“45 Breathtaking Examples of Slow Shutter Speed Photography”

Smashing Apps has a blog posting which features slow shutter speed photography: …we have piled up dazzling slow shutter speed photos that will take your breath away. Using slow shutter speed photography can be a totally different phenomenon if you get it right. You can use it to inspire others, or to capture light painting,…

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Upcoming Goat Island work includes new police office, Tesla statue move

From the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal: State parks officials unveiled renovations at several key areas in Niagara Falls State Park this year, but the planned work is just beginning. Three Sisters Islands, Luna Island and Prospect Point with groundbreaking ceremonies this year. Those projects make up a small portion of the $40 million worth of…

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Family Fun at Hilton Niagara Falls!

Last Thursday I received the latest newsletter from the Hilton Hotel and Suites Niagara Falls Fallsview. To subscribe to the newsletter, fill out the form on the left-hand side of any page on the Hilton Hotel and Suites Niagara Falls Fallsview web site.

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Hot Rates for Hot Dates Newsletter July 2012

A couple of weeks ago I received the latest email newsletter from the Americana Waterpark Resort. To subscribe to the newsletter, click on the “Stay Informed with the Americana Newsletter” link on the left of the every page of the Americana Conference Resort & Spa web site.

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Penny souvenirs, part 2

A few years ago I posted about a penny souvenir I found on the ground. By penny souvenir, I mean the coins (sometimes just metal slugs) which you put through a machine and it leaves an imprint of something on the metal. This led me on a bit of search for where these machines are…

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Question of the week: How many people have tightrope walked across Niagara Falls?

From the National Post: A) Eleven — 10 men and one woman since 1859. Daredevil Nik Wallenda will become the 11th…

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Tweet: The stage has been taken down in Queen Victoria Pa…

The stage has been taken down in Queen Victoria Park http://t.co/Aob79Jxk

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Dino Rampage is no more

Dino Rampage, the ride simulator on Victoria Avenue has been closed for a while, but just the other day they finally took down the signs and the t-rex head. I had meant to go and give it a try, but never did. I wonder what is going into that space…

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Trump wax figure headed to Falls

From the Niagara Falls Review: They’re huuuuuge. They’re big league. And one of them is coming to Niagara Falls. They’re the first wax figures of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, and they’ve been hand-crafted by the F/X team at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! One was put on display last week at Ripley’s Orlando, Fla., Odditorium…

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