s bid to tightrope walk across Niagara Falls next summer hangs in the balance, the commission ruling on his proposal is facing pressure to let the event proceed. Nik Wallenda, a seventh-generation member of the famed tightrope-walking Wallenda family, hopes to fulfill his lifelong dream of walking across the falls…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Hoteliers Victor and Carmen Menechella will be allowed to build one of the Fallsview area’s densest hotels despite the objections of the city’s planning department and its next-door neighbour. “As it sits here, I think it’s not a bad idea. It’s a smart idea and it fits nicely,” Coun. Jim…