Winter Festival of Lights “Make It Your Winter Tradition” booklet

I recently posted a few pictures along Queen Victoria Park from the Winter Festival of Lights. Last week we also drove through Dufferin Islands, but I didn’t take any pictures. I did however get a copy of the “Make It Your Winter Tradition” booklet. I’ve scanned it, and you can view it here if you…

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Swiss Chalet kids colouring booklet

Swiss Chalet is a popular family restaurant in Canada. My family has a tradition of going there on New Year’s Day. It started with my grandmother (she loves it), and has been continued by my father. When we were there a couple of months ago, my sister took a couple of pictures of the kids…

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How Niagara Falls earned the title of Honeymoon Capital

From the Niagara Falls Review: With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, it’s an appropriate time to recall Niagara Falls’ lengthy and prominent role in the world of love and romance — a role especially renowned due to the city’s fame as a honeymoon destination. The tradition of newlyweds coming to Niagara began, it appears, in the…

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New Year’s concert will always have its critics

From the Niagara Falls Review: Later this month, for the 20th time, there will be a big, free New Year’s Eve concert down at Queen Victoria Park. Also happening for the 20th time? Griping about the New Year’s Eve concert. Like Auld Lang Syne and jacked-up hotel rates, it’s a New Year’s tradition in Niagara…

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