Celebrated Chef and TV Host Massimo Capra is set to bring his impressive culinary resume to the legendary Rainbow Room Fallsview Restaurant in Niagara Falls.
(PRWEB) September 9, 2010
The Falls Avenue Resort in Niagara Falls Ontario Canada is set to welcome one of Canada’s most popular Chefs, Massimo Capra. Most often recognized as the host of the Food Network’s popular series “Restaurant Makeover”, Capra has helped guide the spectacular Fallsview restaurant through renovations and rebranding. Located across from the Falls on the 10th floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Niagara Falls-Fallsview, the Rainbow Room features panoramic views of the Falls and offers more than 80 years of elegance. The long and storied history includes playing host to both Hollywood Royalty and Heads of State-everyone from the Jonas Brothers to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth have dined at the restaurant. (more…)
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by the Canadian Press – from Yahoo Canada News
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – Hard to believe, but a pair of African statues “could be the cheapest fertility treatment in the world,” says Ripley Entertainment.
The company — known for its Believe It or Not museum-style “odditoriums” in several countries — says hundreds of women have reported becoming pregnant soon after touching the 1 1/2-metre-tall wooden statues, which once stood in the lobby of Ripley’s Orlando, Fla., headquarters.
Publicity for the “legendary fertility statues,” said to have been acquired in the Ivory Coast, includes a YouTube video showing women holding babies. One of the moms — a Ripley employee — says: “I touched them (the statues) a couple of times and I got pregnant a couple of times.”
The statues have been seen “by millions of people since their special powers were discovered in 1994,” Ripley says in a news release.
After completing the European portion of a three-year international tour, the statues are on display at Ripley’s Believe It or Not Odditorium in Niagara Falls, Ont., until Sept. 26.
Anyone who believes the marketing hype — or just has an open mind — is welcome to touch the statues free of charge.
By Kevin Rothbauer, The Citizen August 27, 2010
The Cowichan Valley’s famous hockey stick is now an attraction in Niagara Falls.
No, the Big Stick itself hasn’t moved, but a display featuring the enormous piece of sporting equipment, and including a story from the Citizen, now adorns the walls of the Guinness World Records Museum. Right next to a display about Wayne Gretzky and his multitude of hockey feats.
“They have a lot of NHL memorabilia in that corner,” said Dick Drew, who helped fight for the Cowichan Valley to get the Big Stick in the first place, then fought for it to be recognized as the world’s largest, and is now battling to get it honoured in museums and halls of fame. “It’s great looking. They estimate their attendance to be about a quarter of a million a year.”
The museum is located right in the centre of Niagara Falls, one of the biggest tourist attractions in Canada. (more…)
from the Vacation Gals
There is one word to describe Niagara Falls: Epic. The water that produces this spectacular sight is delivered by former glaciers which happens to be four of the five Great Lakes: Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior. After the water plunges down the falls it makes it way down Niagara River to Lake Ontario to the St. Lawrence River to the Atlantic Ocean. It’s a long but spectacular journey.
I’m not sure what triggered my fascination with Niagara Falls, but this has always been one destination I was determined to visit, including a ride on Maid of the Mist. This week I was able to cross them both off my list while my children get to add it to their list of things they’ve seen and I can tell you it was a memorable experience for us all. (more…)
ONE TANK TRIPS
By JIM FOX, Special to QMI Agency
The summer of Elvis sightings continues, shifting to Niagara Falls, in what would have been the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s” 75th birthday year.
The Niagara Falls Elvis Festival will attract 25 “tribute artists” from next Thursday through Sunday (Aug. 19-22).
With an outdoor venue having the Falls as the dramatic backdrop and indoor events, the festival is put on by Niagara-area native William Maurice, an Elvis tribute artist and his company, Universal Media Group International. (more…)
Source: The Standard
Renowned motocross racer and tattoo guru Carey Hart is coming to town. And he’s bringing his wife with him. That would be pop star Pink.
The couple will in Niagara Falls Saturday, Aug. 21, to mark the grand opening of the Hart & Huntington Tattoo Co. on Fallsview Boulevard. A full day of events are planned, capped by a red carpet after-party at Margaritaville at 9:30 p.m. Other celebrities are expected to attend.
A ribbon-cutting at noon will be followed by live music, skateboard and BMX demonstrations, and an autograph session with Hart. The after-party at Margaritaville is for those 19 or over. Tickets can purchased at Hart & Huntington. (more)
Oprah be darned! Zach Anner starts his own travel show on YouTube
Source: popwatch.ew.com
by Adam B. Vary
After rocketing to internet stardom thanks to his audition video for Oprah Winfrey’s Your OWN Show reality TV series — and unwittingly finding himself in the middle of a possible vote-rigging kerfuffle (see below) – the irrepressibly charming Zach Anner has taken his idea for “a travel show for people who never thought they could travel” to YouTube. Anner, who has cerebral palsy (which he calls “the sexiest of the palsies”), posted a series of videos about his current home town of Austin, Tex. back in June. But since he didn’t really need to travel all that far to shoot it, we’re counting the episode he posted Aug. 4 of his tour of Niagara Falls as the true series premiere of Zach in the Buff. And it is awesome.
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Source: cnet.com
NIAGARA FALLS, Canada–At one time, it was the largest producer of hydroelectric power on the planet. That was in 1961. Today, it is still New York State’s preeminent hydropower facility, and it shares some of the glory of one of the most awesome spectacles in the world. Click here to read the full article and the photo gallery Project Photo by MHBaker
Niagara Falls, ON. – (August 4, 2010) – Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium in Niagara Falls will host the return of the world-famous Ripley’s Fertility Statues for public viewing from September 4 to September 26. More than 2,000 women have reported that they became pregnant shortly after touching the wooden statues. Many of them had been told by doctors they would never be able to conceive. Some are very serious about touching the statues, believing in their powers to help them conceive. Others want to avoid touching the statues – for the very same reason! (more…)
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