Tightrope walker who crossed Niagara Falls dies

From Yahoo! News: The celebrated French tightrope walker and chair-balancer known as Henry’s, who balanced high above the Alps, Niagara Falls and for months over a supermarket in his hometown, has died… At Niagara Falls in 1975, he balanced on a platform attached to a motorcycle that his friend rode across the cable over the…

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Summer 2010 is “over”… was it good?

I know that summer doesn’t officially end in this part of the world until September 21, but in this tourist area it might as well be over. The beginning of September and the passing of Labour Day makrs the beginning of school. That means that family vacations are no more. The weekends might still be…

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